The InfoVision Award program recognizes technologies, applications, products, advances, and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the telecommunications industry. InfoVision Awards also honor corporations and individuals for their innovative contributions and developments that have proven important to society.
InfoVision Awards 2006 Winners
InfoVision Awards were presented to the following companies on Wednesday, 17 May, in recognition of their
outstanding products and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the telecommunications industry.
Access Network Technologies and Services
- PacketFront – BECS, Control and Provisioning System
- Cisco Systems – Cisco ME 3400 Series Ethernet Access Switches
Broadband Appliances, Devices, and Home Networking
- Scientific-Atlanta – Gateway with DVR IPTV Set-Top Model IPN603MCGª
- Infineon Technologies – Complete VDSL2 IAD Design
Content, Entertainment, Applications, and Services
- CASCADE – QualiTVision: The Solution Behind the Success of NOW Broadband TV
- Alcatel – Alcatel 5900 Applications
Enabling Silicon and Component-Level Technologies
- Metalink Ltd. – WLANPlus
- TANDBERG Television – TANDBERG High Definition Intelligent Compression Engine (HD-ICE) for MPEG-4 AVC aand Windows Media 9 Series (SMPTE VC-1)
Metro Network Technologies and Services
- Lucent Technologies – Lucent Multimedia Access Platform
- Redback Networks – SmartEdge 100
Network and Services Management and Operations
- Texas Instruments – PIQUA
- SupportSoft – Service Automation Suite
Network Core Innovation and Advances
- Newport Networks – 1460 Session Border Controller
- Asia Netcom – M-Flex
Wireless Broadband
- Samsung Electronics Corp. – Wi-Bro CPE (WiMAX Modem)
- KT – KT WiBro
- Harmonic, Inc. – FLXLink(TM) T1/E1 Commercial Services Solution
Finalists were judged by 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
