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8 - 10 October 2024
Paris Expo Porte de VersaillesParis, FranceFINALISTS REVEALED!
Another year of showcasing innovation and celebrating success!
The third annual Network X Awards programme witnessed a record number of entries from the who's who of the telco world, showcasing the incredible advancements and leadership across the global telecommunications industry.
After a rigorous judging process, these projects have been selected as they boast an incredible range of cutting-edge projects and initiatives, that celebrate innovation, collaboration, and sustainability.
The Network X Awards ceremony, taking place on Tuesday 8th October 2024 at the iconic Hôtel de Ville in Paris, will crown the fierce competition amongst these industry leaders across 19 categories.
Finalists, congratulations on being shortlisted! Secure your spot at the table and bring your team along for an unforgettable awards ceremony, where you could be the ones taking home the trophy — book your table now!
2024 Awards Programme in Numbers
140+
Entries
50+
Companies
45+
Judges
19
Categories
25+
Countries
Finalists: Solution Provider Categories
Outstanding POL Campus Use Case
- Huawei - Huawei innovative POL solution
- Nokia - Nokia: Optical LAN across 80+ schools in Korea
- ZTE - China Telecom Corporation Limited Shaanxi subsidiary&China Telecom Corporation Research Institute & ZTE Corporation / 50G PON + FTTR-B All-Optical Education Network
Leading PON-Based Smart City Service
- DZS - DZS FiberLAN and Andorix Managed PON Service
- Huawei - Huawei 50G PON-based 10Gbps community solution
- Nokia - EPB Chattanooga
Outstanding Green Fibre Use Case
- Airoha Technology - AIROHA AN7583 by Airoha Technology
- Huawei - Huawei Intelligent SingleFAN Pro Solution
- MaxLinear - MaxLinear "Adaptive Power Management for a XGSPON/Wi-Fi 7 Home-Router"
- ZTE - Company: ZTE Corporation, Solution: ZTE Green PON Solution
Outstanding FTTH Service
- Airoha Technology - AIROHA AN9510 by Airoha Technology and Filogic 660 Wi-Fi 7 by MediaTek
- Huawei - Huawei's Intelligent SingleFAN Pro solutionKT KT / Restructuring and Upgrading in EPON Access Network
- Nokia - Nokia: Next-Gen PON Toolbox
- SK Broadband - SK Broadband, SK Telecom, HFR / Survivability prioritization and low-latency
- ZTE -China Mobile Group TianJin Co.,Ltd and ZTE Corporation /CEM Provides Ultimate Experience and Improves User Satisfaction
Leading In-Home Wi-Fi Service
- CUJO AI - Scaling device intelligence to 3 billion end-user devices
- F-Secure Corporation - Mit Internet App, Smartes, most secure home networks by Yousee (Denmark). Powered by F-Secure & Airties
- Huawei - Huawei iFTTR F50 Solution
- Nokia - Nokia: Corteca Home Controller
- SoftAtHome - Personalised Wi-Fi QoE
- Vantiva - Eagle X3 Wi-Fi 7 Tri-Band Extender
Most Innovative Smart Home Experience
- Bitdefender S.R.L. - Qualcomm Inc., Qualcomm 10G Fiber Gateway Platform
- Fibocom Wireless Inc. - Fibocom's integration of the 5G CPE with ST’s MCU and FG370 module
- F-Secure Corporation - Odido, F-Secure & Zyxel /Holsitsic cyber-security & high-performance home networks by Odido (Netherlands). Powered by F-Secure & Zyxell
- Qualcomm - NETGEAR Armor™ Powered by Bitdefender
- ZTE - ZTE Corporation, IntelliCloud Center for Ultimate Smart Home Experience
Outstanding Solution in Open RAN
- Mavenir - Mavenir and Paradise Mobile introduce Bermuda's first fully virtualized Open RAN network, enhancing user experience with high-speed connectivity and scalable architecture.
