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2021 Winners Announced

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Telco Innovation

Operators and telecommunications providers and their partners continue to play a leading role at the heart of digital communication. This award category aims to recognise and reward the best operators and services across the Telco, Security and Network Operator markets.

Find out more about our award categories below.

  •  Judges' Choice
  •  Enterprise Telco Innovation
  •  Security & Fraud Innovation
  •  Operator & Network Innovation
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Judges' Choice

Our Judges' Choice category is not open to nominations - the winners of these categories are hand-picked by our Judges Panel and represent the very best of the best in their category.

• Excellence in Telco Innovation
• Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

This category is not open for nominations

Enterprise Telco Innovation

Our Enterprise Telco Innovation category honours the leading players in the Enterprise Telecommunications markets, across the following categories:

• CPaaS Provider of the Year (Platinum & Gold)
• Best RCS Provider (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Steering of Roaming Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Roaming Hub (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Carrier Billing Solution (Platinum & Gold)

Nominations are now closed

Security & Fraud Innovation

Our Security & Fraud Innovation category honours the leading players in the network security and anti-fraud markets, across the following categories:

• Best Mobile Identity Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best SMS Firewall (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Financial Clearing Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Signalling Firewall Solution (Platinum & Gold)

Nominations are now closed

Operator & Network Innovation

Our Operator & Network Innovation category honours the leading players in the network operator and wireless carrier markets, across the following categories:

• Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Operator 5G Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Cellular IoT Initiative (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Network AI Innovation (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Operator / Automotive Service Partnership (Platinum)

Nominations are now closed

2021 Winners

Judges' Choice   

Excellence in Telco Innovation

PLATINUM WINNER
CM.com

 

Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

PLATINUM WINNER
Silvio Kutic

 

Enterprise Telco Innovation   

CPaaS Provider of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Infobip
Infobip

Infobip CPaaS platform

 

GOLD WINNER

Route Mobile

Best RCS Provider

PLATINUM WINNER
Infobip
Infobip

RCS Business Messaging

 

GOLD WINNER

Kaleyra

Kaleyra Cloud

Best Steering of Roaming Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
TNS
TNS

Roamer Control

 

GOLD WINNER

Mobileum

VoLTE Roaming

Best Roaming Hub

PLATINUM WINNER
Comfone
Comfone

Key2Roam Hub

 

GOLD WINNER

BICS

Best Carrier Billing Provider

PLATINUM WINNER
DOCOMO Digital
DOCOMO Digital

DOCOMO Digital

 

GOLD WINNER

Telenor

Digital Direct Operator Billing

Security & Fraud Innovation   

Best Mobile Identity Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
AnyNet
AnyNet

IoT Connectivity

 

GOLD WINNER

Mastercard

ID

Best SMS Firewall

PLATINUM WINNER
Anam
Anam

Assure

 

GOLD WINNER

Route Mobile

Best Financial Clearing Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Clear
Clear

Clear

 

GOLD WINNER

Evina

Best Signalling Firewall Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Sinch
Sinch

Sinch

 

GOLD WINNER

Mobileum

Operator & Network Innovation   

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
PCCW Global
PCCW Global

Console Connect

 

GOLD WINNER

DriveNets

Network Cloud

Best Operator 5G Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Orange
Orange

Start Walking 5G Pack

 

GOLD WINNER

Skyboxe

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

PLATINUM WINNER
TOMIA
TOMIA

TOMIA’s IoT Roaming Monetization

 

GOLD WINNER

Thales

IoT Safe

Best Network AI Innovation

PLATINUM WINNER
Cujo
Cujo

AI

 

GOLD WINNER

Ericsson

Network Intelligence & Omni Network Channel

Best Automotive Connectivity Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Thales
Thales

Thales for Automotive

 

Best 5G Innovation

Our awards for Best 5G Innovation, as determined by our judges.

Huawei PLATINUM WINNER - Huawei
Huawei has created our 5G Deterministic Networking Solution (5GDNS), an industry-first software solution which enables telcos to offer customized services to address their clients` customized demands. Huawei's 5GDNS alliance partners have exceeded 50 members and jointly practices have been implemented in 9 industries, 40+ scenarios, and more than 40 commercial and pre-commercial cases.

