The Power of Innovation

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Within each category the competition was fierce, with the difference between a Semi-finalist and Finalist being less than two-tenths of a point...

We do this by ensuring that the ultimate recipients of our awards are objectively evaluated, scored, and selected by an external judging committee composed of the technical executives from communications service provider companies who purchase and use ICE products and the highly-experienced industry analysts who evaluate and recommend such products and services.

In the end, only around 10 percent of the approximately 150 nominations will make it through the highly competitive rounds into the Finalist level, and from those only 10 winners - representing less than half of the Finalists - will be chosen by the esteemed Judges Panel to win their respective categories.

Technology Provider Nominees:

Alcatel-Lucent
Apptium Technologies
Cavendish Kinetics
Cisco
Comverse
CSG International
Dell
DigitalRoute
Energous
Ericsson
Gemalto
GENBAND
goTransverse
HERE
HP
Huawei
IBM
Imagination Technologies
Informatica

Intraway
JDSU
MATRIXX Software
Metaio
Microsoft
Nakina Systems
NEC
NetCracker Technology
Nokia Networks
OnSIP
Oracle
Orga Systems
Overture Networks
Procera Networks
pureLiFi
SAP
Sigma Systems
Telco Systems
ZTE

Service Provider Nominees:

Allstream
AT&T
Bharti Airtel
BT
CALLUP
Deutsche Telekom
DirecTV
EE
Global Capacity
Inmarsat
Megaport
Millicom
NTT Docomo
Orange

Safaricom
Singtel
SK Telecom
Sky Deutscheland
Sprint
Swisscom
tele2
TATA Communications
Telenor
Telstra
T-Mobile
T-Systems (DT)
Verizon

Winning is not Pipeline's endorsement of their product, technology, or innovation (outside of the Editor's Choice category, which is selected by Pipeline). Winning provides a special validation by the individuals who recommend, buy, and use this technology to deliver the most advanced communications and entertainment services in the world. The Innovation Award winners enjoy a unique recognition and credibility surrounding their technical innovation which past awards recipients have leveraged to win multiple new deployments as a direct result.

The judges' individual identities remain confidential until the red-carpet awards reception in Nice, France on June 1^st. We are proud to note that they represent some of the world’s most influential and innovative service providers such as AT&T, BT, Comcast, Global Capacity, and UST Global as well as our industry’s most highly-regarded analyst firms, including Appledore Research Group, ICT Intuition, New Paradigm Resources Group, and Technology Research Institute.