- Netcracker Technology - Netcracker Open RAN Domain Orchestration
- Qualcomm - Qualcomm Inc., Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card
- Wind River - Wind River Studio
Best Service or Solution for the Enterprise
- AsiaInfo Technologies - South China Branch of CGN New Energy, China Broadnet Guangdong Cable Network Limited, AsiaInfo Technologies for The 1st 700MHz P5G for wind power in Asia
- Druid Software - Optimising in-building mobile coverage at the University of Virginia with Neutral Host
- Huawei - China Unicom Deployed the First Huawei-enabled 5G-A Industrial Manufacturing Private Network
- OXIO - OXIO's world first cloud-native Telecom-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform
- ZTE - ZTE's 5G-based Industrial Field Network for Critical Applications
Outstanding CORE Network Product or Solution
- Huawei - Huawei Intelligent 5G Core Solution Helps stc achieve the Goal of Capex-saving, Opex-saving and Revenue-added
- ZTE - ZTE Turbo Core, the Cloud Native Core Network with Ultimate Acceleration
Most Innovative Cloud Product or Solution
- Ciena - Ciena's Spectrum Defragmentation
- Mavenir - Mavenir’s Cloud-Native Automation
- Netsia - Netsia's BB Suite: A cloud-native, SDN-based virtualized PON disaggregation solution
- Rakuten - Rakuten Cloud by Rakuten Symphony
- RedHat - Red Hat and STC telco cloud with automated service orchestration
- Wind River - Wind River Studio
Outstanding Network AI Project or Solution
- Ericsson - Ericsson & Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) joint submission for Data Driven Cognitive Operation MOCN Environment
- Huawei - Zhejiang Mobile Large Model-based ICN Master Solution Improves O&M Efficiency and Reduces O&M Cost
- Mavenir - Mavenir’s Network Intelligence as a Service (NIaaS)
- Netcracker Technology - Netcracker GenAI Telco Solution
- Nokia - NOKIA, SK Telecom and NTT DOCOMO - AI-native Air Interface (AI-AI)
- Rakuten - Rakuten Symphony / Rakuten AI for Telecom
Best All-Round Optical Transport Vendor
- Huawei - For deployment of 140G+ Baud 400G–1.2T coherent optics, unified Super C+L ROADM solution, and DC-oriented OTN platform for DCI in the carrier market, and launched 200G+ Baud 1.6T solution.
- Nokia - Nokia and SURF's 800Gb/s transmission
- Tejas Networks - Tejas Networks's end-to-end optical transport portfolio, primarily consisting of 2 product families – TJ1400 and TJ1600
- ZTE - ZTE Corporation's most powerful Tbit OTN lays the foundation for ultra-long and ultra-wide optical network
Most Innovative Optical Transport Use Case
- Huawei - Huawei 400G/800G backbone solution
- IP Infusion - IP Infusion OcNOS for Service Providers
- Nokia - Nokia: HellasQCI Quantum-Safe Network Proof-of-Concept
- ZTE - China Telecom Research Institute/ZTE Corporation/Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC)/Exploration of S Band and HCF System for Ultra-large-capacity & Ultra-low Latency Optical Network Innovation
Outstanding Fixed Wireless Access Solution
- Ethernity Networks - Ethernity Networks offers an FWA solution: Link Bonding combines various connections from any vendor (microwave, mmWave, even wires) into a single, large pipe
- Incognito Software Systems Inc.- Incognito’s DX solution
- Nokia - Nokia’s FastMile 5Gmm Receiver
- Qualcomm - Qualcomm Edgewise Generative AI RAN Consultant
- TP-Link - TP-Link NE225-Outdoor
Most Innovative 5G Communication Service
- Druid Software - Druid & Eviden’s combined offering excels in delivering tailored solutions for governments, homeland security, and defence sectors, ensuring seamless integration and cybersecurity.
- Ericsson - Leveraging the world’s first nationwide 5G Standalone network, Ericsson and Singtel introduced innovative services with 5G Network Slicing.
- Huawei - At 2024 May, China Mobile together with Huawei to launch four innovative applications: enhanced visualized voice calling, idol calling, intelligent customer service, and avatar calling, providing users with brand-new calling experiences.
Finalists: Operator Categories
Outstanding Smart Home Operator
- China Unicom
- Comcast
- Deutsche Telekom
- Telus
Most Sustainable Network Project
- AT&T
- KT
- Orange
- SK Telecom
- Verizon
Most Innovative OTN of the Year
- Colt
- Saudi Zain
- Telefonica
- Turkcell
Leading Operator Network API Use Case
- Deutsche Telekom
- Singtel
- Telefonica
- Vodafone