Find out more: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/products/core-network/huawei-5g-deterministic-networking-solution-briefing

GOLD WINNER - Ericsson, Vodafone & e.GO
In e.GO’s Factory 1, where the e.GO Life model is manufactured, an Ericsson Private Networks solution – spanning 5G Core and 5G New Radio solutions from Ericsson’s 5G Platform – will deliver secure and almost real-time data networking across the production chain, from digital material management to autonomous vehicle control, enabled by 5G connectivity from Ericsson and Vodafone Germany.

Find out more: https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2019/6/5g-car-manufacturng-with-ego-ericsson-and-vodafone

Excellence in Telco Innovation

Our Judges' Choice award for Excellence in Telco Innovation.

CM.com WINNER - CM.com
For it's efforts in integrating payments solutions into communications services throughout 2020. These include the acquisitions of RobinHQ.com, CX Company and Global Ticket. This has enabled to launch new payment services over its solutions portfolio. The company has also been active in expanding its geographical presence, including the first launch of RCS in Germany in April and the enablement of WeChat Pay in Europe.

Find out more: https://www.cm.com/

Best Antifraud Solution in Advertising

Our awards for Best Antifraud Solution in Advertising, as determined by our judges.

TrafficGuard PLATINUM WINNER - TrafficGuard
TrafficGuard's real-time fraud prevention keeps your traffic clean, increases reach, and drives return on ad spend. TrafficGuard is trusted by world leading advertisers, ad networks and agencies to protect their ad spend and help them grow.

Find out more: https://www.trafficguard.ai/

GOLD WINNER - Pixalate
Pixalate delivers the only Fraud Management System that mitigates your risk exposure with accredited anti-fraud solutions across display, in-app, video and OTT/CTV.

Find out more: https://www.pixalate.com/

Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

Our Judges' Choice award for Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation.

Silvio Kutic WINNER - Silvio Kutic, CEO & Founder of Infobip
For his efforts in growing Infobip’s market share in the CPaaS space by signing a strategic investment agreement with US-based capital investment company OEP (One Equity Partners). As a result, over $200 million was invested in the company last year. Additionally, he oversaw the acquisition of OpenMarket for £300 million in November 2020 to expand Infobip's presence in the US.

Find out more: https://www.infobip.com/

Best Automotive Connectivity Solution

Our awards for Best Automotive Connectivity Solution, as determined by our judges.

Thales PLATINUM WINNER - Thales for Automotive
Thales' dedicated automotive connectivity solutions and advanced cybersecurity expertise allow you to meet the requirements of the connected car of the future. OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers use our dedicated automotive eSIM (eUICC), high-speed cellular IoT modules, and cybersecurity solutions to enable 24/7 securely connected applications.

Find out more: https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/iot/industries/automotive

Best Carrier Billing Provider

Our awards for Best Carrier Billing Provider, as determined by our judges.

DIMOCO PLATINUM WINNER - DIMOCO
DIMOCO is a leading payment and messaging innovator. As industry leader at the cutting edge of mobile technology it has paved the way in direct carrier billing and mobile messaging services. DIMOCO stimulates the creation of new payment and messaging services with the FinTech philosophy at its core. The group is trusted by global telecom carriers, card schemes, content publishers, large merchants and corporations.

Find out more: https://dimoco.eu/

GOLD WINNER - DOCOMO Digital
DOCOMO Digital was established as the international mobile commerce platform of NTT DOCOMO in 2016 at the back of NTT DOCOMO’s acquisitions such as Buongiorno SpA and net mobile AG. Our portfolio of innovative marketing and payments solutions helps telecom carriers, brands and merchants unlock growth in the mobile commerce ecosystem while enhancing the experience for their users.

Find out more: https://www.docomodigital.com/

Best Carrier Billing Provider

Our awards for Best Carrier Billing Provider, as determined by our judges.

