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Telco Innovation Awards

2025 Dates Announced!

Award Categories

The countdown to this year’s awards starts now! Submit your free application(s) from 4th September to 24th October for your chance to be recognised as an industry leader – no matter whether you're innovating in roaming, messaging, networks, or fraud mitigation.

Judges' Choice

The winners of these awards are hand-picked by our expert judging panel, and represent the people and organisations driving true innovation in the telecoms and connectivity space.

  • Excellence in Telco Innovation
  • Mover & Shaker in Telco

Operator & Network Innovation

This category honours the leading players in the network operator and carrier space, across the following categories:

  • AI Innovation in Telco
  • Billing & Charging Evolution Platform Innovation
  • Best Cellular IoT Initiative
  • Communications API Solution Innovation
  • Best Connectivity Solution for SMEs
  • Best Network Orchestration Solution in Telco
  • Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year
  • Sustainability in Telecommunications Innovation
  • Telecoms Cloud Innovation

Enterprise Telco Innovation

This category honours the leading players in the enterprise telecommunications space, across the following categories:

  • AI Chatbot Innovation
  • Carrier Billing Solution Innovation
  • Conversational Commerce Solution Innovation
  • CPaaS Provider of the Year
  • Customer Data Platform Solution Innovation
  • Messaging Fraud Mitigation Innovation
  • Mobile Messaging Innovation of the Year
  • Best RCS Business Messaging Solution: Europe
  • Best RCS Business Messaging Solution: Middle East & Africa
  • Best RCS Business Messaging Solution: North America
  • Steering of Roaming Innovation
  • Travel eSIM Innovation

Security & Fraud Innovation

This category honours the leading players in the network security and anti-fraud space, across the following categories:

  • AGT/AIT Fraud Detection Innovation
  • Data & Financial Clearing Solution Innovation
  • Flash Call Authentication Solution Innovation
  • Mobile Authentication Innovation
  • Robocall Mitigation Innovation

2024 Winners

Evaluation Process

Entries are initially assessed by a Juniper Research analyst panel, which then draws up a shortlist of potential winners based on a number of criteria, including:

  • Product Innovation
  • Features & Benefits
  • Product Partnerships
  • Certification & Compliance
  • Future Business Prospects

These shortlists are then assessed and scored according to a rigorous set of criteria and verified by our team of experts. At the end of this process, final winners are agreed upon and confirmed by our Juniper Research judging panel.

Previous winners include:

Awards History

Excellence in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Telefónica Tech

Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Inderpal Singh Mumick, CEO of Dotgo

AI Innovation in Telco

Platinum Winner: Amdocs, Amdocs amAIz Generative AI Platform

Gold Winner: RocketPhone

Billing & Charging Evolution Platform Innovation

Platinum Winner: Syniverse, Universal Commerce

Gold Winner: Comfone

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

Platinum Winner: Tata Communications, Tata Communications MOVE™

Gold Winner: Wireless Logic, Conexa

Communications API Solution Innovation

Platinum Winner: Shush, Shush Sherlock

Gold Winner: Tata Communications, Customer Interaction Suite

Best Connectivity Solution for SMEs

Platinum Winner: Vantiva, Cobra 5G Xtream

Gold Winner: CypressTel, SD-WAN & SASE

Best Network Orchestration Solution in Telco

Platinum Winner: Singtel, Singtel Paragon

Gold Winner: Amdocs, Amdocs End-to-End Service Orchestration

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: Console Connect

Gold Winner: NFWare, NFWare CGNAT

Sustainability in Telecommunications Innovation

Platinum Winner: Eridan, Eridan MIRACLE Module

Gold Winner: Rakuten Symphony, Sauron eBPF for Modern Telco Infrastructure

Telecoms Cloud Innovation

Platinum Winner: Rakuten Symphony, Rakuten Cloud

Gold Winner: Epsilon Telecommunications, Global Cloud Connectivity Portfolio

AI Chatbot Innovation

Platinum Winner: BICS, AI ‘WeChatBot’

