MORRISTOWN, NJ—April 14, 2010 – TM Forum today announced the 24 finalists for this year’s prestigious Excellence Awards. Having attracted a record number of nominees from leading communications service providers, suppliers and systems integrators across four award categories, the finalists have been narrowed down to six in each category by a judging panel of impartial industry experts.
The TM Forum Excellence Awards are 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.
The 2010 Excellence Awards finalists are:
TM Forum Operational Excellence Award - to be 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.
- China Unicom
- Magyar Telekom
- Ufone - PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited)
- Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC)
- Telekom Slovenije
- Vodafone D2
TM Forum Solution Excellence Award – to be 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.
- Centina Systems
- cVidya Networks
- ConceptWave Software
- Huawei Technologies
- INFONOVA
- Microsoft Corporation
TM Forum Business Innovation Award - to be awarded to the company demonstrating the most innovative and successful new service or business model.
- BT (Cloud Service Broker)
- BT (Semantic Toolset to Optimize Business Transformations)
- IBM
- Microsoft
- Qwest Communications
- Telefonica Latin America & Huawei Technologies
TM Forum Industry Leadership Award – to be awarded to the company demonstrating leadership, dedication and commitment to the Forum's industry collaboration activities, and overall leadership of the industry.
- Amdocs
- BSM Impact
- cVidya Networks
- Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
- FROX Communication
- IBM
The winners of Industry Leadership and Solution Excellence categories will be chosen by an open member vote during April to determine the winners. The winners will be announced to a packed audience of more than 2,800 senior executives at the Forum’s flagship Management World conference in Nice, on the morning of Tuesday May 18, 2010.
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“This year’s finalists once again raise the bar for the Excellence Awards,” said Nik Willetts, Chief Marketing Officer, TM Forum. “TM Forum members continue to lead the communications market, delivering innovative and pragmatic solutions to the challenges our industry is facing. This year’s entries also showcase the critical role of TM Forum standards in making these solutions successful.”
