Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 14, 2013
FierceMarkets (http://www.fiercemarkets.com) announced today its second annual Fierce Innovation Award Winners. The Fierce Innovation Awards is an operator-reviewed awards program from the publishers of FierceWireless, FierceTelecom, and FierceCable.
Jason Nelson, Publisher of FierceWireless, FierceTelecom, and FierceCable, says, “The Fierce Innovation awards celebrate the companies who are on the cutting edge of innovation in the wireless, wireline and advanced TV and network sectors of our industry. We were once again overwhelmed by the number and the quality of the applications we received.”
Honorees were selected by an exclusive panel of carrier-only judges including Ed Chao, SVP Corporate Engineering & Network Operations, MetroPCS; Mattias Fridstrom, VP and Head of Technology, TeliaSonera International; Andrew Ip, Senior Vice President of Infrastructure and Wireless Technology Management, Cablevision System Corporation; Tom Nagel, SVP and GM of Wireless, Comcast ; Chris Rice, Vice President, AT&T Labs Research, AT&T; Todd Smith, Director of Media Relations, Cox Communications; Jack Tang, Executive Director, Corporate Technology, Verizon; and Scott Vanderwel, Vice President and Group Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning, Rogers Communications.
Judges evaluated submissions based on the following criteria: technology innovation, financial impact, market validation and end-user customer experience.
The four “Best in Show” Winners are:
Best Cost-Saving Innovation
Skyfire: Rocket Optimizer 3.0
Best New Revenue Creator/Enhancer
RGB Networks: Ad Insertion for Multiscreen (AIM)
Best Technological Problem Solver
PMC Sierra: WinPath4, 4th Gen Mobile Backhaul Processor
Overall Best New Product/Service
RGB Networks: Ad Insertion for Multiscreen (AIM)
The Fierce Innovation Award Winners are:
Cable TV/Advanced TV & Video Networks:
Cable & Video Network Architecture
Triveni Digital: Triveni Digital StreamScope® Portal
Set-top Boxes & Related Devices
ARRIS Inc. Group: Motorola SBG6782-AC SURFboard® Gateway by ARRIS
Home Networking
Quantenna Communications: Quantenna QSR1000 Wave 2 802.11ac Solution
Over-the-top Services
Conviva: Conviva Precision
Multi-screen
RGB Networks: Ad Insertion for Multiscreen (AIM)
Wireless Networks:
Mobile Core
Mavenir: Virtualized IMS Platform
Cell Sites
InfoVista: Mentum Planet 5.6
Traffic Offload
Devicescape: Devicescape Curator Service
Backhaul Finalists
PMC Sierra: WinPath4, 4th Gen Mobile Backhaul Processor
Wireline Networks:
Core/Transport
Infinite Convergence: Personal Messaging Cloud
Data Centers
Virtela: Virtela’s Managed IT Infrastructure Service (featuring VirtelaPredict) for Virtualized Data Centers and Private Clouds
Last Mile/Edge/Access
Entropic: c.LINK® 1.1+
Network Support, Software, Service Delivery
Cloud Services
Skyfire: Rocket Optimizer 3.0
Service/Session Creation, Orchestration & Delivery
NativeX: Carrier Branded Mobile Error Handling
B/OSS
NativeX: Carrier Branded Mobile Error Handling
Network & Device Security
GLOBO: Enterprise Mobility in a Box
Network Test & Measurement
Ascom Network Testing: Blixt™
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