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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
Winners Announced :
Winners will be announced during the ceremony at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna on Wednesday, 14th October 2026
For more information, please reach out to Lewis.Powers@informa.com.
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.
Award Shortlist: 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
Ciena: Optical Innovations Enabling "Scale Across" AI Architectures
Huawei: AI-OTN Solution
Nokia: Nokia Optical Network Portfolio
ZTE Corporation: HI-OTN Solution (High-Performance & High-intelligence Optical Transport Network Solution)
2. Leading Data Centre Networks Solution
Ciena: Data Center Out-of-Band Management Solution
Huawei: DC-OTN Solution
Nokia: Nokia - Aurelis for Data Center
3. Most Innovative Optical Transport Use Case
Bouygues Telecom: Automated End-to-End Deployment of Coherent ZR+ ChannelsAacross the Backbone Network
Ciena: RLS Hyper-Rail
Huawei: AI-OTN Solution for Metro DCI and DCA Scenarios
Nokia: Mulit-Rail Open Line System
Türk Telekom: Quantum-Safe Optical Transport Use Case for Critical Communication Networks
ZTE Corporation: Türk Telekom and ZTE Corporation: The World's First Live Network Trial for C+L Full-Band 1.6T Intelligent OTN
4. Most Innovative IP Transport Solution
Ciena: Ciena's FlexE-Enabled IP Transport Solution
Huawei: IP Domain Multi-Scenarios Autonomy Solution
Transaction Network Services: TNS Hosted Cloud Connect
ZTE Corporation: China Telecom Guangdong and ZTE Corporation Digital Twin-Based High-Fidelity Distributed Simulation Platform for L4 Autonomous Networks
5. Best RAN Performance Optimisation Solution
Ericsson: Ericsson and Bharti Airtel Automated RAN Compute Deep Sleep Optimization for Carbon-Neutral 5G Networks
KT: AI-RAN Resource Pooling: Breaking the limits of Traditional RAN
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.: Qualcomm Dragonwing Agentic RAN Management Service
Rakuten Symphony: Rakuten Site Management 2.0
ZTE Corporation: AIR RAN for Cost-Effective AI Monetization
6. Cloud‑Native Network Solution of the Year
Condor Technologies: Kuntur Fiber Manager
Harmonic: Harmonic's cOS™ Virtualized Broadband Platform
Huawei: stc & Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Autonomous Cloud-Native Hyper-Converged Media Plan
Motive: FiberCop S.p.A. + Motive Home Device Manager (HDM)
Rakuten Symphony: Rakuten Cloud with AI Workbench
Wind River: Wind River Cloud Platform
7. Best FWA Solution of the Year
Bouygues Telecom: BBox 5G Wi-Fi 7
SoftAtHomeOne: In-Home Experience Across Fibre and FWA
Solace Power Inc.: Nova
MediaTek: MediaTek T930 & Filogic 8800: The Integrated 5G-Advanced Symmetrical & Wi-Fi 8 Edge-AI FWA Platform
TCL: TCL 5G AI CPE X5 -- Cutting-edge 5G Agentic AI CPE
8. Best Indoor Connectivity Solution
AxyomCore: AxyomCore Enterprise Small Cell
Fibocom Wireless Inc.: Fibocom FG390: Pioneering PC1 High-Power Support for 5G Connectivity
Freshwave: 5G on Omni
MediaTek: MediaTek Filogic 8800, High-Efficiency AI-Driven Wi-Fi 8 Tri-Band Flagship Router Platform
TP-Link: HBN810 by TP-Link
9. Best Innovation in Network as a Service & APIs
Ciena: Navigator NCS Bandwidth-On-Demand API
Megaport Limited: Megaport Global Network as a Service (NaaS) / The Megaport Network
SingVerify: by Singtel
SoftAtHome: SoftAtHome/Orchestr'ON, Making Network-as-a-Service Real at the Home Edge
Turk Telekom: Real-Time Affected Subscriber Identification When Any Disaster Occurred
10. Outstanding Use of AI for Broadband Network Diagnostics
Beegol: An AI-powered Network Diagnosis Platform
Comcast Technology Solutions: AI-Driven Network Diagnostics
Condor Technologies: Optical Intelligence Engine for OB-CAS
Huawei: Huawei's HBB O&M Agent
Nokia: Extended Altiplano Access Controller with Digital Twin
SK Telecom: VISTA: Visual AI Inspection System for Telco Assets
11. Most Innovative Enterprise or Smart City PON Use Case
Huawei: AI-FTTO Intelligent All-in-One Security Device
