World Communication Awards 2016 - Photo's from the Night #WCA16

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The World Communication Awards will return in 2017. Find out more at www.worldcommsawards.com

2017 Total Telecom Media Kit Available

The Total Telecom 2017 media information is now available to download. Get your copy from www.totaltele.com/media for an overview of our products and services including publishing, conferences and awards.

Find out about content services including the Knowledge Network, webinars, white papers, and Breakfast with Total Telecom events.

World Communication Awards 2017 - Overview Video

For the complete list of winners, view the Roll of Honour on Total Telecom

Asia Communication Awards 2017 - ENTRIES OPEN

Entries for the 2017 Asia Communication Awards close on the 12 January. Only electronic entries on the event website

will be accepted

This year there are 19 categories for both operators and vendors, including 4 new categories. Whether you have great IoT solution, are a leader in the digital world, offer the best satellite product, or are proud of your green technology, there is a category for you.

Find out more by downloading the Categories Brochure

FULL LIST OF CATEGORIES:
• Best Brand Campaign
• Best Enterprise Service
• Best Customer Care: Business
• Best Customer Care: Consumer
• Best Emerging Market Initiative
• The Innovation Award: vendor - new category
• The Innovation Award: operator
• Operator of the Year
• Project of the Year
• The Green Technology Award
• Network Transformation Initiative - new category
• Satellite Operator of the Year
• Digital Service Provider - new category
• Smart Cities Award - new category
• The Social Contribution Award
• Vendor Initiative of the Year
• Wholesale Operator of the Year
• The Connected Asia Award
• CEO of the Year

Leaders in Asian Communications Rewarded #ACA16

The winners of the 6th annual Asia Communication Awards (ACA) were named in Singapore on the 1 June 2016. The big winner of the night was Korea's KT who scooped three trophies, whilst we were delighted to to be able to welcome Ririek Adriansyah, CEO of Telkomsel to the event were he was named CEO of the Year.

The Asia Communication Awards are organised by Total Telecom and were presented at the prestigious Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

For a full list of winners is listed below or download the magazine of the night here

ROLL OF HONOUR

Best Brand Campaign
Progresif Cellular
(Highly commended: Telstra)

Best Customer Care: Business
Singtel

Best Customer Care: Consumer
Ooredoo Myanmar
(Highly commended: Globe Telecom)

Best Emerging Market Initiative
Ooredoo Myanmar

Best Enterprise Service
KT

Best SME Service
Voyager Innovations
(Highly commended: KT)

Operator of the Year
KT
(Highly commended: Indosat Ooredoo)

Project of the Year
Progresif Cellular

Satellite Operator of the Year
Singtel Satellite

The Connected Asia Award
Indosat Ooredoo

The Green Technology Award
Tata Communications

The Innovation Award
KT

The Social Contribution Award
Smart Communications

Vendor Initiative of the Year
Huawei
(Highly commended: Syniverse)

Wholesale Operator of the Year
NTT Communications

CEO of the Year
Ririek Adriansyah, Telkomsel
(Highly commended: V.D. Wadhwa, SITI Cable Network)

Meet the IoT champions

The winners of the 2nd annual Internet of Things Awards - the IoTA's were revealed alongside the World Communication Awards at the iconic Wembley Stadium on the 1 December 2015.

The winners were as follows:

Best Turnkey Solution
Vigilent

Contribution to the IoT EcoSystem
Pegasus Global Holdings, LLC

Most Innovative Connectivity Solution
Kore


Most Innovative Device Solution
Essence

Most Innovative Platform Solution
Eurotech SpA

Most Innovative Use of Data
Embarcadero - InterBase

Smart Cities Initiative
Tech Mahindra Ltd.

Smart Home Initiative
digitalSTROM

Transforming Business Award
Jasper

In addition, Jasper won The Connected World Initiative at the parallel World Communication Awards. View the WCA winners on Total Telecom.

If you missed out this year, make sure you enter the 2016 IoTAs that will once again accompany the World Communication Awards and will be presented at London's Supernova on the 29 November 2016. Find out more

16 Giants of African Telecoms Named

The question at hand is 'who is the leading CEO in African telecoms' - and we at +Total Telecom don't know the answer - YET!

