15 #telecom success stories of 2012 #WCA12

This year fifteen outstanding global telecom companies won eighteen awards at the World Communication Awards in London.

They ranged from the most valuable telecom brand in the world [Total Telecom brand ranking 2012] to emerging market players from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Along the way a number of other companies were Highly Commended, but all deserve mention for simply making it onto the shortlist.

World Communication Awards 2012 Winners and Finalists from Total Telecom

Next year the World Communication Awards celebrate 15 years as the leading mark of excellence in global telecoms, so why not talk to us about how you can align your brand with the best? Email wca@totaltele.com 

Whole lot under one roof! #TTW12

The websites have been updated for the three events colocated under the - very large - roof of the Lancaster London this November.

This year you will find the 14th annual World Communication Awards sits alongside the 2nd Total Telecom World conference and new for this year the Total Telecom Customer Experience Summit.

World Communication Awards: established 1999, attracts up to 600 senior executives from global telecom operators and service providers. The awards take place on the evening of the 13 November in the fabulous Nine Kings Suite on the ground floor. www.worldcommsawards.com

Total Telecom World returns for the 2nd year and will take place in the Westbourne Suite on the 13 November. This years theme is Disruption Eruption, bringing together a line-up of speakers who are challenging how telecoms business is done. www.totaltele.com/world

The Total Telecom Customer Experience Summit is new for this year and takes place on the 14 November and examines how operators can profit from well defined and applied customer experience strategies.

Whether you attend one event, or all three, you need to ensure you have the dates in your diary to meet compelling speakers and key peers to network with.

Book today for the largest savings!

Check out the venue floorplans

Doing the double? #WVA12

The final two shortlists have just been revealed for the 2012 World Vendor Awards, bringing with them some interesting dynamics, both for CEO of the Year and for Best Brand. We'll find out who triumphs on the 26 April 2012.

First up we have three contenders for CEO of the Year. The potential double here sits with Alcatel-Lucent CEO, Ben Verwaayen. Ben has the almost unique distinction of being in the running for this gong, having been a previous winner of the top award at the WVA's larger sibling, the World Communication Awards, where in 2005 he was named Most Influential Person (forerunner to the CEO category) as CEO of BT Group.

Up against Ben we have Hans Vestberg of Ericsson, who arguably has one of the toughest jobs in telecoms having recently revealed reduced targets for the company, and  Jeff Gordon of Syniverse, who amongst other things leads a company playing in the fast growing IPX arena.

The other shortlist to be revealed is the other industry voted category, Best Brand. A slightly different angle here, but last years Best Brand, Ericsson, are in the running again, along with the company with the most valuable hardware brand in this years Top 500 Telecom Brands, Cisco. Also in the chase are 2010 winners, Juniper Networks, Syniverse, and who could under estimate the power from the East in the shape of ZTE?

To view all the shortlists, visit www.worldvendorawards.com and make sure you book your seats to avoid disappointment on the night!

Enterprise users name their favourites

The shortlist is out for the Users Choice category at this years World Communication Awards. All those who have made the shortlist deserve recognition as this is genuinely the category where the winner is chosen by enterprise users of telecom services, based on extensive research by Total Telecom and our partners at Ocean82

So well done to:

AT&T

Cable & Wireless Worldwide

Etisalat

Global Crossing

Orange Business Services

SingTel

Telefonica

Telmex

Verizon Business

To find out who wins, join us at the awards dinner on the 7 November.

You can gain more insight into why Orange Business Services made the shortlist by listening to their VP Customer Insight & Advocacy, Marc Anné, who will be speaking on The Customer Experience track at Total Telecom World.

More information about the users choice methodology is available here.