2024 WCA Shortlist and Winners

 
 
 
The 2024 shortlisted entries and winners!
 
Winners in bold
 

 

ENTERPRISE SERVICE OF THE YEAR

6D Technologies
BICS
Bridge Alliance
Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications Limited)
WINNER:  Telstra and Ericsson
ZTE Corporation

 


BEST DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME

WINNER:  Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison
Lebara
Netcracker Technology
Tech Mahindra GmbH
Türk Telekom with Red Hat
Verizon Business Group
 


BEST NETWORK TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

Ericsson and Telstra
Odine
WINNER:  Orange Wholesale
Telecom Egypt
Vodafone & Celfocus
 


BEST OPERATOR IN A GROWTH MARKET

BTS (Business Telecommunication Services)
WINNER:  Jazz
PLDT and Smart
TurkNet
 


BEST WHOLESALE OPERATOR

Arelion
WINNER:  Bayobab Group
BTS (Business Telecommunication Services)
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier
EXA Infrastructure
Telecom Egypt
 


CRISIS RESPONSE AWARD

KT
Orange Wholesale
Telkomsel
WINNER:  VEON and Kyivstar
WIOCC Group
 


TOTAL EXPERIENCE AWARD

Arelion
WINNER:  e& UAE
Ericsson
Globe Telecoms, Inc.
Subtonomy
Telefónica Global Solutions
 


AI EXCELLENCE AWARD

WINNER:  Amdocs
Jio Platforms Limited
Netcracker Technology
Rakuten Symphony
SK Telecom
Tata Communications Transformation Services
Telkomsel
 


PEOPLE & CULTURE AWARD

Bayobab Group
FreeMove Alliance
Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (TL) S.A.
WINNER:  Telkomsel
Viettel Group
 


THE 5G AWARD

China Mobile International
e& UAE
WINNER:  Jio Platforms Limited
KT
Singtel  ( Singapore Telecommunications Limited)
SK Telecom
 
 
 

THE ACCESS INNOVATION AWARD

China Mobile International
WINNER:  Cohere Technologies and Vodafone
Ericsson and Telstra
HFCL Ltd.
ZTE Corporation
 


THE BEYOND CONNECTIVITY AWARD

Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.
Lao Telecommunication Public Company
Netcracker Technology
WINNER:  PLDT and Smart
Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications Limited)
Telkomsel

 


THE CLOUD AWARD

China Mobile International
Console Connect
Jio Platforms Limited
Odine
WINNER:  Rakuten Symphony
Wind River
 
 


THE CYBER SECURITY AWARD

BT Group
WINNER:  Cradlepoint, part of Ericsson
Enea
Liberty Global
RETN
SK Telecom
 


THE FUTURE AWARD

Console Connect
e& UAE
LG Uplus
WINNER:   SK Telecom, NTT, NTT DOCOMO and NOKIA
Telecom Egypt
Viettel Group
 
 
 

THE PLATFORM AWARD

Netgem
WINNER:  Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications Limited)
Telkomsel
Telna
Vox Solutions
 


THE SATELLITE TELECOMS AWARD

Mavenir
Netcracker Technology
Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications Limited)
WINNER:  Telefónica Global Solutions
 
 


THE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AWARD

Bahrain Network (BNET)
DZS with Connect2First, Irby Utilities and City of Cabot
Ericsson and Telstra
WINNER:  HFCL Ltd.
imowi
 


THE SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Digicel
GSM Systems
WINNER:  Hormuud Telecom
Moldcell S.A. / Moldcell Foundation
PLDT and Smart
SK Telecom
Telecom Egypt
Telia Norway
 


THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

WINNER:  Ericsson
KT
MTN
Orange Wholesale
SK Telecom, Intel and Nokia
Telin
 


WOMAN IN TELECOMS AWARD

Carolina Bugaian, Moldcell
Elif Yenihan Kaya, Turkcell
WINNER:  Josephine Sarouk, Bayobab Group
Katia Gonzalez, BICS
Magda Abdelkader, Telecom Egypt
Dr. Sharlene Thiagarajah, TM Research & Development
 
 

CEO OF THE YEAR

Ahmed Jaber Aldoseri, Bahrain Network (BNET)
Alexis Bartelds, Sam Media B.V.
Frédéric Schepens, Bayobab Group
Joost Farweck, Royal KPN (The Netherlands)
WINNER:  Tim Höttges, Deutsche Telekom AG
Vikram Sinha, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison
 


STARTUP OF THE YEAR AWARD

A5G Networks, Inc.
Cyberone.app
WINNER:  DC Smarter
FlexiFone Telecommunications Limited
Geonetworks Ltd
Japa, Inc.
OCX Cognition
SAHA
Streetwave Ltd
Tripcel
 
 
 

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