BROADBAND INFOVISION AWARDS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
25 August 2010 – The 2010 Broadband InfoVision Awards shortlist has been announced today ahead of a Gala Dinner Awards presentation evening at 2010 Broadband World Forum in October.
The Broadband InfoVision Awards have long been established as the industry’s leading awards event celebrating excellence within the broadband marketplace. This year a number of new categories have been added to reflect the full broadband ecosystem and promote the activities of operators and content providers in the Broadband market place.
The shortlist is:
Category 1 – Best New Service
• Dial2Do – HandsFreeAssistant
• Ericsson Inc. – Dynamic Open Access Solution
• Huawei – Launching the Convergent Conferencing Service
• Motorola – TD-LTE Shanghai
• Saudi Telecom Company – Broadband Jood Plus
Category 2 – Broadband Access Network Technologies and Services
• Alcatel-Lucent – Industry‐first 10G Symmetrical GPON Trial
• ASSIA, Inc. – DSL Expresse Software
• Huawei – 10G PON System
• Huawei – SingleRAN
• IPS d.o.o and Vedas d.o.o. – MiniMSAN
• Motorola, Inc. – Single RAN Solution
• Nokia Siemens Networks – Smart Networks for Smart Devices
• Telecom Italia – ADSL2+ and VDSL2 modem with bonding feature
Category 3 – Broadband Network and Services Management and Operations
• BT Wholesale – DLM Process
• Ericsson Inc. – CPM
• Ipoque – ipoque’s PRX‐PE Traffic Manager
• JDSU – Ethernet Mobile Backhaul
• Motorola – LTE SON
• Openet – FusionWorks™ Policy Manager 3.0
Category 4 – Content, Entertainment, Applications and Services
• Juniper – Media Flow
• Reliance Communications (RelianceADA Group) – Automatic Meter Reading
• TV Genius – Content Delivery Platform and Relevance Engine
• Verimatrix – Video Content Authority System 3.0 (VCAS™)
• ZTE Corporation – ZTE Cloud‐Based Multi‐Screen IPTV Solution
Category 5 – Broadband Home: Appliances, Devices, Home Networks & Services
• Amino Communications – Amino Freedom DVB-T Hybrid Media Centre
• Ericsson Inc. – IPTV Remote
• NEC – Femtocell Solution Suite
• Technicolor 2 – Media Touch 2
• Ubiquisys – G3‐Mini
Category 6 – Enabling Silicon and Component-Level Technologies
• Alcatel-Lucent – Next Generation Electro-Optics Engine with Coherent Detection for 100G Transmission
• Freescale – P2020 and MSC8156 AMC Reference Design
• HomeGrid Forum – G.hn
• Juniper – Junos Trio Chipset
• Lantiq Deutschland – WAVE300
Category 7 – Core & Metro Network Innovation and Advances
• Alcatel-Lucent – 100G Solution
• Ciena – 100G Coherent Optical Solution
• Cisco Inc – Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS)
• Huawei – IP & OTN Synergy
• Nokia Siemens Networks – Smart Mobile Backhaul with FlexiPacket Microwave
Category 8 – Green Broadband Awards
• Alcatel-Lucent – Accepting the Eco-Challenge
• Huawei – Green SingleRAN@Broad
• ZTE Corporation – ZXA10 C300
• ZyXEL Communications Corporation – Series of eco-friendly and energy-efficient products
Category 9 – Broadband Innovation of the Year
• Alcatel-Lucent – Phantom Mode: Bridging the Gap between Copper and Fiber
• ASSIA, Inc. – DSL Expresse software
• Huawei & Vodafone – MetroZone
• i3 Group – Fibrecity
• Nokia Siemens Networks – 400G+ Readiness
• ZTE Corporation – Cloud Computing Based IMS Streaming Solution
Category 10 – Changing Lives Awards
• Columbus Networks – Living Lab Project
• Saudi Telecom Company – Broadband Jood Plus
• Telstra – Telstra’s Arnhem Land Fibre Project
• Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) – Broadband That Changes Our Lives
The judging panel for the Awards include CTOs from ten of the world’s leading broadband operators, significantly contributing to their prestige. The winners will then be announced at a new Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony taking place aboard the Bateau Diamant while cruising down the Seine on 26th October, the opening night of the Broadband World Forum.
Gavin Whitechurch, director of Broadband World Forum, commented: “The Broadband InfoVision Awards are a key date in the calendar for many broadband operators and service providers so in 2010 we wanted to make the event bigger and better than before.
“The new Gala Dinner Cruise will be a fantastic setting to present the awards and will provide a great opportunity for client entertainment and team building.”
The Broadband World Forum 2010 is taking place on 26-28 October at CNIT, La Defense in Paris, France and will this year feature more than 200 leading industry speakers, including 125 global service providers, from around the world addressing over 6,000 attendees across four new tracks covering transport, intelligence, access and services.
To book your tickets for the InfoVision Gala Dinner Awards Cruise or to register for the conference, visit the Broadband World Forum website at www.broadbandworldforum.com