Gold Winner: Zammo.ai

Carrier Billing Solution Innovation

Platinum Winner: Digital Virgo, DV PASS

Gold Winner: Bango

Conversational Commerce Solution Innovation

Platinum Winner: Route Mobile, WhatsApp Ticketing Solution

Gold Winner: Gupshup, Gupshup Converse

CPaaS Provider of the Year

Platinum Winner: Infobip, Infobip Omnichannel Platform

Customer Data Platform Solution Innovation

Platinum Winner: Tealium

Gold Winner: CM.com

Messaging Fraud Mitigation Innovation

Platinum Winner: Monty Mobile, Smartwall

Gold Winner: Mobileum, URL Scanner

Mobile Messaging Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: Gupshup, Gupshup AI Campaign Co-Pilot

Best RCS Business Messaging Solution: Europe

Platinum Winner: LINK Mobility

Best RCS Business Messaging Solution: Middle East & Africa

Platinum Winner: Comviva

Best RCS Business Messaging Solution: North America

Platinum Winner: Infobip

Steering of Roaming Innovation

Platinum Winner: TOMIA, Intelligent Preferred Network

Gold Winner: Mobileum, Steering of Roaming

Travel eSIM Innovation

Platinum Winner: eSIM Go, Powered by Breeze

AGT/AIT Fraud Detection Innovation

Platinum Winner: Globe Teleservices, Armour

Gold Winner: BICS, BICS Fraud Mitigation

Data & Financial Clearing Solution Innovation

Platinum Winner: MACH, Financial Clearing & Settlement

Gold Winner: Syniverse, Universal Commerce

Flash Call Authentication Solution Innovation

Platinum Winner: VOX Solutions, VOX-360

Gold Winner: GMS, GMS Flash Call Management

Mobile Authentication Innovation

Platinum Winner: Telesign, Verify API

Gold Winner: Prelude, Prelude Verify

Robocall Mitigation Innovation

Platinum Winner: TNS, TNS Call Guardian & TNS Enterprise Product Suite

Gold Winner: iconectiv, TruNumber Protect Platform

CPaaS Provider of the Year (EMEA)

Platinum Winner: Kaleyra

Gold Winner: Infobip, Infobip CPaaS platform

CPaaS Provider of the Year (Americas)

Platinum Winner: Nexmo, The Vonage API Platform

Gold Winner: Twilio

CPaaS Provider of the Year (Global)

Platinum Winner: Sinch

Gold Winner: Infobip

Best RCS Provider

Platinum Winner: Interop Technologies, Rich Communication Services Suite

Gold Winner: Infobip

Best 5G Innovation

Platinum Winner: Ericsson, Vodafone & e.GO, Factory 1

Gold Winner: Huawei, 5G Deterministic Network Solution

Best Roaming Provider

Platinum Winner: TOMIA

Gold Winner: Mobileum

Best Carrier Billing Provider

Platinum Winner: DOCOMO Digital

Gold Winner: DIMOCO

Best Digital Identity Solution

Platinum Winner: Infobip, iGate

Gold Winner: Nethone, Nethone Guard

Best Cloud Security Provider

Platinum Winner: Netskope

Gold Winner: Gemalto, a Thales company, Thales eSecurity

Best Network Protection Solution

Platinum Winner: Kontxt

Gold Winner: RedSeal, Cyber Terrain Analytics Platform

Best Mobile Attribution Platform

Platinum Winner: AppsFlyer

Gold Winner: Kochava

Best Antifraud Solution in Advertising

Platinum Winner: Pixalate

Gold Winner: TrafficGuard

Best OTT Video Provider

Platinum Winner: Disney, Disney+

Gold Winner: Amazon, Amazon Prime Video

Best Use of AI in Digital Content

Platinum Winner: KeeMotion

Gold Winner: NVIDIA, Turing GPU Architecture

Excellence in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: CM.com

Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Silvio Kutic, CEO & Founder of Infobip