DOCOMO Digital PLATINUM WINNER - DOCOMO Digital
DOCOMO Digital was established as the international mobile commerce platform of NTT DOCOMO in 2016 at the back of NTT DOCOMO’s acquisitions such as Buongiorno SpA and net mobile AG. Our portfolio of innovative marketing and payments solutions helps telecom carriers, brands and merchants unlock growth in the mobile commerce ecosystem while enhancing the experience for their users.

Find out more: https://www.docomodigital.com/

GOLD WINNER - Telenor Digital Direct Operator Billing
Telenor Digital’s Direct Operator Billing (DOB) is born out of telco to enable subscribers to get access to and pay for content that matters most, in a safe and simple way. Our solutions and APIs are designed to modernise telco assets and enable monetisation for digital players whilst constantly putting user experience and security in focus.

Find out more: https://portal.telenordigital.com/products/direct-operator-billing

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

Our awards for Best Cellular IoT Initiative, as determined by our judges.

TOMIA PLATINUM WINNER - TOMIA IoT Roaming Monetization
TOMIA’s IoT Roaming Monetization platform solves the problem of global IoT Roaming and permanent M2M  devices. In a nutshell, the solution includes the visited networks in the IoT value chain and automates the wholesale business using a holistic approach and new charging models.

Find out more: https://www.tomiaglobal.com/iot-roaming/

GOLD WINNER - Thales IoT Safe
Within the IoT ecosystem, billions of devices collect, process and send data to the cloud. To ensure security, the IoT cloud service must have absolute trust in the data that is received from connected devices. Equally, devices need to trust the cloud. Today, IoT devices are fragmented, with a patchwork of different OS and chips being utilized. This prevents proprietary security solutions from being scaled or duplicated.

Find out more: https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/mobile/secure-elements/gsma-iot-safe-specifications

Best Cloud Security Provider

Our awards for Best Cloud Security Provider, as determined by our judges.

Gemalto, a Thales company PLATINUM WINNER - Gemalto, a Thales company
Thales eSecurity provides your organization with security and trust in data wherever data is created, shared or stored without impacting business agility

Find out more: https://www.thalesesecurity.com/

GOLD WINNER - Netskope
Netskope is the only security vendor that accelerates your digital transformation journey with a proven security platform that is data-centric, cloud-smart, and as fast as your business.

Find out more: https://www.netskope.com

Best Digital Identity Solution

Our awards for Best Digital Identity Solution, as determined by our judges.

Nethone PLATINUM WINNER - Nethone Guard
We are a Know Your Users (KYU) company that allows merchants around the world to better serve their clients and prevent online fraud. We use cutting‑edge AI & Machine Learning technology to detect & prevent card‑not‑present fraud and account takeover.

Find out more: https://nethone.com

GOLD WINNER - Infobip iGate
Our Telecom enablement solution, Identity Gate (iGate), lets you provide Mobile Identity services straight out-of-the-box, with short time-to-market.

Find out more: https://www.infobip.com/products/mobile-identity

Best Financial Clearing Solution

Our awards for Best Financial Clearing Solution, as determined by our judges.

Clear PLATINUM WINNER - Clear
Clear facilitates frictionless B2B trade by enabling enterprises to seamlessly transition from current inefficient and manual processes to real-time trading and clearing on a global scale. Clear’s platform helps enterprises automate contracts and data management while guaranteeing control, security, and privacy. This provides automatic payments and clearing, while also reducing transaction fees, long payment cycles, and managing fraud prevention.

Find out more: https://www.clearx.io/

GOLD WINNER - Evina
Evina provides MNOs, merchants, ad networks and payment gateways worldwide with the most advanced cybersecurity solutions for mobile payments and advertising. By effectively fending off fraudsters, complaint rates decrease, brand image is protected, and new markets are opened up while revenue increases.

Find out more: https://www.evina.com

Best Mobile Attribution Platform

Our awards for Best Mobile Attribution Platform, as determined by our judges.

Kochava PLATINUM WINNER - Kochava
Kochava enables people-based marketers to establish and enrich user identities, segment and activate audiences, and measure and optimize their campaigns across all connected devices. We replace complex marketing tech stacks with our consolidated, end-to-end marketing solution.