We will soon, because you are going to help us find out, by voting for CEO of the Year for the first ever Total Telecom Africa Awards.

The shortlist has come from the industry, who have been busy nominating their favourites, and now it's time to narrow this down to the one who stands head and shoulder about their peers.

Have your say and vote now.

The contenders are:

•  Abdeslam Ahizoune - Maroc Telecom
• Bob Collymore - Safaricom Limited
• Chris Wood - WIOCC
• Eng. Saeed AlHamli - Etisalat Misr
• Joseph Ged - Ooredoo
• Karim Khoja - Smart Telecom
• Lex van Wyk - Teraco Data Environments
• Michael Ikpoki - MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd
• Nic Rudnick - Liquid Telecom
• Shameel Aziz Joosub - Vodacom
• Sifiso Dabengwa - MTN Group
• Sipho Maseko - Telkom SA SOC
• Stanley Jegede - Phase3 Telecom
• Sunil Joshi - Neotel
• Theo Klein - Telecom Namibia
• Ziad Dalloul - Africell

All votes must be cast by Friday 24 April 2015 - VOTE HERE

View the video's from the Total Telecom Festival and World Communication Awards

This years Total Telecom Festival and World Communication Awards generated an extensive libraray of video, ranging from insightful speakers to elated winners.

Check though the playlist to hear from companies including: IDT, TeliaSonera International Carrier, SingTel, NTT Communications, Netnumber, Summit Communications, Telkomsel, Astelit, Huawei, TalkTalk Business, Orange Business Services, Portugal Telecom, TRA Bahrain, Plum Consulting, Movitel, Telkom Indonesia, Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS), B&B Electronics, and Orga Systems.



Videos include:

• A new eco-system is needed
• Anyone not looking at the end user is potentially dead #WCA14 #TTFest
• Anywhereization - the trend changing the telco industry #TTFest
• Bangladesh Update - Summit Communications #TTFest
• Building a digital society in Indonesia #TTFest
• CCS drive innovation in wireless backhaul system for small cells.
• Child safety is driven by collaboration says TRA Bahrain #TTFest
• Indipreneur scoops award for Best Small Business Initiative #WCA14
• Interview Alex Sinaga - CEO - Telkomsel
• Interview Konstantin Zhilin - Astelit #TTFest
• Interview: Pieter Veenstra of Netnumber #TTFest
• Mozambique based Movitel win Best Operator in an Emerging Market #WCA14
• NTT - becoming a global ICT partner #TTFest
• NTT Comm named Best Global Operator 2014
• Orange wins Best Enterprise Service # WCA14
• Portugal Telecom offer the best customer care in telecoms #WCA14
• Project of the Year won by Orga #WCA14
• SingTel are the choice of the telecom user
• Taking service assurance to the next level
• TeliaSonera - focussing on what we do best #TTFest
• TeliaSonera win Best Wholesale Carrier #WCA14
• The Most Innovative Connectivity Solution in #IoT
• Wholesale Market Highlights #TTFest
• Winners reaction Huawei at the 2014 World Communication Awards #WCA14

Eight leading Internet of Things companies named #IoTA

Yesterday the winners of the first ever IoTA awards for the Internet of Things / Everything were named in London during the Total Telecom Festival.

8 leading companies scooped the spoils in 9 categories:

• Most Innovative Connectivity Solution - B&B Electronics
• Most Innovative Device Solution - LeddarTech
• Most Innovative Platform Solution - Xively by LogMeIn
• Project of the Year - Jasper
• Most Innovative Use of Data - Blue Yonder
• The Smart Cities Initiative - AT&T Smart Grid Solutions
• Transforming Business - built.io by Raw Engineering
• Best Turnkey Solution - ThingWorx
• Contribution to the IoT Eco-System - Jasper

The IoTAs will be back in 2015. For more information visit www.theiotawards.com 

Q, U & Y would make telecoms complete #TTFest

We have 146 unique companies registered to attend the Total Telecom Festival and World Communication Awards next week, truly the A-Z of telecoms. From Adaptive Mobile to Zix Corp, we cover the entire alphabet, with virtually every major global operator on the list (see below).

