The 2011 Informa LTE Awards 2011

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Informa announces LTE Awards 2011 winners


Posted on 18 May 2011

The 2011 Informa LTE Awards 2011 winners were announced Tuesday night at an gala dinner presentation at De Duif Amsterdam. The event was part of the LTE World Summit 2011 in Amsterdam.
Huawei, and Gemalto were the big winners with two awards each. The LTE Awards 2011 were judged by individuals belonging to BT Wholesale, Telefonica, AT&T, France Telecom, Three, E-Plus Mobilfunk, Cosmote and Telecom Italia.
“The LTE Awards 2011 allows us to recognise and celebrate excellence in the LTE Technology community. With LTE deployments taking place around the world, the awards address the challenges operators have faced and have overcome. Congratulations to all the winners for their hard work, dedication and excellence within the sector, ” said Giles Cummings, Events Director at Informa Telecoms & Media.
The full winner’s list is:
Best Contribution to R&D for LTE
E******* – R&D Contribution for LTE
Best Contribution to LTE Standards (Individual Only)
Gemalto - Patrice Beaudou
TeliaSonera - 4G/LTE
Significant Progress for a Commercial Launch of LTE by a Vendor
Huawei Technologies - Huawei LTE Product
Best Network / Device Testing Product for LTE
Alcatel-Lucent - Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG)
Best Enabling Technology
Gemalto - LTE UICC card with Full-IP OTA platform
Best Core Network Product
Nokia Siemens Networks - SON Suite (Self Organizing Networks)
Best Chipset / Processor Product
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies - LTE Multi-mode, multi-band chipset – MDM9x00
Best LTE Network Elements
Huawei Technologies - Huawei BTS3900L
Best LTE Device / Handset
Samsung Electronics - 4G LTE Smartphone