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.

Nominations for 2023 are now closed. The 2024 awards will open on 5th October 2023.

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Judges' Choice

The winners of our Judges' Choice category are hand-picked by our expert judging panel and represent the very best within their industries.

• 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 space, across the following categories:

• CPaaS Provider of the Year (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Carrier Billing Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best RCS Initiative (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Steering of Roaming Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Mobile Video Solution (Platinum)
• Best CCaaS (Contact Centre as a Service) Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best AI Chatbot Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Conversational Commerce Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Customer Data Platform Solution (Platinum & Gold)

Operator & Network Innovation

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

• Best Digital Transformation Project in Telco (Platinum)
• Best 5G Roaming Service Provider (Platinum & Gold)
• Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Operator 5G Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Cellular IoT Initiative (Platinum & Gold)

Security & Fraud Innovation

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

• Most Innovative Anti-SMS Fraud Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Financial Clearing Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Mobile Authentication Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Robocall Mitigation Solution (Platinum & Gold)
• Best Flash Call Authentication Solution (Platinum & Gold)

2023 Winners

Excellence in Telco Innovation

PLATINUM WINNER
Skymax Networks

 

Mover & Shaker in Telco Innovation

PLATINUM WINNER
Ehsan Ahmadi

 

Best Customer Data Platform Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Veego

CDP Solution

 

GOLD WINNER

Bango

CPaaS Provider of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Vonage

Communications APIs

 

GOLD WINNER

Cisco

Webex Connect

Best RCS Initiative

PLATINUM WINNER
Infobip

RCS Business Messaging

 

GOLD WINNER

Cisco

Webex CPaaS Solutions & Southwark Council

Best Steering of Roaming Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Mobileum

Mobileum SoR

 

GOLD WINNER

TOMIA

IPN 5G Standalone Active Steering

Best Mobile Video Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Huawei & China Unicom

Mobile 3D Video Solution

 

Best Carrier Billing Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Digital Virgo

DV PASS

 

GOLD WINNER

Telecoming

Winnito and Eliza

Best CCaaS (Contact Centre as a Service) Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Route Mobile

CCaaS Solution

 

GOLD WINNER

Genesys

CCaaS Solutions

Best AI Chatbot Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Zammo.ai

AI Chatbot Solution

 

GOLD WINNER

Hyro

Best Conversational Commerce Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Nuacem

Nuacem AI

 

GOLD WINNER

Vonage

Vonage Conversational Commerce

Best Mobile Authentication Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Methics

Kiuru MSSP

 

GOLD WINNER

Nuggets

Most Innovative Anti-SMS Fraud Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Mobileum

SMS Firewall

 

GOLD WINNER

Subex

AI-first Fraud Management Solution

Best Financial Clearing Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
TOMIA

Financial Clearing & Settlement

 

GOLD WINNER

Comfone

Phoenix

Best Robocall Mitigation Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
LANCK Telecom

FMS

 

GOLD WINNER

Neustar

Enterprise Certified Caller

Best Flash Call Authentication Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
VOX Solutions

VOX360

 

GOLD WINNER

Infobip

Infobip Anam Protect Omnichannel Firewall

Network Virtualisation Innovation of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Console Connect

Console Connect Platform

 

GOLD WINNER

Rakuten Symphony

Symworld Cloud

Best Operator 5G Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
NTT DOCOMO

EaaS (Edge-as-a-Service) Solution

 

GOLD WINNER

Ericsson

SMARTNESS Engineering Research Center

Best Cellular IoT Initiative

PLATINUM WINNER
emnify

IoT Solutions

 

GOLD WINNER

Telit

NExT & NExTPlus

Best 5G Roaming Service Provider

PLATINUM WINNER
TNS

Roaming Hub

 

GOLD WINNER

Vodafone

5G Roaming Hub

Best Digital Transformation Project in Telco

PLATINUM WINNER
Deutsche Telekom, Colt, PCCW Global & Vodafone

Data Services Inventory Matching & Automated Settlement

 

GOLD WINNER

TNS

Enterprise Branded Calling

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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