IEC Announces InfoVision Winners at Broadband World Forum Asia 2007 in Beijing
U.S. Contact: Lisa Reyes
Phone: +1-312-559-3325
E-Mail: lreyes@iec.org
Asia-Pacific Contacts: Jing Cesarone
Phone:(773) 486-7705
E-Mail: jing@chinawiseusa.com
Asia-Pacific Contacts: June Cui
Phone:(86-10) 6235-9296
E-Mail: june@chinawiseusa.com
BEIJING – 6 June 2007 – The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) today recognized some of the best innovators in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry with its announcement of the InfoVision Award winners presented at the Broadband World Forum Asia 2007. The Broadband World Forum Asia 2007 continues this week at China World Hotel at the China World Trade Center with China Netcom as the official host sponsor.
The InfoVision Awards program recognizes technologies, applications, products and services deployed in the Asia-Pacific region judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the telecommunications industry, its related industries and consumers globally. The InfoVision Awards also honor corporations and individuals for their innovative contributions and developments that have proven important to society.
"You can feel the excitement of this year's winners," commented IEC Executive Vice President Roger Plummer. "The Consortium is proud to present these accolades on behalf of the industry as this awards program supports our mission in catalyzing progress in the industry, business, and academia worldwide." Plummer continued, "And companies such as these are recognized for providing critical technological advances that drive our industry forward."
The 2007 InfoVision winners are the following products and companies in their respective categories:
Category 1: Access Network Technologies and Services
- axcessfirst Data Solution ~ Evolved Networks
- Bandwidth Manager 5500 ~ Operax
Category 2: Network and Services Management and Operations
- Huawei Network Resource-Based Policy & Admission Control Solution ~ Huawei Technologies
- Mobile Integrated Service Platform ~ China Netcom Group Labs
Category 3: Wireless Broadband
- Cisco ServiceMesh ~ Cisco Systems
- PacketMax 100 Subscriber Unit ~ Aperto Networks
Category 4: Content, Entertainment, Applications, and Services
- Acatel-Lucent 8640 Corporate Mobility Manager (CMM) ~ Alcatel-Lucent
- VCAS for IPTV ~ Verimatrix
Category 5: Broadband Appliances, Devices, and Home Networking
- Personal IntelligentTM IPTV ~ Samsung Electronics
- TANTOS ~ Infineon Technologies
Category 6: Enabling Silicon and Component-Level Technologies
- Mustang 300 ~ Centillium Communications
- TANDBERG iPlex UltraCompression HD and SD IPTV Head-End ~ TANDBERG Television
Category 7: Network Core Innovation and Advances
- Call Aggregation Service ~ Asia Netcom
- Cisco Intelligent Services Gateway ~ Cisco Systems
Category 8: Metro Network Technologies and Services
- EFMplus Intelligent Copper Access Solution ~ Actelis Networks
- Release of 3.6 of Aspen (Atrica's Carrier Ethernet Management System) ~ Atrica Inc.
Category 9: New Products
- Converged Billing Suite ~ Comverse
- IPTV on Xbox 360 ~ Microsoft TV
Winners were chosen based on a point system among finalists that were judged according the following criteria:
- Value of service or technology in solving recognized technology problems, meeting network requirements, optimizing service and performance and/or enhancing customer service
- Overall quality of innovation and contribution to technology advancement
- Originality and vision
- Potential contribution toward positive industry growth and service
- Market success/acceptance (where applicable)
- Contribution to end-user quality of experience and service efficiency
Judges were selected from the Broadband World Forum Asia's Technical Advisory Group, composed of industry experts who helped design this year's educational conference programming at the event.
With the exception of the "New Products" category, all submissions eligible for an InfoVision Award designation were commercially announced or in deployment within the Asia-Pacific region prior to the Broadband World Forum Asia 2007.
For complete information, visit www.iec.org/events/2007/bbwf_asia or contact Lisa Reyes at lreyes@iec.org or +1-312-559-3325.
ABOUT THE IEC
The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to catalyzing technology and business progress worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and students.
In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has developed an extensive, free on-line educational program.
The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have a substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address major opportunities and challenges of the information age.
More than 70 leading universities are IEC affiliates, and the IEC handles the affairs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association and Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society for electrical and computer engineers. For more information, visit www.iec.org.
