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