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Hosted by Capacity Media CEO Rosalind Irving and Capacity Editor-in-Chief and head judge for the GCAs Jason McGee-Abe, at the indigo at The O2, the black-tie gala dinner was truly a night of celebration and distinction.
Sparkle came out on top as one of the winners of the night taking home two Awards, the first for Best European Project and the second for Best Social Media Campaign.
The Award for Best Middle Eastern Project went to Omantel, to PCCW Global for Best Asian Project, while GlobeNet won the Award for Best Americas Project. RETN took home the Award for Project of the Year – Terrestrial and EllaLink won the trophy for Project of the Year – Subsea.
In the Best Data Centre & Internet Exchange category the Best Internet Exchange Innovation went to datamena and Best Data Centre Innovation was won by Iron Mountain Data Centers. Equinix took home the Award for Best Data Centre and DE-CIX for Best Internet Exchange.
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier took home three prizes, one for Best Marketing Campaign, another Best IoT Initiative and one more for Best Pan-European Wholesale Carrier.
iBasis was the winner of the Best Marketing Team as well as the Best SMS Innovation Awards. Turk Telekom International brought it home for the Best Wholesale Sales Team Award and Orange International Carriers for Best Anti-Fraud Innovation.
New for 2019, PCCW Global was the recipient of the Best CSR Award, presented by Télécoms Sans Frontières, the company also took home the trophy for Best Network Technology Innovation. Another new entrant for 2019 was the CEO of Year Award, which was won by Ufinet as their CEO Iñigo García del Cerro.
In the Best Technology Deployment category AT&T / Colt Technology Services came out on top for the Best SDN/NFV Deployment Award, Neutrona Networks won it for Best OSS/BSS Deployment and China Unicom Global for Best 5G deployment.
The biggest category of the night was undoubtedly the innovation category with an astounding 18 Awards to be won. Best Blockchain Innovation went to TOMIA, Best Cloud Innovation to Colt Technology Services. In addition, Best Data Service Innovation - Emerging Market was won by Reliance Jio, Best Data Service Innovation - Mature Market went to EdgeConneX, Best Enterprise Partnership to Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), Best IPX Service to Etisalat and Neutrona Networks for Best OTT Partnership.
Other winners in this category include Airtel Business for Best Security Solution, TELIN for Best Strategic Subsea Route, China Unicom Global for Best Subsea Innovation, Epsilon / Dialogic Corporation for Best Unified Communications Innovation, as well as Airtel Business for Best Voice Service Innovation - Emerging Market, Voxbone for Best Voice Service Innovation - Mature Market and GOLD DATA for Wholesale Innovation Disruptor of the Year.
In the regional carrier space OTEGLOBE won the trophy for Best Eastern European/CIS Wholesale Carrier, Liquid Telecom for Best African Wholesale Carrier and Saudi Telecom Company for Best Middle Eastern Wholesale Carrier. Additionally, China Unicom Global won it for Best Asian Wholesale Carrier, C&W Networks for Best Caribbean Wholesale Carrier, Telefónica for Best Latin American Wholesale Carrier and NTT for Best North American Wholesale Carrier.
Last but certainly not least, the winner of the Best Global Wholesale Carrier – Voice was Airtel Business, while Orange International Carriers came out on top as the winner of Best Global Wholesale Carrier – Data.
BEST PROJECT | |||
Best European Project Sparkle
| Best Middle Eastern Project Omantel | Best Asian Project PCCW Global | Best Americas Project GlobeNet |
Project Of The Year – Terrestrial RETN | Project Of The Year – Subsea EllaLink |
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BEST DATA CENTRE & INTERNET EXCHANGE | |||
Best Internet Exchange Innovation datamena | Best Data Centre Innovation Iron Mountain Data Centers | Best Internet Exchange DE-CIX | Best Data Centre Equinix |
BEST MARKETING/SALES TEAM | |||
Best Marketing Campaign Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier | Best Social Media Campaign Sparkle | Best Marketing Team iBASIS
| Best Wholesale Sales Team Turk Telekom International |
SPECIAL RECOGNITION | |||
Best CSR Initiative PCCW Global | Best CEO Of The Year Ufinet |
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BEST TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT | |||
Best SDN/NFV Deployment AT&T / Colt Technology Services | Best OSS/BSS Deployment Neutrona Networks | Best 5G deployment China Unicom Global |
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INNOVATION | |||
Best Anti-Fraud Innovation Orange International Carriers | Best Blockchain Innovation TOMIA | Best Cloud Innovation Colt Technology Services
| Best Data Service Innovation - Emerging Market Reliance Jio |
Best Data Service Innovation - Mature Market EdgeConneX | Best Enterprise Partnership Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) | Best IoT Initiative Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier | Best IPX Service Etisalat |
Best Network Technology Innovation PCCW Global | Best OTT Partnership Neutrona Networks
| Best Security Solution Airtel Business
| Best SMS Innovation iBASIS |
Best Strategic Subsea Route TELIN
| Best Subsea Innovation China Unicom Global
| Best Unified Communications Innovation Epsilon / Dialogic Corporation
| Best Voice Service Innovation - Emerging Market Airtel Business
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Best Voice Service Innovation - Mature Market Voxbone | Wholesale Innovation Disruptor Of The Year GOLD DATA |
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BEST REGIONAL WHOLESALE CARRIER | |||
Best Eastern European/CIS Wholesale Carrier OTEGLOBE | Best Pan-European Wholesale Carrier Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier | Best African Wholesale Carrier Liquid Telecom
| Best Middle Eastern Wholesale Carrier Saudi Telecom Company |
Best Asian Wholesale Carrier China Unicom Global | Best Caribbean Wholesale Carrier C&W Networks | Best Latin American Wholesale Carrier Telefónica | Best North American Wholesale Carrier NTT |
BEST GLOBAL WHOLESALE CARRIER | |||
Best Global Wholesale Carrier – Voice Airtel Business
| Best Global Wholesale Carrier – Data Orange International Carriers |
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