Awards

Vendor Categories 

Open to vendors or joint entries with their Telco/CSP customers

AI-driven Orchestration Award
The most innovative automated service orchestration solution powered by AI

Winner

• Amdocs

Shortlist

• Altice Labs
• Amdocs
• Celfocus & Vodafone
• Nearby Computing
• Netcracker Technology
• P.I. Works & Singtel

AIOps Award
The best operations solution incorporating AI functionality

Winner

• Reailize

Shortlist

• Altice Labs
• Ericsson & True
• LabLabee AI
• Reailize
• Telness Tech
• Vitria

Automation Solution Award
The leading solution for network automation

Winner

• Ericsson

Shortlist

• Broadcom
• Comarch Communications, Hatif Libya & Makman Technology Consulting
• Ericsson
• Netcracker Technology
• VIAVI Solutions
• Xacria & Fastweb

Autonomous Network Operations Award
The best example of large-scale automation and intelligent operations

Winner

• Netcracker Technology & Swisscom

Shortlist

• Amdocs & PLDT
• Netcracker Technology & Swisscom
• P.I. Works
• Rakuten Symphony
• Virtusa & BT
• Xacria & EOLO

Customer Experience Award
The most innovative AI application to enhance customer experience

Winner

• Huawei Technologies & China Mobile

Shortlist

• Argela & Türk Telekom
• Celfocus & Vodafone
• Ericsson & Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison
• Huawei Technologies & China Mobile
• Netcracker Technology
• Wavelo

Network AI Award
The most innovative AI solution to enhance network performance

Winner

• Rakuten Symphony

Shortlist

• Blue Planet, a division of Ciena
• Broadcom
• Future Connections
• HCLTech
• Infovista
• Rakuten Symphony

Network Data & Intelligence Innovation Award
The leading data and intelligence solution or platform transforming network operations

Winner

• P.I. Works & Turkcell

Shortlist

• Celfocus
• Ericsson
• Infovista
• P.I. Works & Turkcell
• RADCOM
• thinkRF

Operator Categories

Open to Telcos/CSPs or joint entries with their vendor partner

Autonomous Network Operator Leadership Award
Recognising leadership, vision, and sustained progress toward L4/5 autonomous networks – not a single use case

Winner

• Elisa

Shortlist

• British Telecom
• Elisa
• Telefónica
• Telenor
• Turk Telekom
• Vodafone

 Operator Deployment Award
Recognising a standout AI or automation use case or deployment that delivers measurable operational or business impact

Winner

• Deutsche Telekom

Shortlist

• CITIC Telecom
• Deutsche Telekom
• Deutsche Telekom Technik & Ecosystem Partners
• Swisscom
• Telefónica
• Vodafone

Individual Categories

Technology Leader Award
Recognising an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and sustained application of AI & automation in the network

Winner

• Laurent Leboucher, EVP Networks & Group CTO, Orange

Women in Telco Trailblazer of the Year
Recognising the potential of tomorrow´s female leaders who are pushing the boundaries and demonstrating technology leadership. The winner will demonstrate the application of AI & automation in the network.

Winners

• Mabel Pous Fenollar, Global Director of Digital and Zero Touch Operations, Vodafone
• Sana Tariq, Principal Architect, Cloud, Data and AI, TELUS

Shortlist

• Aeman Faruqui, AI and Assurance Platform Tech Lead, Virgin Media O2
• Mabel Pous Fenollar, Global Director of Digital and Zero Touch Operations, Vodafone
• Nektaria Efthymiou, Network Platform and Security Research Director, BT Group
• Rana Khanafer, SVP Telco Cloud at Orange International Networks, Orange
• Sana Tariq, Principal Architect, Cloud, Data and AI, TELUS
• Valeria Baiamonte, Director of Network Strategy and Transformation, VodafoneThree