But there is a flaw, we don't have a single company starting with Q, U, or Y currently attending and so here's a unique offer. If you work for a telecom operator whose company name starts with Q, U, or Y, get in touch and the first person from each letter to contact us will be entitled to a free Festival pass - worth £1,770! Get in touch info@totaltele.com

Of course your interest in the A-Z might be more to do with who you'll meet, in which case book your place today... There's only 5 tables left for Tuesday night's awards!

THE A-Z OF TELECOMS (MINUS Q,U & Z)
3U.K.
Adaptive Mobile
Adva Optical
Analysys Mason
Anchusa Consulting Ltd
Apollo Submarine Cable System
AsiaInfo
AT&T
B&B Electronics
B.T. Global Services
Banglalink Digital Communication
Boingo Wireless
Brocade
BT Plc
BTS - Business Telecommunications Services
BVCA
Cambridge Communication Systems Ltd
CCS
Center for Social Responsibility in the Digital Age
Century Link
ChinaEU
Ciena
Citic Telecom CPC
Citrix
Colt
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
Concirrus Ltd
Connected World Services
CSR
CVT Group
Deutsche Telekom Ag
Digicel Group
Dimension Data Holdings plc
Dimoso
du
EE
Enders Analysis
Engage Customer Limited
Entel
Epsilon
Ericsson
European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
Eurotech
Family Online Safety Institute
GBI
Global Cloud Xchange
Globe Telecom
GSMA
Gulf Bridge International
HGC
Hot Telecom
Huawei
Hutchison Global Communications Limited
I.D.T. Global
Ibasis
Iconx Solutions
i-Conx Solutions
Idea Cellular
IDT
Infinera Asia Limited
Infinite Convergence Solutions
Interoute
Jibe Mobile
Juniper
Kaazing Ltd
Lanck Telecom
Lewis Insight
Libyan Post Telecommunication Holding Company
Liquid Telecom
Livework Studio
Lycamobile UK Limited
Machina Research
Mavenir Systems Inc
Media Val Doo
Metricell
Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative
Mobile by Sainsbury's
Mobitrans
MoMac
Movitel, SA
NetNumber Inc
Nielsen Company
NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Europe
Ocean82
OOREDO
OpenMarket
Opera Software
Orange
Orga Systems
Overture Networks
Ovum
Pacnet
PCCW Global
Plum Consulting
Portugal Telecom
Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk
Rad Data Communications
Rail and Traction Canada Inc
Reliance Globalcom
Roamly
Roshan Telecomunication Development Company
RouteTrader Ltd
RTX
Singtel Telecommunications Limited
Smart Communications Inc
SprintLink (UK) Ltd
Stream Communications
Summit Communications Ltd
SunTec Business Solutions
Synchronoss Technologies Inc
TalkTalk Business
Tata Communications
TE Connectivity
Telarix
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority - T.R.A. (Bahrain)
Telefonica
Telekom Austria Group
Telekom Research & Development Sdn Bhd
Telekomunikasi Indonesia
TeliaSonera International Carrier
Telkom Indonesia
Telkomsel
Telstra
The Nielsen Company
Three
TM Forum
TMT Finance
TRA Bahrain
Truephone
T-Systems
TTNET
Turkcell
Tweakker
TXO Systems Ltd
Verizon Business
Viettel Cambodia Ltd
Viettel Group
Virtela/NTT
Vodafone Carrier Services
Vodafone Qatar QSC
Vonage
WIOCC
XL Axiata
Xsellone
Zix Corp

7 Reasons for you to attend the Total Telecom Festival

With this years Total Telecom Festival just three weeks away, here are seven reasons why you should attend:

1. Outstanding speakers sharing their knowledge and views. C-Level executives, leading analysts, and industry thought leaders including:

Alex J. Sinaga - CEO - Telkomsel

Bill Barney - CEO - Global Cloud Xchange

Camille Mendler - Principal Analyst - Ovum

Fotis Karonis - CTO - EE

Luigi Gambardella - CEO - ETNO

2. Engage with your peers during the interactive roundtable sessions - meet, exchange business cards and build valuable business relationships

3. Discover the leaders in the emerging Internet of Things space at the first ever IoTA's - see who you'll meet here

4. Leverage an amazing networking opportunity in the relaxed atmosphere of the World Communication Awards

5. Meet the winners at the 2014 World Communication Awards - see who you might meet by viewing the shortlist

6. Learn what makes a great telecom operator in our unique participant lead session on day 2 of the Total Telecom Festival - share your knowledge and learn from others

7. Have some fun - the World Communication Awards is the biggest and best party in telecoms and the plans for 2014 look outstanding!


