WBA Industry Awards recognize excellence and support Wi-Fi best practice
Singapore, 29 June 2017 – Today the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) announces that its 2017 Industry Awards are now open for entries. In its sixth year, the WBA awards aim to recognize and encourage best practice within the unlicensed wireless ecosystem, and are open to both operators and technology vendors.
To encourage and promote innovation within the world of Wi-Fi, this year’s categories cover operator and network deployments, smart cities, as well as rural and remote wireless deployments. Following the success of the WBA Wireless Leadership Award, a category launched at last year’s awards, the WBA will again recognize contributions made by a person, team or organization that have significantly influenced and impacted the development of the unlicensed wireless ecosystem.
The full list of categories for the 2017 Industry Awards include:
- Best Next Gen Wi-Fi Operator Deployment
- Best Converged Operator Deployment
- Best Next Gen Wi-Fi Network Infrastructure
- Best Converged Network Infrastructure
- Best Consumer-Centric Wireless Service Innovation
- Best Industrial Wireless Service Innovation
- Best Connected City Deployment
- Best Wireless Deployment in Rural or Remote areas
- Best Wireless Innovation and Excellence in Social Impact
- WBA Wireless Leadership Award
- Distinguished Member Award (Non-Operator) Open only to WBA members
- Distinguished Member Award (Operator) Open only to WBA member
The 2017 Industry Awards will be judged by a panel of independent experts, analysts and journalists, including:
- Vijay Sammeta, Civic Foundry LLC
- Peter Jarich, Global Data Technology
- Alexander Richardson, IHS Markit
- Christian Kim, IHS Technology
- Richard Webb, IHS Technology
- Adlane Fellah, Maravedis
- Kyung Mun, Mobile Experts
- Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Technology Research
- Monica Paolini, Senza Fili Consulting
- Roz Euan-Smith, STL Partners
- Susan Welsh de Grimaldo, Strategy Analytics
- Frank Rayal, XONA Partners
“With more players in the unlicensed wireless ecosystem delivering great services, the WBA Industry Awards recognize and celebrate successful strategies from across the industry – whether that is from operators, vendors, or new players in the market,” said Shrikant Shenwai, CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance. “Our awards help to drive innovation within the Wi-Fi marketplace. From the convergence of licensed and unlicensed technologies, to the deployment of Wi-Fi to develop smart cities or bridge the digital divide – our awards highlight and encourage excellence, as well as industry best practice. With this year’s Industry Awards now open for entry, we are looking forward to seeing what new innovations have been developed, and acknowledging the contributions companies are making to the industry.”
The deadline for entries is 23.59 UTC on 31st August 2017. The full rules for entry to the 2017 Industry Awards can be found here.
The winners of the WBA 2017 Industry Awards will be announced at Wireless Global Congress in New York on 15th November 2017.
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About the Wireless Broadband Alliance
Founded in 2003, the mission of the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) is to accelerate global leadership for enabling of wireless services that are seamless, secure and interoperable. Building on our heritage of Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) and carrier Wi-Fi, the WBA will continue to drive and support the adoption of Next Generation Wireless services across the entire public Wi-Fi ecosystem, including IoT, Converged Services, Smart Cities, 5G, etc. Today, membership includes major fixed operators such as BT, Comcast and Charter Communications; seven of the top 10 mobile operator groups (by revenue) and leading technology companies such as Cisco, Microsoft, Huawei Technologies, Google and Intel.
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