Winners of Broadband Excellence Awards announced

Author: Simon Rowley

The best of the best in the broadband sector have been recognised at the first ever Broadband Excellence Awards. Each of the eight winners were found to have demonstrated excellence in their respective fields, and they are all playing a key part in driving the broadband industry forward.

The awards are a part of the World Broadband Association’s (WBBA) annual awards programme, and are designed to honour industry achievements and innovation without compromise to commercial interests, ensuring the awards remain the gold standard of recognition in the broadband industry.

WBBA Director General, Martin Creamer, says, “These awards celebrate exceptional achievements in broadband innovation, application, and infrastructure development. We congratulate all the winners for their contributions to advancing the future of broadband on a global scale.”

The award winners were:

• Outstanding Contribution to Network Excellence – China Unicom (Gigabit Optical Network of China Unicom)
• Excellence in Broadband Application – China Telecom (Technology Innovative and Practice of ‘Super Computing Express’ for Computing Power and Network Coordination
• Network Innovation Excellence towards Realisation of Future Networks and Services – STC (High Quality & Best Experience End-to-End 400/ 800GE Network)
• Product and Solution Excellence – Nokia (Nokia Corteca, an End-to-End Software Solution for Best-In-Class In-Home Wi-Fi Connectivity)
• Gigacity Excellence (Advanced City) – Guangxi and Shanghai (Guangxi Zhaung Autonomous Region Nanning Gigabit City Project and Shanghai – Building ‘Smart Cloud Shanghai’, a New Generation 10-Gigabit Cloud Broadband Urban Network)
• Gigacity Excellence (Developing City) – Algiers and Bahrain (Algeria – Idoom Fibre Gigacity Excellence and Bahrain – BNET Broadband Excellence)

The award ceremony took place during the WBBA’s annual flagship event – Broad Development Congress : Monetising Next-Generation Broadband: How AI Will Influence Future Network Development.

More details of the criteria for each award category can be found on the WBBA’s award website.

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