Congratulations to all our 2025 finalists!
Winners will be revealed live at our awards ceremony
9th December 2025, The Marriott, Grosvenor Square, London
Please note: The Next Gen Award and Startup of the Year Award shorlists will be revealed early November
5G AWARD
- Batelco By Beyon, Batelco By Beyon
- Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions, Ericsson Private 5G
- Jio Platforms Ltd., JPL's AI Driven 5G Core, FWA Core
- KT, for the AICT Company initiative
- Singtel and Ericsson, for Singtel 5G+
ACCESS INNOVATION AWARD
- Blackspot Networks, Blackspot Networks – Connectivity for Scottish Water
- Converge, Converge builds a New Generation ISP Network, Promoting the Development of the Philippine Digital Economy.
- Ericsson and Telstra, for the 5G triple-band FDD Massive MIMO radio
- Netcracker Technology, Netcracker Fiber Cloud
- Rakuten Symphony, for Rakuten Site Management’s Fiber Manager
AI INNOVATION AWARD
- China Mobile & AsiaInfo Technologies, AN Evo Drives Innovation in China Mobile’s Network Operations
- Chunghwa Telecom, for their AI Agents for Customer Service
- Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, AI-Native Telco Network Transformation - Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison
- InterDigital, AI-Enabled Sensing for Human Localization and Activity Detection
- Jio Platforms, for JioBrain
- Netcracker Technology, Netcracker GenAI Telco Platform and AI Agents
- Tata Communications, Tata Communications Kaleyra.ai
- Vodafone Türkiye, Huawei, Intelligent Value Generator to Revolutionize the Entire Network lifecycle and Business Monetization
BEST DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME
- Chunghwa Telecom, Transforming Network Operations with AI
- Ericsson and IOH, for their Digital Monetization Platform
- Jazz and Huawei, for their work to become a digital life service provider
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, FTTx Construction
- Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd (UNN), Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd (UNN)
BEST NETWORK EVOLUTION INITIATIVE
- Colt Technology Services, for their global optical network
- e&UAE, Network Evolution: From Legacy to Cloud-Native Core
- Ericsson and Telstra joint submission, Telstra and Ericsson - APAC’s first programmable network initiative
- HFCL, HFCL’s MahaKumbh 2025 Mobile Data Offload & Wireless Backhaul Project for India’s Largest Operator
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, FTTx Construction
- Singtel, Singtel Network-as-a-Service
- Telefónica Global Solutions
BEST OPERATOR IN A GROWTH MARKET
- LANCK Telecom, LANCK Telecom
- Lumitel
- PLDT and Smart, PLDT and Smart
- Smart Axiata
- STAR TELECOM COMPANY, LaoApp
BEST WHOLESALE OPERATOR
- Bayobab, Bayobab
- BTS, BTS
- Colt Technology Services, for Wholesale SIP
- Orange Wholesale
- RETN, RETN
- Telin, Telin
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BEYOND CONNECTIVITY AWARD
- Deutsche Telekom, Magenta Moments
- FreeMove Alliance, FreeMove Automation Solution
- PLDT and Smart, Digital Farmers Program
- PT Telkomsel, for their work to support West Sumatran tourism
- Singtel, Singtel SingVerify
- VEON for JazzCash
CLOUD AWARD
- Jio Platforms, for its Cloud Platforms and Private MEC
- Orange and Red Hat, Orange Telco Cloud Transformation with Red Hat
- Rakuten Symphony, for Rakuten Cloud
- Virgin Media O2, Telco Cloud Innovation
CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AWARD
- Airband, for their Fixed Wireless Access innovation
- Fibrus
- Mova, on behalf of EE, Three, VMO2 and Vodafone, for the privately funded element of the Shared Rural Network programme, Shared Rural Network