TO BOOK YOU TICKET VISIT www.totaltele.com/festival

From technological backwater to the world's most important sector #WCA

Total Telecom is moving office, and whilst we cleared boxes and moving piles of rubbish (what happened to the paperless office) we came across our heritage, or to be exact in a cupboard we found an archive of back issues of CommunicationsWeek International and Communications International - the titles that later became Total Telecom.

Amongst the dust stood out an October 1999 issue of CommunicationsWeek International proudly revealing World Communication Awards, names such as Global One, Arbinet Communications, and World Online (ouch!)

the first ever winners of the

Why not revel in some nostalgia (we certainly did) and check out the names and services from the past - whilst trying to explain to the younger members of your team who they were! Remember Arthur Andersen - our headline sponsor in 1999....

Download the PDF here

If you are still working on your participation at this years World Communication Awards and Total Telecom Festival, visit the website for more information: www.worldcommsawards.com

19 World Communication Awards Categories Revealed #WCA14

Entries are open for the 2014 World Communication Awards with a fully refreshed line up of categories. You can download full entry criteria from the website, but for quick reference the line up this year includes:

Best Brand Campaign

Best Customer Care

Best Consumer Service

Best Enterprise Service

Best Small Business Service

The Cloud Infrastructure Award  

The Digital Experience Award

Best Infrastructure Initiative  

Project of the Year  

Best Network Operation Initiative  

The Innovation Award  

The Social Contribution Award

The Users Choice  

The Connected World Initiative  

Best Operator in an Emerging Market

Best Wholesale Carrier

Best Mobile Operator 

Best Global Operator  

CEO of the Year 

Entry deadline this year is Wednesday 9th July with the shortlist announced in September 2014 and the awards ceremony on 2 December 2014 at The Lancaster, London.

Once again, the WCA will form part of the Total Telecom Festival and are delighted to welcome NTT Communications as a Gold Sponsor of this years event. The Festival this year benefits from an exciting initiative to more closely align the conference with the awards in a unique and compelling manner - talk to us to find out more.

If you are interested in options to raise your profile at the World Communication Awards or Total Telecom Festival, download the prospectus.

6 Companies who probably don't remember their first Tweet? #WCA14

Do you remember your first Tweet? Most people probably don't and indeed most companies probably don't, so with a gratuitous link to this years World Communication Awards (entries opened this week) we decided to use Twitters Discover tool to see what the first Tweet was of 6 notable companies - the Best Global Operator finalists from 2013.

So starting at the top, with last year's winner, Orange Business Services, who even in 2009 were concerned by data protection.

Orange have since clearly worked hard at their Twitter account +orangebusiness and have 107,000 followers and according to @tweetstats produce an average 207 tweets per month, getting replies to over 27% of them - clearly the work of a leader!

The first tweets of the rest of the shortlist are in the slidedeck below:

So practising what we preach, what about @totaltelecom? We produced our first Tweet way back in January 2009, proving our cutting edge credentials, beating all of the above bar AT&T, but in classic Total Telecom style, the subject was a less serious "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year"...

GET MORE SERIOUS - ENTER THE 2014 WORLD COMMUNICATION AWARDS

www.worldcommsawards.com 

7 Factors that contribute to a great place to work #BPTWAsia

There is much written about what makes a great place to work, but almost universally they agree that the key factor is engaged workers. As the votes come in for the Best Place to Work category for the 2014 Asia Communication Awards, we've looked around at what creates an environment of engaged workers.

One of the best articles I've seen on this is published by Forbes in their article How the Best Places to Work are Nailing Employee Engagement which lists 7 factors common to the best places to work:

• They understand what employees are thinking 
• They create an intentional culture
• They demonstrate appreciation for contributions big and small
• They commit to open, honest communication
• They support career path development
• They engage in social interactions outside work
• They know how to communicate the organization’s stories

These elements were certainly demonstrated by last years Best Place to Work in Asia winner, Idea Cellular and by the Highly Commended runner up, Smart Communications, so are they demonstrated by your employer?