Find out more: https://www.kochava.com/

GOLD WINNER - AppsFlyer
Accurate data, a customer-centric approach, and privacy by design make AppsFlyer the attribution platform of choice for the world’s leading brands

Find out more: https://www.appsflyer.com/

Best Mobile Identity Solution

Our awards for Best Mobile Identity Solution, as determined by our judges.

AnyNet PLATINUM WINNER - Eseye AnyNet
To achieve success, you need simple, secure and seamless global connectivity. Learn more about our next generation AnyNet+ SIM.

Find out more: https://www.eseye.com/technology/anynet-sim/

GOLD WINNER - Mastercard ID
Mastercard created ID – the first globally interoperable digital identity service – as a better way to prove identity in a digital age. ID gives individuals more control and privacy, while enabling telco firms the ability to deliver services with less friction and more confidence.

Find out more: https://idservice.com/

Best Network AI Innovation

Our awards for Best Network AI Innovation, as determined by our judges.

Cujo PLATINUM WINNER - Cujo AI
CUJO AI features are based on a core set of technologies that leverage AI and ML analysis, for real-time detection of previously unknown threats and real-time threat intelligence for known threats. Instead of relying solely on a library of existing attack pattern signatures, CUJO AI actively learns from network traffic and device behavior to block ever-evolving threat vectors.

Find out more: https://cujo.com

GOLD WINNER - Ericsson
Ericsson has launched two new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offerings in its Network Services portfolio. Network Intelligence is an AI-driven preemptive support service that allows issues to be identified and resolved before they impact network performance. Omni Network Channel is a unified digital workspace for interaction between the communications service provider and Ericsson, providing easy navigation, self-help and smooth collaboration.

Find out more: https://www.ericsson.com/en/network-services/

Best Network Protection Solution

Our awards for Best Network Protection Solution, as determined by our judges.

RedSeal PLATINUM WINNER - Redseal
Only RedSeal automates the foundational activities like continually visualizing your entire hybrid data center. Your public cloud, private cloud, and physical network. RedSeal’s cyber terrain analytics platform shows what’s on your network, how it’s connected and the associated risk.

Find out more: https://www.redseal.net/

GOLD WINNER - Kontxt
Kontxt uses patent-pending technology to provide next-generation management of text messaging on mobile networks, along with state-of-the-art spam and gray route controls. Mobile carriers, message aggregators and interconnect vendors can reliably filter unwanted messages, enforce gray route policies, and offer class-of-service delivery prioritization to enterprise senders.

Find out more: https://kontxt.com/

Best Operator 5G Solution

Our awards for Best Operator 5G Solution, as determined by our judges.

Orange PLATINUM WINNER - Orange Start Walking 5G Pack
Orange chose the Port of Antwerp as the location for its first 5G test hub for businesses. The large variety of industries active at the port site made it possible to test a wide range of 5G applications in actual business contexts. Moreover, the Port of Antwerp is in the middle of transitioning to a more sustainable way of working.

Find out more: https://business.orange.be/en/discover/news/start-walking-5g-game-changer-sustainable-future

GOLD WINNER - Skyboxe
Skyboxe provides an intelligent, all-in-one, 4G/5G-powered application and data platform that enables wireless carriers to offer high-speed, ultra-low-latency broadband internet and bundled applications as value-added services.

Find out more: https://www.skyboxe.com

Best OTT Video Provider

Our awards for Best OTT Video Provider, as determined by our judges.

Amazon PLATINUM WINNER - Amazon Prime Video
Enjoy Jack Ryan as well as other Amazon Originals, popular movies, and hit TV shows — all available with your Prime membership.

Find out more: https://www.primevideo.com/

GOLD WINNER - Disney+
Disney+ is the exclusive home for your favorite movies and TV shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic.

Find out more: https://www.disneyplus.com/

Best RCS Provider

Our awards for Best RCS Provider, as determined by our judges.

Infobip PLATINUM WINNER - Infobip
Infobip is a global leader in omnichannel communication, helping brands to create meaningful relationships with their customers, at scale. Our communications platform is powering a broad range of solutions, messaging channels, and tools for advanced customer engagement, security, authentication, support, and retention.

