Fierce Innovation Awards Program Announces Winners & Finalists
Written by FierceWireless
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Publishers of FierceWireless, FierceTelecom, and FierceCable
Recognize Industry Innovators
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2012 -- FierceMarkets(www.fiercemarkets.com) today announced
the winners of its inaugural
Fierce Innovation Awards program. The Fierce
Innovation Awards is an
operator-reviewed awards program from the publishers
of FierceWireless,
FierceTelecom, and FierceCable. Products and solutions
from companies
were scored and recognized on three levels: Finalist, Winner,
and
overall "Best in Show."
Honorees were evaluated by an exclusive
panel of judges from major
telecommunications service providers including
Stephen Bye, CTO and VP
of Technology Development & Strategy at Sprint;
Mattias Fridstrom, VP
and Head of Technology at TeliaSonera International
Carrier; Abhi
Ingle, VP of Ecosystem and Innovation at AT&T; Tom Nagel,
SVP of
Business Development & Strategy, for Communications & Data
Services at
Comcast Cable; Todd Smith, Director of Media Relations at
Cox
Communications; and Jim Wales, Executive Director of Networks
at
Verizon.
Judges evaluated hundreds of submissions based on the
following
criteria: technology innovation, financial impact, market
validation
and end-user customer experience.
Winners were recognized
across 13 distinct categories in the areas of
Cable Network, Mobile Network,
Network Innovation, and Telecom Network.
In addition to the winners, 2-3
finalists were recognized in each
category based on the judges' scores. Four
overall "Best in Show"
winners were also selected for additional
recognition.
"We are thrilled with the response to our inaugural awards
program,"
said Jason Nelson, Publisher of FierceWireless, FierceTelecom,
and
FierceCable. "The spirit of innovation is alive and well within
the
telecom industry and we are pleased to be able to offer a forum
for
these pioneers to gain the recognition they deserve."
The winners
and finalists of the Fierce Innovation Awards 2012 are
as
follows:
-- Radisys:
Trillium(R) TOTALeNodeB(TM)
-- ViaSat, Inc.: Exede
Internet
Transport Innovation
-- Infinera:
Infinera DTN-X Platform
-- ViaSat, Inc.: Exede
Internet
Overall "Best in Show" Winners
Best New
Product/ ServiceAffirmed Networks: AN3000
Most Efficient/ Cost- SaverVSS
Monitoring: VSS Monitoring vBroker(TM)
Series
Most ProductiveAvvasi,
Inc.: Avvasi Q-VUE
Overall Most InnovativeTOA Technologies:
ETAdirect
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