If you want your employer to be in contention, all you need to do is complete the quick survey that Total Telecom have hosted and give us your views before the 2 May 2014. Ask your colleagues to take part too, as each company needs to generate 50 responses to be considered.

The winner will be revealed at the 4th annual Asia Communication Awards in Singapore on the 19th June 2014 - it's the last night of CommunicAsia, so come along and join the party!

COMPLETE THE BEST PLACE TO WORK 2014 SURVEY https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6Y868C3 

Asia Communication Awards - three days left to get your entries in. www.asiacommsawards.com 


You entries for the 2014 Asia Communication Awards must be in by this Friday, 14 March 2014. This is with the exception of:

Best Regulatory Initiative where you have until the 28 March 2014 (enter this free category HERE)

Best Place to Work (in Asia) where responses can be submitted until Friday 2 May 2014 (submit votes HERE)

Why do you support the Asia Communication Awards

Last year we asked a number of entrants, judges and sponsors why they supported the Asia Communication Awards, why not listen to what they say.

Speakers on this video represent SAP, Olswang, CITIC Telecom CPC, Flytxt, and NTT Communications.

Entries for 2014 are currently open. Find out more at www.asiacommsawards.com

This years awards will be presented in Singapore on the 19 June 2014, during CommunicAsia.

15 ways you might win at the Asia Communication Awards #ACA14

Entries are currently open for the 2014 Asia Communication Awards with fifteen categories up for grabs. To

Download Categories Brochure

find out how you might be a winner this year, download the categories brochure.

The list of categories is outlined below, and includes two research/survey based categories. CEO of the Year is an industry vote, where we are currently seeking nominations, whilst the Best Place to Work relies on research amongst your employees - to enter this, you need at least 50 of your employees to complete the survey.

Best Brand Campaign
Best Content Service
Best Enterprise Service
Best SME Service
Customer Service Initiative
Emerging Market Initiative
Innovation Award
Operator of the Year
Project of the Year
The Green Award
The Social Contribution Award
Vendor of the Year
Wholesale Operator of the Year
Best Place to Work - #BPTW Survey Here >
CEO of the Year - Nominate your CEO >

2014 is the fourth year of the Asia Communication Awards, which will be presented in Singapore on the 19th June - during CommunicAsia. The awards are open to both telecom operators / service providers as well as vendors and other industry stakeholders based in Asia. Find out who won last year by downloading the winners eBook.

The Photo's #WCA13 - Images of the night

The photographs from this years World Communication Awards are now available to view on this slideshow. To view the entire role of honour visit Total Telecom or to download a PDF of the Winners Magazine, click here.

View the Roll of Honour - Click Here
Download the Winners Magazine
Visit the World Communication Awards website

Thank you to our sponsors:

• Huawei (Headline Sponsor)
• Ericsson
• NTT Communications Corporation 
• Orange Business Services  
• Samsung 
• Talktalk Business 
• Tata Communications 
• TeliaSonera International Carrier 
• Telstra  
• Virtela Technology Services

Will the real WCA please stand up #WCA13

It has come to our attention that there may be some confusion over which awards WCA refers to, so we want to add some clarity so you can reassure yourself you were at the World Communication Awards.

A few simple tests:

1. Did any of the finalists include the Bleating Heart, Cropwell Bishop Creamery, or Two Hoots Cheese? If so, there is a strong possibility that you were at the World Cheese Awards [http://worldcheeseawards.com] where the winners included Gruyère Premier Cru, Blue Stilton and Fat Bottom Girl!

2. If every award was won by Tunisia, and the evening degenerated into a fight, you were probably at the (possibly fictional) World Countries Awards

3. If you enjoyed great company of hundreds of fellow telecom professionals from around the world, entertainment from the spectacular choir and saw companies including AT&T, Orange Business Services and Tata Communications named as winners, relax you were at the World Communication Awards!

To see the complete roll of honour and to download the winners magazine, visit Total Telecom