Find out more: https://www.infobip.com/

GOLD WINNER - Interop Technologies
Interop Technologies is a global leader in Rich Communication Services (RCS). Through its GSMA-accredited, end-to-end RCS solution, the company is committed to putting mobile operators back in the center of their subscribers’ mobile lives by delivering industry leading, standardized and Telco-grade technology with the highest level of deployment flexibility and lifecycle management available.

Find out more: https://www.interoptechnologies.com/

Best RCS Provider

Our awards for Best RCS Provider, as determined by our judges.

Infobip PLATINUM WINNER - Infobip
As one of the world's leading communications platforms, Infobip is uniquely positioned to approach RCS from two angles - by working with MNOs as well as enterprises. Being a close and trusted partner to both elements of the business messaging ecosystem allows Infobip to, in a way, resolve the chicken-or-the-egg dilemma: bringing clients to MNOs to justify the rollout of the service, and being able to provide the service to enterprises once coverage is available.

Find out more: https://www.infobip.com/

GOLD WINNER - Kaleyra Cloud
Kaleyra provides a cloud-based platform for companies of any size in any industry to set up and power their customer communication workflows. With an intuitive interface, full-featured APIs, centralized reporting, fallback mechanisms, and quick setup, Kaleyra Cloud is an ‘all-in-one’ product designed to make communication simple.

Find out more: https://www.kaleyra.com/

Best Roaming Hub

Our awards for Best Roaming Hub, as determined by our judges.

Comfone PLATINUM WINNER - Comfone Key2Roam Hub
Comfone’s Roaming Hub offers excellent technical expertise, a superior market reputation, value for money, flexibility and transparency. Boasting 450 networks and over 24´000 GSM connections, the Key2roam Roaming Hub is the best option available in the market today.

Find out more: https://www.comfone.com/services/key2roam-hub

GOLD WINNER - BICS
BICS is a leading international communications enabler, one of the key global voice carriers and the leading provider of mobile data services worldwide. Our solutions are essential for supporting the modern lifestyle of today’s device-hungry consumer – from global mobile connectivity, seamless roaming experiences, fraud prevention and authentication, to global messaging and the Internet of Things.

Find out more: https://bics.com/

Best Roaming Provider

Our awards for Best Roaming Provider, as determined by our judges.

Mobileum PLATINUM WINNER - Mobileum
We believe in a world where people make decisions based on facts and truthful data. We believe in a connected, transparent and sustainable world. We optimize roaming, protect networks and improve customer experience across the board for telecom operators around the world – all through our Active Intelligence Platform.

Find out more: https://www.mobileum.com

GOLD WINNER - TOMIA
TOMIA’s mission is to support the evolving needs of communications service providers, around the world. The digital transformation that every business and every individual is endorsing is ultimately enabled by ubiquitous connectivity. We support our customers through the creation of a new software platform to transform global connectivity.

Find out more: https://www.tomiaglobal.com/

Best Signalling Firewall Solution

Our awards for Best Signalling Firewall Solution, as determined by our judges.

Sinch PLATINUM WINNER - Sinch
We're not just experts in messaging...we’re #1. Our cloud communications platform reaches every mobile phone on the planet - in seconds or less. Protect your subscriber's privacy, service availability & your revenues while keeping your own reputation safe at the same time.

Find out more: https://www.sinch.com/products/operators/fraud-and-security/

GOLD WINNER - Mobileum
Mobileum offers a unique firewall that enables multiprotocol correlation across SS7, Diameter, GTP, MAP, SIP, CAMEL and HTTP/2. The multiprotocol correlation is a powerful tool to enhance communication security, e.g. Validating that a subscriber location is consistent across SS7, Diameter and GTP.

Find out more: https://www.mobileum.com/products/roaming-network-and-security-intelligence/network-security/signaling-firewall/

Best SMS Firewall

Our awards for Best SMS Firewall, as determined by our judges.