- Palestine Telecommunications Company - Jawwal, Jawwal
- WiBUZ.COM LLC, wibipOS
CRISIS RESPONSE AWARD
- Palestine Telecommunications Company, Jawwal, for their network resilience and maintenance
- Prima Limited, for their respose to the ICN1 earthquake in Vanuatu
CYBER SECURITY AWARD
- Bridge Alliance and Aeris Communications, for the Aeris IoT Watchtower
- Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions, Ericsson Clientless ZTNA for Wireless WAN
- Jio Platforms, for the Quantum-Safe Security Suite
- KT, KT AIDE: AI-based DDoS Everguard
- Singtel, Singtel Managed SASE
- Sparkle, Sparkle
ENTERPRISE SERVICE OF THE YEAR
- China Broadcasting Network and AsiaInfo Technologies, for their private 5G network supporting a smart wind farm
- Ericsson and Telstra joint submission, Dynamic 5G with Network Slicing for Enterprise Innovation
- Freshwave and ANDREW, Omni Network
- Singtel, for Singtel 5G+ Priority and Enterprise Mobile Protect
- UBIGI, Ubigi for Business
FUTURE AWARD
- China Mobile, Vodafone Türkiye, IOH, Huawei, Harnessing GenAI’s Business Value for Operations Transformation and Business Monetization
- Cohere Technologies, for its Pulsone Zak-OTFS for Integrated Sensing and Communications, and NTN applications
- Pixelar LTD (Trading Name Pixsellar), PixselChat
- Singtel, for its Quantum-Safe Network
- SK Telecom, Enhancing Device and Network Performance by Applying AI to Telecommunications
PEOPLE & CULTURE AWARD
- Deutsche Telekom, for the DT Europe Talent Powerhouse
- Moldcell, Moldcell
- Telin, Telin
- TurkNet, TurkNet | Redefining Internal Communication as a Cultural Engine
- Viettel Group
PLATFORM AWARD
- Aeris, Aeris IoT Accelerator
- e&UAE, e& AI-First CVM Platform: Real-Time. GenAI-Powered. Autonomous.
- Rakuten Symphony, for the Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform
- Singtel, for its Paragon Platform
- Tata Communications, Tata Communications Kaleyra.ai
- Telenor Linx, Telco Sales Platform
- Wind River, Wind River Cloud Platform
SATELLITE TELECOMS AWARD
- Ericsson, Ericsson Cellular & Satellite In-Vehicle Connectivity
- Singtel, Teleport Hosting Service
- Space42, Thuraya
- Telefónica Global Solutions
- VEON and Kyivstar, for its partnership with Starlink
SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD
- DigitalC, Canopy, powered by DigitalC
- Helium
- Moldcell, for the Moldcell Foundation
- PLDT and Smart, PLDT and Smart Communities
- Smart Axiata Co., Ltd., Smart Axiata Co., Ltd.
SUBMARINE NETWORKS AWARD
- EllaLink
- Prima Limited, Simon Fletcher, Prima Limited
- Telin
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
- Airtel and Ericsson joint submission, Sustainability through AI-Based Software Enhancements
- Ericsson, Ericsson’s 5G Advanced Automated Energy Saver - Unlocking Sustainable & Cost-Saving Networks
- KT, for its AI-based ES Orchestrator
- Vodafone and Closing the Loop, for their One for One initiative
TOTAL EXPERIENCE AWARD
- Celfocus, Celfocus Invoice Comparison
- China Mobile (Guangdong) and Huawei, for their AI+B/OSS
- Ericsson and Jio joint submission, Network Enhancement for Exceptional Customer Experience
- Moldcell, Moldcell
- Netcracker Technology, Netcracker AI-Driven BSS Platform
- Ooredoo Kuwait, Ooredoo Kuwait
- Sparkle
STARTUP AWARD
- A5G Networks
- Calles Consolidated
- nodeQ
- Thinking Machine
- Weezie
NEXT GEN AWARD
- Afra Almusayebi, Khazna Data Centers
- Ben Cooper, Cambridge Management Consulting
- Chiago Akpata, Bayobab
- David Wright, Disruptive Innovations
- Sam Sham, RETN
- Vincent De Roeper, Zayo Europe
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