CPaaS Provider of the Year

Platinum Winner: Route Mobile

Gold Winner: Infobip, Infobip CPaaS platform

Best RCS Provider

Platinum Winner: Kaleyra, Kaleyra Cloud

Gold Winner: Infobip, RCS Business Messaging

Best Steering of Roaming Solution

Platinum Winner: Mobileum, VoLTE Roaming

Gold Winner: TNS, Roamer Control

Best Roaming Hub

Platinum Winner: BICS

Gold Winner: Comfone, Key2Roam Hub

Best Carrier Billing Provider

Platinum Winner: Telenor, Digital Direct Operator Billing

Gold Winner: DOCOMO Digital

Best Mobile Identity Solution

Platinum Winner: Mastercard, ID

Gold Winner: AnyNet, IoT Connectivity

Best SMS Firewall

Platinum Winner: Route Mobile

Gold Winner: Anam, Assure

Best Financial Clearing Solution

Platinum Winner: Evina

Gold Winner: Clear

Best Signalling Firewall Solution

Platinum Winner: Mobileum

Gold Winner: Sinch

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: DriveNets, Network Cloud

Gold Winner: PCCW Global, Console Connect

Best Operator 5G Solution

Platinum Winner: Skyboxe

Gold Winner: Orange, Start Walking 5G Pack

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

Platinum Winner: Thales, IoT Safe

Gold Winner: TOMIA, TOMIA’s IoT Roaming Monetization

Best Network AI Innovation

Platinum Winner: Ericsson, Network Intelligence & Omni Network Channel

Gold Winner: Cujo, AI

Best Automotive Connectivity Solution

Platinum Winner:

Gold Winner: Thales, Thales for Automotive

Juniper Research Award for Excellence in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Mobileum

Telco Mover & Shaker of the Year

Platinum Winner: Dario Calogero, CEO & Founder of Kaleyra

Best Carrier Billing Solution

Platinum Winner: Digital Virgo, DV PASS

Gold Winner: Boku

Best Steering of Roaming Solution

Platinum Winner: TOMIA, Smart Steering

Gold Winner: Mobileum, Network Traffic Redirection (NTR) v8.0

Best RCS Provider

Platinum Winner: Route Mobile RCS

Gold Winner: LINK Mobility, LINK Messaging RCS

Best Mobile Video Solution

Platinum Winner: Orange, Immersive Tour

Best CCaaS (Contact Centre-as-a-Service) Solution

Platinum Winner: Agora.io, SDRTN Solution for Telco Carriers

Gold Winner: CM.com, Mobile Service Cloud

Best Conversational AI Solution

Platinum Winner: Zammo.ai

Gold Winner: Hyro

Best Conversational Commerce Solution

Platinum Winner: Sinch Conversation API

Gold Winner: CM.com, Mobile Marketing Cloud

CPaaS Provider of the Year

Platinum Winner: Kaleyra

Gold Winner: Infobip, Customer Engagement Platform

Best Digital Transformation Project in Telco

Platinum Winner: KaiOS

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: DriveNets, Network Cloud

Gold Winner: PCCW Global, Console Connect

Best Operator 5G Solution

Platinum Winner: Skyboxe

Gold Winner: Orange 5G Lab

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

Platinum Winner: Helium

Gold Winner: Eseye, AnyNet+ SIM

Best 5G Roaming Service Provider

Platinum Winner: iBasis

Gold Winner: TNS Roaming Hub

Best Robocall Mitigation Solution

Platinum Winner: TNS Identity & Protection Suite

Gold Winner: Neustar Branded Call Display (BCD)

Best Mobile Identity Solution

Platinum Winner: G+D, SIGNiT - Data Integrity for the IoT

Gold Winner: Knomi

Best SMS Firewall

Platinum Winner: Mobileum, SMS Firewall

Gold Winner: Infobip, sGate

Best Financial Clearing Solution

Platinum Winner: Comfone Clearing Services

Gold Winner: TOMIA, Financial Clearing & Settlement

Best Flash Calling Authentication Solution

Platinum Winner: VOX Carrier, VOX Flash Calling & Voice Firewall

Excellence in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Skymax Networks

Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Ehsan Ahmadi, CEO & Founder of VOX Solutions