Anam PLATINUM WINNER - Anam Assure
The activities of fraudsters and hackers pose real risk to trust levels in messaging amongst both subscribers and enterprises. Knock on impacts for mobile network operators include a drop in A2P revenue streams, diminished brand value and poor customer experience. Anam has developed a powerful suite of products and services for the Mobile Operator to ensure protection against messaging threats and security breaches.

Find out more: https://www.anam.com/messaging-solutions-for-mobile-operators/

GOLD WINNER - Route Mobile
At Route Mobile, we provide cloud-communication platform as a service (CPaaS) to enterprises, over-the-top (OTT) players and mobile network operators (MNOs). Our enterprise solution comprises two primary components, the front-end that provides an interface for enterprises to integrate with, and a back-end which is directly integrated with over 240 MNOs, and provides access to over 800 MNOs across the globe, enabling us to leverage their SMS and voice channels for digital communication.

Find out more: https://routemobile.com/

Best Steering of Roaming Solution

Our awards for Best Steering of Roaming Solution, as determined by our judges.

TNS PLATINUM WINNER - TNS Roamer Control
With TNS Roamer Control, you are in the driver’s seat. This hosted solution allows operators to gain continuous control over which serving network their roaming subscribers connect to, including disconnecting the serve network and reconnecting to the home network.

Find out more: https://tnsi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/TSD_RoamerControl_Steering_GBL_SEPT16.pdf

GOLD WINNER - Mobileum VoLTE Roaming
Mobileum provides a range of VoLTE enabling products that ensures the quality of services and takes the hassle out of deploying VoLTE roaming for operators.

Find out more: https://www.mobileum.com/solutions/volte-solutions/volte-roaming/

Best Use of AI in Digital Content

Our awards for Best Use of AI in Digital Content, as determined by our judges.

NVIDIA PLATINUM WINNER - NVIDIA
The revolutionary NVIDIA Turing™ architecture, combined with our all new GeForce RTX™platform, fuses together real-time ray tracing, artificial intelligence, and programmable shading to give you a whole new way to experience games.

Find out more: https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/turing/

GOLD WINNER - KeeMotion
Our motion-detecting technology and proprietary software offer a complete solution for coaches, leagues, and broadcasters. With Keemotion, your organization produces professional quality footage — with the touch of a button.

Find out more: https://www.keemotion.com/

CPaaS Provider of the Year

Our awards for CPaaS (Communications-Platform-as-a-Service) provider of the year, as determined by our judges.

Infobip PLATINUM WINNER - Infobip
Infobip is one of the CPaaS pioneers, building its platform from a leading SMS aggregator, by adding communications channels and developing client-facing tools to enable and empower brands in their customer engagement efforts. Infobip's platform now offers SMS, voice, chat apps (WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, Line, and more to come), email, push notifications and RCS.

Find out more: https://www.infobip.com/

GOLD WINNER - Route Mobile
Route Mobile provide cloud-communication platform as a service (CPaaS) to enterprises, over-the-top (OTT) players and mobile network operators (MNOs). Our enterprise solution comprises two primary components, the front-end that provides an interface for enterprises to integrate with, and a back-end which is directly integrated with over 240 MNOs, and provides access to over 800 MNOs across the globe, enabling us to leverage their SMS and voice channels for digital communication.

Find out more: https://routemobile.com/

CPaaS Provider of the Year (Americas)

Our awards for CPaaS (Communications-Platform-as-a-Service) provider of the year for the Americas region, as determined by our judges.

Twilio PLATINUM WINNER - Twilio
Twilio powers the future of business communications. Enabling phones, VoIP, and messaging to be embedded into web, desktop, and mobile software. Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text, chat, video, and email by virtualizing the world’s communications infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world’s most demanding applications.

Find out more: https://www.twilio.com

GOLD WINNER - Nexmo
Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform is a business unit of Vonage that develops and markets communication APIs to enable developers and businesses to rapidly innovate the way they communicate with their customers. We tear down the barriers to entry so that any developer can reach a global audience from day 1 and enable businesses to create customer experiences so they can delight their customers.

Find out more: https://www.nexmo.com

CPaaS Provider of the Year (EMEA)

Our awards for CPaaS (Communications-Platform-as-a-Service) provider of the year for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region, as determined by our judges.

