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Leading Lights Finalists Named
Light Reading has announced the finalists of its fifth annual Leading Lights Awards
October 3, 2008
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NEW YORK -- TechWebs Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the world's leading online publication for the telecom industry, today announced the finalists of its fifth annual Leading Lights Awards, recognizing leading companies and their executives for their outstanding achievements in the telecom industry.
Light Reading's reputation for fiercely independent analysis makes the Leading Lights Awards the most credible and authoritative awards program in the industry – and provides telecom companies with a superlative opportunity to evangelize their expertise and success. The awards are judged by a panel composed of Light Reading editors and Heavy Reading analysts, with the help of their sources throughout the industry and financial community.
The winners of the Leading Lights Awards will be announced at an Awards Dinner after the first day of Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo. The dinner will take place at Japonais in New York City on October 20 before an audience of industry executives, financial analysts, and technology and business press.
The Finalists for the 2008 Leading Lights are:
PERSON OF THE YEAR
Anil D. Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Communications
Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks
Ashraf M. Dahod, President and CEO, Starent Networks
Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission (Information Society and Media)
Andy Rubin, Senior Executive Director of Mobile Platforms, Google
Solomon Trujillo, CEO, Telstra
Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent
Ren Zhengfei, CEO, Huawei Technologies
TOP IPO/M&A CANDIDATE
BroadSoft Inc.
Casa Systems Inc.
Genband Inc.
RGB Networks Inc.
Transmode
Verimatrix Inc.
BEST NEW SERVICE
AboveNet's Metro Ethernet Dedicated (ME-D)
AT&T's AT&T Telepresence Solution
BT's Wholesale Ethernet
Comcast's Extreme High-Speed Internet
Level 3 Communications' Enterprise VPN Portfolio
Microsoft's Mediaroom DVR Anywhere
Sprint Nextel's XOHM Mobile WiMax
BEST NEW PRODUCT
Alvarion's BreezeMAX 3650
ECI Telecom's SR9700 Series CESRs
Extreme Networks’ Black Diamond 20808 Metro Ethernet Transport Switch
High Tech Computer's T-Mobile G1 Phone
Motorola's au Box
Redback Networks’ SM 480 Metro-E Service Transport
Ruckus Wireless’s MediaFlex 7000 series
Zeugma Systems' Zeugma Services Node (ZSN)
BEST NEW STARTUP
FastSoft Inc.
Menara Networks
Miniweb Interactive
Qosera
Sezmi Corp.
BEST INVESTMENT POTENTIAL
Ciena Corp.
Cisco Systems Inc.
JDS Uniphase Corp.
NII Holdings Inc.
Nokia Corp.
Windstream Corp.
BEST DEAL MAKER
Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
Finisar Corp.
NEC Corp.
Nokia Siemens Networks
Sprint Nextel Corp.
Verizon Wireless
BEST MARKETING
Cisco Systems Inc.
Ericsson AB
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS)
Nokia Siemens Networks
Tellabs Inc.
For complete details on the Leading Lights Awards, go to:www.lightreading.com/awards
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