48 nominees to battle for this year’s premier communications industry awards
MORRISTOWN, NJ - March 23, 2011 – Communications Service Providers’ interest in TM Forum’s annual Excellence Awards 2011 has rocketed to an all time high, it was announced today, with a massive 30% increase in participation.
This year’s awards have attracted 48 nominations from leading communications service providers, suppliers and systems integrators from around the world. Now in their 5th year, they are widely regarded as the most sought-after awards of their kind, recognizing global leadership, innovation and excellence, and giving significance to achievements of leading companies within the communications industry.
Winners of this year’s awards will be announced to a high-profile audience of more than 3,500 senior executives from the communications industry at the Forum's flagship Management World 2011 conference in Dublin, on the morning of Tuesday, May 24, 2011.
This year’s awards include four best practice categories:
• TM Forum Industry Leadership Award – Awarded to the member company demonstrating leadership, dedication and commitment to the Forum's collaboration activities, and the uptake of TM Forum standards and best practices.
• TM Forum Operational Excellence Award - Awarded to the communications service provider demonstrating the most innovative and effective use of TM Forum Frameworx to deliver tangible cost reduction, efficiency improvement and operational agility.
• TM Forum Solution Excellence Award – Awarded to the supplier or system integrator demonstrating the most innovative and effective use of TM Forum Frameworx to deliver tangible cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
• TM Forum Business Innovation Award - Awarded to the communications service provider demonstrating the most innovative and successful new service or business model.
The Official Nominees for the TM Forum Excellence Awards 2011 are:
Industry Leadership
China Unicom
Connectiva Systems
cVidya Networks
Hewlett Packard Company
Huawei Technologies
NBN Co Limited
NetCracker Technology
Nokia Siemens Networks
Portugal Telecom SAPO
Progress Software
Systems Mechanics Ltd
Tektronix Communications
The MITRE Corporation
Vodafone Group
Operational Excellence
COSMOTE
Deutsche Telekom AG
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC)
Etisalat UAE
Globe Telecom
KPN International
OTE SA (Greece) DT Group
Telstra Corporation Limited
UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones, S.A. E.S.P.
Verizon
Vodafone D2 GmbH
Solution Excellence
Aito Technologies
Amdocs
Comarch
Comverse
ConceptWave Software Inc.
generationE Technologies
I.T.S. (International Turnkey Systems)
IBM
NetCracker Technology
Netformx
Nokia Siemens Networks
Oracle
Progress Software
Redknee
Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM)
Seavus AB
Subex Ltd.
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
TTI
Business Innovation
China Unicom
Chunghwa Telecom co.
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC)
Smart Communications, Inc.
An independent panel of highly respected industry experts will review the nominations and narrow them down to reveal the finalists in each category. The finalists will be announced on April 1, 2011.
Winners for the Solution Excellence category will be voted upon by the more than 200 TM Forum service provider members.