Infobip PLATINUM WINNER - Infobip
Infobip is a global leader in omnichannel communication, helping brands to create meaningful relationships with their customers, at scale. Our communications platform is powering a broad range of solutions, messaging channels, and tools for advanced customer engagement, security, authentication, support, and retention.

Find out more: https://www.infobip.com/

GOLD WINNER - Kaleyra
We focus on giving you a great platform with programmable APIs that makes integration easy while helping you reach, manage and engage your customers instantly. More than 3000 customers trust us with their data. And we take data security and compliances very seriously. Our enterprise grade security ensures that your business data is protected at all times.

Find out more: https://www.kaleyra.com/

CPaaS Provider of the Year (Global)

Our awards for CPaaS (Communications-Platform-as-a-Service) provider of the year globally, as determined by our judges.

Infobip PLATINUM WINNER - Infobip
Infobip is a global leader in omnichannel communication, helping brands to create meaningful relationships with their customers, at scale. Our communications platform is powering a broad range of solutions, messaging channels, and tools for advanced customer engagement, security, authentication, support, and retention.

Find out more: https://www.infobip.com/

GOLD WINNER - Sinch
Sinch brings businesses & people closer with tools enabling personal engagement. Our cloud communications platform reaches every mobile phone on the planet, in seconds or less, through mobile messaging or voice & video calling.

Find out more: https://www.sinch.com

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

Our awards for Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year, as determined by our judges.

PCCW Global PLATINUM WINNER - Console Connect
Console Connect by PCCW Global, the world’s first platform for Software-Defined Interconnection®, is leading the way to network virtualisation by allowing users to quickly spin-up high-speed connections between data centres, business-critical apps and partners in seconds.

Find out more: http://www.consoleconnect.com

GOLD WINNER - DriveNets Network Cloud
DriveNets is an IP networking software company offering a new operational and economic model of networking for service and Hyperscale cloud providers by transforming the network to be open, software-based and cost effective.

Find out more: https://drivenets.com/

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 and 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.

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Evina Wins Best Financial Clearing Solution

"We are thrilled to receive the Telco Innovation, Best Financial Clearing Solution award by Juniper Research. For Evina, this recognition highlights the crucial role our cutting-edge technology plays in boosting our clients’ business by helping them get rid of fraud. It sends a clear message to all mobile market players: fraud is harming you, to an extent you probably don’t even realize, but it’s not fatal and fighting it can be a major lever to increase revenue. You just have to partner with the right experts."

David Lotfi, CEO, Evina

TOMIA Wins Platinum Award for Best Cellular IoT Initiative

"I am very proud that TOMIA is the Platinum Winner of the Juniper Research Future Digital Award for Best Cellular IoT initiative. With 5G roll-outs gaining momentum and exponential growth in IoT Global deployments, the business environment for roaming managers is becoming significantly more complex. To meet this need, TOMIA has set a target to automate business processes in order to fully monetize opportunities resulting from 5G and IoT adoption. We are also placing special emphasis on meeting the evolving challenges of new technologies such as Blockchain and BCE to meet industry needs. It is gratifying to see this recognition of our TOMIA platform vision"

Andrei Elefant, TOMIA CPO

DOCOMO Digital Wins Platinum Award for Best Carrier Billing Solution

"DOCOMO Digital is at the forefront of innovation in Direct Carrier Billing, with our leading-edge payments-as-a-service platform that includes robust fraud and risk management features. We are adding our voice to growing chorus of support for wider adoption of Carrier Billing by global merchants, jointly publishing industry research with industry bodies like the GSMA. Juniper Research’s recognition of our efforts as the Platinum Carrier Billing Provider this year after the Gold category last year is a strong testament to our commitment to serve as growth catalysts for our partners and customers."

Jonathan Kriegel, CEO, DOCOMO Digital

Route Mobile Wins Two Gold Awards

"We’re thrilled to win Gold in 2 categories at the Juniper's Future Digital Awards for Technology & Innovation. This recognition is a testament of our market leadership in CPaaS ecosystem. We will continue to focus on cutting-edge products & solution and further strengthen our R&D to ensure innovative and disruptive communication solutions to enable businesses to seamlessly connect with their customers."

