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September 13, 2024

Announcing the Finalists of the WBBA Broadband Excellence Awards

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Announcing the Finalists of the WBBA Broadband Excellence Awards

The Broadband Excellence Awards, presented by the World Broadband Association, is the pinnacle of the annual awards program, 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.

We are thrilled to announce the finalists for this prestigious award, recognizing outstanding achievements and innovation in broadband applications, network development, and technology solutions worldwide. These awards highlight organizations that are driving excellence, fostering innovation, and pushing the boundaries in the broadband industry.

Below are the finalists for each category:

Excellence in Broadband Application            

  • China Telecom -- Technology Innovative and Practice of "Super Computing Express" for Computing Power and Network Coordination
  • China Telecom -- AI-empowered Managed Security Service Platform (MSSP)
  • E-surfing Digital Life Technology -- E-surfing Smart Community GBHC Scene Integration, Creating a New Engine for Broadband Scale Growth
  • Globe Telecom -- Globe At Home: Enabling Smart Learning In the Philippines
  • ZTE Corporation and Thailand True -- True to Build the First FTTR Smart Hotel in Thailand 

Gigacity Award

Advanced City

  • Guangxi -- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Nanning Gigabit City Project
  • Shanghai -- Building "Smart Cloud Shanghai," a New Generation 10-Gigabit Cloud Broadband Urban Network

Developing City

  • Algeria -- Idoom Fibre Gigacity Excellence
  • Bahrain -- BNET Broadband Excellence 

Network Innovation Excellence towards Realisation of Future Networks and Services

  • Bahrain Network (BNET) -- Transformative Network Innovation - Bahrain Network (BNET)                              
  • China Mobile Guizhou, AsiaInfo Technologies -- GenAI Empowers Customer Complaint Handling in Home Broadband Service
  • China Unicom, Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation and New H3C Technologies   -- The Agile, Efficient, Intelligent and Secure Broadband Network Core (BNC) of China Unicom
  • Ookla (Ekahau) -- AI Pro Online
  • STC --  High-Quality & Best Experience End-to-End 400800GE Network

Outstanding Contribution to Network Excellence   

  • Algeria Telecom -- Excellence in Sustainable, Very High-Speed Optical Fibre Broadband Infrastructure
  • China Unicom -- Gigabit Optical Network of China Unicom
  • China Telecom  --  Technology Innovation and Large-Scale Application of New Cloudified Metropolitan Area Network(MAN) of China Telecom
  • Globe Telecom -- Total Problem Incident rate - TPIR (Focusing on Proactive Monitoring of Globe Telecom's ODN Facilities through automation)
  • ZTE Corporation -- The Largest PON-based Mobile Backhaul Commercial Project 

Product and Solution Excellence

  • Huawei -- iFTTR F50 Solution
  • Nokia -- Nokia Corteca, an End-To-End Software Solution for Best-In-Class In-Home Wi-Fi Connectivity
  • Tejas Networks -- TJ1400 Ultra-Converged Baseband Product
  • Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company -- FarBand Ultra Low Loss & Large Effective Area G.654.E Fibre
  • ZTE Corporation and China Telecom -- 50G PON + FTTR-B All-Optical Education Network

We congratulate all the finalists for their remarkable contributions to advancing the broadband industry. Their commitment to innovation, excellence, and service delivery sets a high standard for the entire sector. The winners will be announced on 8th October at Broadband Development Congress, and we look forward to celebrating their achievements at the WBBA Broadband Excellence Awards ceremony.

Stay tuned for more updates and join us in recognizing these leaders who are shaping the future of broadband!

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