Making a #Hash of it

After the discovery that #WCA was being used by both the World Communication Awards and the World Cheese Awards, it should have come as no surprise to discover the new raison d'etre for the WCA.

Following a tweat from prolific twitterer @davidgilson sporting the #WCA tag I am led to believe that the World Communication Awards were introduced to assess whether benefit claiments are capable of working (Evening Standard article 23 Nov). Either this is a whole new side of the awards that I was never aware of, or maybe it's simply that #WCA is also being used to reflect Work Capability Assessments...

On balance, although longer, #worldcommsawards is so much safer!

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Say Cheese

Flash bulbs welcomed the winners, cameras rolled, and Cornish Blue reigns supreme - apparently. A coincidence of timing meant attendees at the World Communication Awards tweeting hashtag #WCA were sharing a tag with the World Cheese Awards!

Despite this one minor glitch, and more generous use of the alternative #worldcommsawards, twitter has been alive with news of this years WCA, including the success of BT - you can catch up with the latest HERE

It was a great night all round, Mary Knightingale was a popular and effective host, whilst Big Ocean Bands really upped the tempo...

So all that remains is congratulations to all the winners, including the big winners on the night BT, Orange Business Services and Verizon. You can view the full list of winners on the website: www.worldcommsawards.com

Gracious in defeat

OK, so we didn't win at this years Digital Publishing Awards, so congratulations to @flightglobal - we'll beat you next time!

But at least we made the shortlist for Digital Service of the Year - which is more than any other comms sector website did, and we weren't embarrassed against some very big publishing names: Incisive, Reed Business, UBM et al.

Still PPA Independent Publishers Awards next month and Total Telecom is on the shortlist for two categories - hopefully holding onto ouor crown as Online Brand of the Year.

Guess...

No prizes, but can you identify this image? All will be revealed at the World Communication Awards next week - now all sold out!

It should be a fantastic event, 550 senior execs including BT, Orange, Etisalat, Zaion, PCCW, China Telecom and many more...

Can you identify this image?

All will be revealed at the World Communication Awards, next Wednesday, 24 November 2010.

Still one or two seats available, Book Now

Squeeeeeeeeeeeze

13 days to the 2010 World Communication Awards and we are virtually sold out. We've thrown away the floorplan and started again - it didn't have enough tables on it; almost every company of this years shortlist is coming.

If you want the great and good of global telecoms, then you can start with Bharti Airtel, BICS, BT, and China Telecom, and move through to TIM Brasil, Turk Telecom, Verizon and Vodafone, with some very senior execs coming along...

So if you are still wavering, still wondering if you should be there BOOK NOW - seats we can definately do, whole tables, we'll have to consult the floorplan.

Seats, logos, and headaches

It's go to that time of year again when all talk in the Total Telecom office turns to the World Communication Awards. With the publication of the shortlist for the Users' Choice earlier this week, we now know who all the finalists are (View the full list here), and now it's just a case of slotting them into the ballroom at the Hilton on Park Lane. Almost every finalist is represented, so if you haven't yet booked your table, it's time to do so to avoid disappointment.

This year promises to be a bumper year with an impressive crop of senior execs known to be attending: think Ian Livingston & Sally Davis (BT), Stephen Carter (Alcatel-Lucent), Rakesh Bhasin (COLT), Erik Hallberg (TeliaSonera) to name justs a few...

So it's all coming together, just as soon as we get all those company logo's in and work out if we really can fit seats in the lobby...

Book now - don't be disappointed!