Nokia: RUCKUS Networks and Utelisys
ZTE Corporation: ZTE Corporation, in partnership with China Southeast University (SEU): Southeast University 50G-PON 10G All-Optical Smart Campus
12. Outstanding FTTH Service
Huawei: AI-FAN Solution
Incognito Software Systems Inc.: Incognito Software and DX Digital Experience Solution
IPKO Telecommunications: Gpon Solution for Urban Areas
KT: Next-Gen FTTH Redundancy
SK Broadband: Fully Autonomous Closed-Loop Integrated Management Solution
ZTE Corporation: China Telecom Sichuan and ZTE Corporation: The Industry's First FTTH Application of 50G PON Time-Division Multi-Generation Coexistence Solution
13. Outstanding Multi-Gigabit Fibre Access Innovation
AIROHA: 50G-PON AI Gateway Processor
Harmonic: SeaStar Optical Node
Huawei's: OptiXaccess MA5800T
Nokia: All-in-one PON Line Card: De-Risking the Multi-Gigabit Evolution
ZTE Corporation: AI-Powered, Multi-Gen Converged OLT Platform
14. Leading In-Home Wi-Fi Service
Airties: Airties and Vodafone's Data-Driven, Proactive Wi-Fi Optimization Program
Huawei: AI-FTTR
Incognito Software Systems Inc.: Incognito Software and DX Digital Experience Solution
Lifemote: Zyxel One, AI-Powered Wi-Fi Management for ISPs
ZTE Corporation: Leading In-Home Wi-Fi Service - All-In-One AI-Native Wi-Fi 7 Router
15. Most Innovative Smart Home Experience
Bitdefender: Bitdefender & Swisscom - Smart Home Security / Home Network Protection
SoftAtHome: Local Agentic AI in the Home Gateway
United Cloud: Vertically Integrated MiniBox Smart Media Ecosystem
Whalebone: YouSee Secure Wi-Fi, powered by Whalebone Aura Basic
ZTE Corporation: Agentic AI Based Smart View Brings Proactive Service for Smart Home
16. Best AI Security on Home Router
TP-Link: TAUC
ZTE Corporation: NetSense AI - Intelligent Wi-Fi Security & Privacy
17. Leading Core Network Solution
AxyomCore: Cloud Native 5G Core
Singtel CUBΣ: Singtel CUBΣ
Huawei: Huawei and STC Intelligent Slice Orchestration with NWDAF for Mega Live Event Experience Assurance-A Pioneering Cross-Domain Approach
Huawei: AI Service-driven AgenticCore Network Solution
Award Shortlist: Operator Categories
Operator categories focus on service innovation and monetisation from operators in the industry.
1. Outstanding Optical Transport Telco
Azerconnect Group: DWDM Modernization
Saudi Telecom Company: Agile & AI-Driven Capacity Pooling DCI Network
Turk Telekom: Hubble Projector Platform
Turkcell: Next-Generation Super C+L Backbone: Unleashing 400G - 1.6TB Capacity with ASON Resilience
2. Autonomous Network Leadership Award
China Mobile: China Mobile & Huawei for Zero-Touch Core Network Operation
China Unicom Research Institute: Multi-Agent Collaborative Intelligent IP Autonomous O&M Project
Saudi Telecom Company: AI-Powered Autonomous IP Transport Network
TIME dotCom Berhah: All-Optical Home Broadband Intelligent Network
Türk Telekom: VisionTürk Telekom Vision
3. Best Smart Home Customer Experience
Bahrain Network (BNET): FTTR‑Powered Smart Home Experience
China Unicom: Smart-Home-Tongtong
Smartone Mobile Communications Limited: Cullinan Harbour Transformation
Saudi Telecom Company: Open, 10G, Intelligent, and Green Network
4. Most Innovative 5G Communication Service
China Mobile: China Mobile Henan & Huawei UE Logo 2.0 + AI Calling
Orange France: 5G+ Standalone Architecture Launch - A Strategic Multi-Segment Deployment
SK Telecom: AI-RAN-powered Autonomous Vehicle Marshalling (AVM)
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Winners on the Seine: A Night to Remember!
Last year, the telecom industry gathered in Paris for an evening to remember. Our fourth annual Network X Awards took place aboard a luxury vessel cruising the Seine, with the city’s most iconic landmarks as the backdrop and the industry’s most celebrated innovations taking centre stage. From the shortlist to the winners’ reveal, it was a night that captured everything that makes this community worth being part of. Watch the highlights and relive the moments that made the 2025 ceremony unforgettable