Best Customer Data Platform Solution

Platinum Winner: Veego

Gold Winner: Bango

CPaaS Provider of the Year

Platinum Winner: Vonage

Gold Winner: Cisco

Best RCS Initiative

Platinum Winner: Infobip

Gold Winner: Cisco

Best Steering of Roaming Solution

Platinum Winner: TOMIA

Gold Winner: Mobileum

Best Mobile Video Solution

Platinum Winner: Huawei

Gold Winner: China Unicom

Best Carrier Billing Solution

Platinum Winner: Digital Virgo

Gold Winner: Telecoming

Best CCaaS Solution

Platinum Winner: Route Mobile

Gold Winner: Genesys

Best AI Chatbot Solution

Platinum Winner: Zammo.ai

Gold Winner: Hyro

Best Conversational Commerce Solution

Platinum Winner: Nuacem

Gold Winner: Vonage

Best Mobile Authentication Solution

Platinum Winner: Methics

Gold Winner: Nuggets

Most Innovative Anti-SMS Fraud Solution

Platinum Winner: Mobileum

Gold Winner: Subex

Best Financial Clearing Solution

Platinum Winner: TOMIA

Gold Winner: Comfone

Best Robocall Mitigation Solution

Platinum Winner: LANCK Telecom

Gold Winner: Neustar

Best Flash Call Authentication Solution

Platinum Winner: VOX Solutions

Gold Winner: Infobip

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: Console Connect

Gold Winner: Rakuten Symphony

Best Operator 5G Solution

Platinum Winner: NTT DOCOMO

Gold Winner: Ericsson

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

Platinum Winner: emnify

Gold Winner: Telit

Best 5G Roaming Service Provider

Platinum Winner: TNS

Gold Winner: Vodafone

Best Digital Transformation Project in Telco

Platinum Winner: Deutsche Telekom in partnership with Colt, PCCW Global, and Vodafone

Gold Winner: TNS

Excellence in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Sinch

Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

Platinum Winner: Andrea Giacomini, CEO of Mitto

Best Customer Data Platform Solution

Platinum Winner: VodafoneZiggo & BlueConic

Gold Winner: China Mobile & AsiaInfo Technologies, Customer Network Data Middle Platform

CPaaS Provider of the Year

Platinum Winner: Infobip, Infobip Communications Platform

Best IoT Roaming Solution

Platinum Winner: Telefónica

Gold Winner: Vodafone

Best Steering of Roaming Solution

Platinum Winner: TOMIA, Intelligent Preferred Network

Gold Winner: Mobileum

Best Carrier Billing Solution

Platinum Winner: Telecoming

Gold Winner: Digital Virgo

Best CCaaS Solution

Platinum Winner: Vonage, Vonage Contact Center

Gold Winner: Tata Communications, InstaCC

Best AI Chatbot Solution

Platinum Winner: Gupshup, ACE LLM

Gold Winner: BT & Soprano Design, Patient Concierge

Best Conversational Commerce Solution

Platinum Winner: Tata Communications, Customer Interaction Suite

Gold Winner: Gupshup

Mobile Messaging Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: Interop Technologies, Basic RCS

Best Mobile Authentication Solution

Platinum Winner: Route Mobile, P2A-based Authentication

Gold Winner: Zumigo, Zumigo Assure Authentication

Most Innovative SMS Fraud Mitigation Solution

Platinum Winner: Global Message Services, RPA-powered SMS Firewall

Gold Winner: XConnect, Global Number Range Service

Best Financial Clearing Solution

Platinum Winner: Syniverse, Financial Clearing and Settlement

Gold Winner: TOMIA, Financial Clearing & Settlement

Best Robocall Mitigation Solution

Platinum Winner: BICS, FraudGuard

Gold Winner: TransUnion, TruContact Spoofed Call Protection, Powered by Neustar

Best Flash Call Authentication Solution

Platinum Winner: VOX Solutions, VOX360

Gold Winner: Mobileum, Mobileum Flash Calls

Best AGT/AIT Fraud Solution

Platinum Winner: LANCK Telecom, FOUNDATION FMS

Gold Winner: Telesign, Telesign Verify Plus & Telesign Intelligence

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: Rakuten Symphony, Symcloud

Gold Winner: Console Connect

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

Platinum Winner: Eseye, AnyNet+ Cellular IoT Connectivity Solution

Gold Winner: Bridge Alliance, APAC Multi-domestic Connectivity Solution for Automotives

Best Digital Transformation Project in Telco

Platinum Winner: Thales, Trusted Digital Telcos

Best AI Innovation in Telco

Platinum Winner: Dubber, Moments

Gold Winner: Comviva, MobiLytix AI

Best Satellite Connectivity Service

Platinum Winner: Orange Satellite & Nordnet

Best Network Orchestration Solution in Telco

Platinum Winner: Tata Elxsi, NEURON

Gold Winner: DCConnect Global Limited, DC Gateway

Best Billing & Charging Evolution Platform

Platinum Winner: Syniverse, Universal Commerce

Gold Winner: Comviva, PreTups Voucher Management System

Sustainability in Telecommunications Innovation of the Year

Platinum Winner: GeoLinks, ClearFiber