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awards details
awards ceremony and gala dinner:
 
26th November 2008 
The London Hilton on Park Lane
7.00pm - 12.30am
 
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World Communication Awards 08
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ENTRIES CLOSED

Shortlist announced!

Gala awards evening:
26th November 2008

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The World Communication Awards 2008 Shortlist
 
We are now delighted to announce the finalists
for the World Communication Awards 2008: 



Best Brand

Bharti Airtel
Etisalat
Mobile TeleSystems
The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil)
Turkcell (gnctrkcll)
 
Best Content Service
Bharti Airtel (Airtel-IFFCO Farmer Information Dissemination Platform)
Omnifone (MusicStation)
Orange/France Telecom (Orange Sports TV)
Peperoni Software (Mobile Social Networking/Mobile Site Building)
Tata Communications (Live Darshan - Blessings)
Turkcell (Hospital Reservation via SMS) 
 
Best Customer Care
BT Global Services (World Class Customer Experience)
Cable & Wireless (Customer Transformation Programme)
Deutsche Telekom (One!)
Macquarie Telecom (Personal Accountable Service)
NTT Communications (Managed Quality Operation)
Roshan, Telecom Development Company Afghanistan (Excellence - My Commitment)
 
Best Managed Service
Easynet (Managed Network Service)
Orange Business Services (Business Together with Microsoft)
NTT Communications (NTTCom Global Security Operation Services)
PCCW Global (PCCW Global Managed Services)
Virtela (Virtela Managed Network Services)
 
Best Mobile Operator
Mobile TeleSystems
Orange
SK Telecom
Telstra
 
Best New Service
3UK (3 Skypephone)
Bharti Airtel (Job Search on Mobile)
Bharti Airtel (mChek on Airtel)
O2 (Bluebook)
Orange Business Services (IT Plan)
Turkcell (Iste Posta)
 
Best Operator in a Developing Country
iBurst South Africa
Roshan, Telecom Development Company Afghanistan
Safaricom Ltd
Viettel Corporation
 
Best Project Management
Alcatel Lucent (Telstra's IP Transformation)
Bharti Airtel (eGram)
Comverse (Mobile TeleSystems OJSC harmonization of IN Platforms)
Easynet (Easynet and Transport for London - Low Emission Zone)
Orange Business Services (Numonyx)
TEO LT (DnB NORD IT projects implemented by UAB Baltic Data Center)
 
Best Technology Foresight
Aepona (Telecom Web Services Platform)
AT&T (Business Direct)
Bharti Telesoft (Monet Hub)
Ceragon Networks (FibeAir IP-MAX2)
dotMobi (DeviceAtlas)
NXP (mobilkom NFC services)
NextWave Wireless (TDtv)
Orange Business Services (Near Field Communications)
Orga Systems GmbH (LOMS Local Mobile Services)
Qualcomm (Gobi Global Mobile Internet)
Spinvox (Spinvox VMCS)
Telcordia (Real Time Charging)
Telstra (Network Transformation)
VNL (WorldGSM solar powered base station)
Wayfinder (Wayfinder Access) 
 
Best Wholesale Carrier
AT&T
BT
Belgacom International Carrier Services
iBasis
Tata Communications
TeliaSonera International Carrier
 
Best Global Operator
AT&T
BT Global Services
NTT Communications
Orange Business Services
 
Best International Carrier
AES Communications Rio de Janeiro
Belgacom International Carrier Services
COLT Telecom
Etisalat
 
The Green Award
BT Global Services  (Let's Make a Better World)
Orange/France Telecom (Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development)
TeliaSonera International Carrier (Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility)
Telstra (Corporate Social Responsibility)
 
Best Change-Maker
Carsten Schindler, Head of Innovation Projects, and his project team, Deutsche Telekom ICSS
Gourav Srivastava and Ayaz Siddiqui, content and applications managers, Live Darshan (Blessings) project, Tata Communications
Yazid Chir, Orange Business Services

  

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The World Communication Awards (WCA) is widely recognised as the most trusted and global industry event of its kind in the communications industry. Over 600 influencers and decision-makers, CEOs and senior executives will gather in a spectacular evening ceremony and gala dinner to witness key industry players being awarded for their contribution to the industry during the preceding year.
 
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our judges
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Michael Bartholomew
Director
European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO)
 
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Audrey Mandela
Co-Founder
Multimap
 
 
 
 
 
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John Hibbard
CEO
Hibbard Consulting Pty Ltd