The winners of 31 awards were presented at a special MEF Excellence Awards Dinner on 17 November – a highlight of the GEN15 (www.gen15.com) global networking event held during 16-19 November at the Omni Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
“We had an outstanding level of quality from the entries for this year’s new Excellence Awards program, with a particularly large numbers of entries in the technology-related categories,” said Nan Chen, President of the MEF. “The quality of the submissions reflects the excellent progress in reshaping the communications landscape and delivering new, innovative solutions for the global digital economy.”
The judging panel for the awards was comprised of global and regional senior analysts from Current Analysis, Frost & Sullivan, IDC, IHS Infonetics, Metanoia, Ovum, SDxCentral, Vertical Systems, and independent judges.
MEF 2015 Excellence Awards Winners are listed below.
Enterprise Application of the Year Award Winners
• Best Application of the Year – Education – Comcast Business
• Best Application of the Year – Financial – TATA Communications
• Best Application of the Year – Government – AT&T
• Best Application of the Year – Healthcare – AT&T
• Best Application of the Year – Sports & Entertainment – Colt
• Best Application of the Year – Media – Telecom Italia Sparkle
• Best Application of the Year – Professional services – Colt
Service Innovation of the Year Award Winners
• Best Service Innovation of the Year – APAC – Telstra
• Best Service Innovation of the Year – EMEA – Telecom Italia Sparkle
• Best Service Innovation the Year – North America – AT&T
• Best Service Innovation of the Year – Global – Telstra
Retail Service Provider of the Year Award Winners
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – APAC - PLDT
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – CALA - Level 3
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – EMEA – Colt
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – North America – Level 3
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – Global – Level 3
Wholesale Service Provider of the Year Award Winners
• Wholesale Provider of the Year APAC – Telstra
• Wholesale Provider of the Year CALA – Level 3
• Wholesale Provider of the Year EMEA – Colt
• Wholesale Provider of the Year North America – Level 3
• Wholesale Provider of the Year Global - PCCW
Best Service Provider Marketing of the Year Award Winner – Time Warner Cable Business Class
Best Service Provider Network Innovation of the Year Award Winner – Colt
Third Network Technology Solutions of the Year Award Winners
•Third Network Technology of the Year – CE 2.0 – Overture Networks
• Third Network Technology of the Year – LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) – Ciena
• Third Network Technology of the Year – Multi-Vendor Solutions – Oracle Communications, InfoVista and Juniper Networks
• Third Network Technology of the Year – NFV-Based CPE – Accedian Networks
• Third Network Technology Solutions Vendor of the Year – Ciena
Professional of the Year Award Winners
• MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (MEF-CECP) of the Year – Marjory Sy, PLDT
• MEF Distinguished Fellows – Eric Puetz, AT&T and Raghu Ranganathan, Ciena
• MEF Industry Person of the Year – Axel Clauberg, Deutsche Telekom
