Telecoms was the ultimate winner at the 2018 Glotel Awards

The winners were evenly distributed among a broad range of operators, vendors and industry specialists at the 2018 Global Telecoms Awards.The winners were evenly distributed among a broad range of operators, vendors and industry specialists at the 2018 Global Telecoms Awards. A very enjoyable night, which featured a hilarious stand-up set from comedian Russell Kane, culminated with the winners of 14 awards being revealed. The awards span the full breadth of the telecoms industry, recognising the many technologies and activities required to connect the world. You can see the full list of winners and highly commended entries below. It was especially pleasing to see so many different companies represented among the winners, indicating a healthy  and diverse industry. The headline of this story is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but it’s with total sincerity that we, the Telecoms.com team, say it’s a pleasure and a privilege to play a part in celebrating the global telecoms community.   Advancing the Road to 5G WINNER Huawei for Microservice-based 5G Core Solution HIGHLY COMMENDED InterDigital for 5G-Crosshaul   AI and Automation Initiative of the year WINNER Verizon Wireless in collaboration with Accenture for Enhanced Customer Engagement   Best Digital Transformation Project WINNER BT for Help Re-design   BSS/OSS Transformation excellence WINNER Vlocity for KPN BSS Transformation HIGHLY COMMENDED Netcracker Technology for Netcracker 12   Connecting the Unconnected WINNER Cambridge Broadband Networks for VectaStar   Content Matters WINNER SK Telecom: Oksusu Social VR   Fixed Network Evolution WINNER ADTRAN Gigabit Gfast with GTTB Model   Ground-breaking Virtualization Initiative WINNER China Mobile Hong Kong and Huawei for Core Network Cloud Transformation HIGHLY COMMENDED Tata Communications Transformation Services for Virtual Cloud Exchange (VCX)   IoT Initiative of the Year WINNER Dialog Axiata & Ericsson for the first commercial Massive IoT network   Managed Services Innovation of the Year WINNER Netcracker Technology for Netcracker Managed Services for Digital Transformations   Mobile Money Mastery WINNER Mahindra Comviva and Econet Wireless (Cassava Fintech) for EcoCash Merchant Payments powered by mobiquity Money   Most Innovative Cloud Service WINNER KT for 5G Edge Cloud with Network Intelligence   Security Solution of the Year WINNER CUJO AI for AI Security HIGHLY COMMENDED AdaptiveMobile Security for SIGIL   Telecoms Transformation WINNER Smart Communications for Smart Network Transformation Program HIGHLY COMMENDED China Mobile Hong Kong and Huawei for Core Network Cloud Transformation