Network X Awards
Industry leaders will gather at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) on for an extraordinary celebration, recognizing the innovations and achievements shaping the future of telecoms.
2026 Awards Info
Submissions Close: Monday 29th June 2026
Shortlist Announced: Monday 20th July 2026
Winners Announced: Wednesday 14th October 2026
For more information, please reach out to Lewis.Powers@informa.com.
Solution Provider Categories
Solution Provider categories focus on the leading solutions from technology providers and vendors in the industry.
1. Best All-Round Optical Transport Vendor
2. Leading Data Centre Networks Solution
3. Most Innovative Optical Transport Use Case
4. Most Innovative IP Transport Solution
5. Best RAN Performance Optimisation Solution
6. Cloud‑Native Network Solution of the Year
7. Best FWA Solution of the Year
8. Best Indoor Connectivity Solution
9. Best Innovation in Network as a Service & APIs
10. Outstanding Use of AI for Broadband Network Diagnostics
11. Most Innovative Enterprise or Smart City PON Use Case
12. Outstanding Enterprise Dark Fibre Use Case
13. Outstanding FTTH Service
14. Outstanding Multi-Gigabit Fibre Access Innovation
15. Leading In-Home Wi-Fi Service
16. Most Innovative Smart Home Experience
17. Best AI Security on Home Router
Operator Categories
Operator categories focus on service innovation and monetisation from operators in the industry.
1. Outstanding Optical Transport Telco
2. Autonomous Network Leadership Award
3. Outstanding End‑to‑End RAN Modernisation
4. Best Smart Home Customer Experience
5. Most Innovative 5G Communication Service
2025 Winners - Solution Provider Categories
Best AI-Driven Mobile Network Solution
Ericsson
Ericsson and DNB – AI-Driven Intent-Based Operations for the World’s First 5G MOCN Network
Best All-Round Optical Transport Vendor
Ciena
Ciena and WaveLogic 6 Extreme
Best Indoor Connectivity Solution
ZTE
ZTE Full-Scenario Indoor Digitalization Solutions
Best Network AI Solution for Fibre Networks
Huawei
Huawei Premium Broadband Solution
FWA Solution of the Year
Nokia
Nokia's Multi-tenant 5G Fixed-Wireless Access for MDUs
Leading Core Network Solution
Huawei
China Mobile & Huawei AI Core Solution
Leading Data Centre Networks Solution
Nokia
Nokia's Data Center Automation Platform - Event-Driven Automation (EDA)
Leading In-Home Wi-Fi Service
SoftAtHome
SoftAtHome - WorkAtHome
Most Innovative 5G Communication Service
AIS
AIS and Huawei's First AI Calling Service
Most Innovative AI-Ran Implementation
HUMAX Networks, Inc.
HUMAX Networks INC. - OCRA (Optical Compass & Robotic Arm)
Most Innovative Enterprise or Smart City PON Use Case
Nokia
Nokia and Chorus - PON for Smart Cherry Farming
Most Innovative IP Transport Solution
Ciena
MXT Holdings (MXT) and Ciena’s coherent routing solution.
Most Innovative Optical Transport Use Case
Huawei
Huawei DC-OTN Solution
Most Innovative Smart Home Experience
ZTE
ZTE Corporation Next-gen Smart Screen, Embracing AI-powered Inclusive Life
Open RAN Excellence
Wind River
Wind River Cloud Platform
Outstanding FTTH Service
Netcracker Technology
Netcracker Technology - Netcracker Fiber Cloud Solution
Outstanding Green Fibre Use Case
Huawei
Huawei Intelligent SingleFAN Pro solution
Outstanding Multi-Gigabit Fibre Access Innovation
Netsia
Netsia's SEBA Project
Outstanding Network Slicing Innovation
Ericsson
Telstra & Ericsson – Dynamic 5G with Network Slicing
Outstanding POL Campus Use Case
Nokia
Nokia´s Optical LAN deployment at a major European museum
Winners on the Seine: A Night to Remember!
Our fourth annual awards ceremony aboard a luxury vessel cruising the Seine provided the perfect backdrop as this year's winners were revealed amidst Paris's iconic landmarks.
Industry leaders gathered for an extraordinary celebration, recognizing the innovations and achievements shaping the future of telecoms. Watch the highlights from the evening and relive the unforgettable moments of this remarkable event.
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Network X Awards at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK)
The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna is one of the most important museums of its kind worldwide. Founded as the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in 1863, today’s museum—with its unique collection of applied arts and as a first-class address for contemporary art—can boast an incomparable identity. Originally established as an exemplary source collection, today’s MAK Collection continues to stand for an extraordinary union of applied art, design, contemporary art and architecture.
2025 Winners - Service Provider Categories
Best Smart Home Customer Experience
SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited
SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited - Built for Families. Designed for the Future
Most Innovative RAN Energy Efficiency Implementation
KT Corporation
KT, AI-based ES Orchestrator
Outstanding Optical Transport Telco
Telstra
Telstra Optical Network Technology and Resilience leadership - in partnership with Ericsson & Ciena
Most Innovative Telco AI Deployment
China Mobile Shandong Co., Ltd
China Mobile Shandong – Intelligent Network Change Management Platform (INCMP)