Rajdipkumar Gupta, Managing Director, and Group CEO, Route Mobile Limited

Thales Wins Gold for Best Cellular IoT Iniative

"We are honoured to be awarded for Best Cellular IoT initiative. Given increased 5G rollouts, billions of IoT devices, in all industry sectors such as healthcare and smart metering, need to securely send data to their cloud. Thales has implemented GSMA IoT SAFE specifications now available as a service, to provide a scalable and efficient security framework, built on field-proven, standardized SIM/eSIM technology. This approach eliminates integration and provisioning challenges for operators, compliancy issues for device makers and service providers."

Guillaume Lafaix, VP Mobile Connectivity Solutions, Thales

Infobip Win Two Platinum Awards

"Infobip has long been evangelising and showcasing use cases that demonstrate the benefits of RCS for brands, mobile operators, and consumers. In today’s hyper-connected marketplace, and as a part of the CPaaS paradigm, we believe RCS has earned its place in the communications mix. It makes us immensely proud to receive awards for best provider in both categories. We see it as proof that we are moving in the right direction and that our efforts have been recognised by industry players, as well as analysts. Many thanks to Juniper Research, and to our clients – who inspire us on a daily basis."

Matija Razem, Senior Vice President at Infobip

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Awards History

Telco Innovation   

CPaaS Provider of the Year (EMEA)

Winner - Infobip, Infobip CPaaS platform

Highly Recommended - Kaleyra,

CPaaS Provider of the Year (Americas)

Winner - Twilio, Twilio

Highly Recommended - Nexmo, The Vonage API Platform

CPaaS Provider of the Year (Global)

Winner - Infobip, Infobip

Highly Recommended - Sinch,

Best RCS Provider

Winner - Infobip, Infobip

Highly Recommended - Interop Technologies, Rich Communication Services Suite

Best 5G Innovation

Winner - Huawei, 5G Deterministic Network Solution

Highly Recommended - Ericsson, Vodafone & e.GO, Factory 1

Best Roaming Provider

Winner - Mobileum, Mobileum

Highly Recommended - TOMIA,

Best Carrier Billing Provider

Winner - DIMOCO, DIMOCO

Highly Recommended - DOCOMO Digital,

Security Innovation   

Best Digital Identity Solution

Winner - Nethone, Nethone Guard

Highly Recommended - Infobip, iGate

Best Cloud Security Provider

Winner - Gemalto, a Thales company, Thales eSecurity

Highly Recommended - Netskope,

Best Network Protection Solution

Winner - RedSeal, Cyber Terrain Analytics Platform

Highly Recommended - Kontxt,

Digital Content Innovation   

Best Mobile Attribution Platform

Winner - Kochava, Kochava

Highly Recommended - AppsFlyer,

Best Antifraud Solution in Advertising

Winner - TrafficGuard, TrafficGuard

Highly Recommended - Pixalate,

Best OTT Video Provider

Winner - Amazon, Amazon Prime Video

Highly Recommended - Disney, Disney+

Best Use of AI in Digital Content

Winner - NVIDIA, Turing GPU Architecture

Highly Recommended - KeeMotion,

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TELCO INNOVATION AWARDS

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2020 Judges

James Moar

James Moar

Lead Analyst, Juniper Research

Juniper Research's resident expert on cybersecurity, mobile payments and consumer technologies and responsible for co-ordinating our bespoke consulting services. James has over 8 years' experience in market research working across the technology, FMCG and charity sectors.

Sam Barker

Sam Barker

Lead Analyst, Juniper Research

Juniper Research's resident expert on the telco, IoT and digital media markets. Sam has over 6 years' experience working across the telco and technology sectors.

Elson Sutanto

Elson Sutanto

Principal Analyst, Juniper Research

Author of Juniper Research reports on IoT, smart cities and industrial technologies, as well as being a regular speaker and moderator at tech events and conferences worldwide. Elson has over 10 years' experience as an analyst working across the telco, technology and digital industries.

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