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World Communication Awards 09
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Important dates:
Shortlists announced!
Gala awards evening:
25th November 2009
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2009 Awards categories include:
- Best Brand
- Best Content Service
- Best Customer Care
- Best Managed Service
- Best Mobile Service Provider
- Best New Service
- Best Operator in a Developing Market
- Best Project Management
- Best Technology Foresight
- Best Device Strategy
- Best Wholesale Carrier
- Best Global Operator
- Best Regional Operator
- The Green Award
- Best Change-Maker
Plus, two industry voted categories:
The Users' Choice
CEO of the Year
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awards ceremony and gala dinner:
25th November 2009
The London Hilton on Park Lane
7.00pm - 12.30am
or call +44 (0) 20 7092 1215
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Previous WCA Winners and Finalists 1999 - 2008
2008 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
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Best Brand
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Turkcell
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Bharti Airtel, Etisalat, Mobile TeleSystems, Mobinil
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Best Content Service
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Bharti Airtel
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Omnifone, Orange, Peperoni Software, Tata Communications, Turkcell |
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Best Customer Care
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Macquarie Telecom
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BT Global Services, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Communications, Roshan |
| Best Managed Service |
PCCW Global
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Easynet, Orange Business Services,NTT Communications, Virtela |
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Best Mobile Operator
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Orange
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Mobile TeleSystems, SK Telecom, Telstra |
| Best New Service |
O2
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3UK, Bharti Airtel, Bharti Airtel, Orange Business Services, Turkcell |
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Best Operator in a Developing Country
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Safaricom Ltd
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iBurst, Roshan, Viettel Corporation |
| Best Project Management |
Bharti Airtel
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Alcatel Lucent, Comverse, Easynet, Orange Business Services, TEO LT |
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Best Technology Foresight
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VNL
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Aepona, AT&T, Bharti Telesoft, Ceragon Networks, dotMobi, NXP, NextWave Wireless, Orange Business Services, Orga Systems GmbH, Qualcomm, Spinvox, Telcordia, Telstra, Wayfinder |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
Belgacom International Carrier Services
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AT&T, BT, iBasis, Tata Communications, TeliaSonera International Carrier |
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Best Global Operator
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AT&T, BT Global Services, NTT Communications |
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Best International Carrier
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Etisalat
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AES Communications Rio de Janeiro, Belgacom International Carrier Services, COLT Telecom |
| The Green Award |
BT Global Services
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BT Global Services, Orange, TeliaSonera International Carrier, Telstra |
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Best Change Maker
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Yazid Chir, Orange Business Services
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Carsten Schindler (Deutsche Telekom ICSS), Gourav Srivastava and Ayaz Siddiqui (Tata Communications)
Yazid Chir, Orange Business Services |
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Person of the Decade
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Steve Jobs,
Apple
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Arun Sarin (Ex-Vodafone), Ben Verwaayen (Alcatel-Lucent), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Chris Gent (Ex-Vodafone), John Chambers (Cisco), Jorma Ollila (Nokia), Larry Page (Google), Niklas Zennstrom (Skype), Viviane Reding (EU) |
2007 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
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Best Brand
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Bharti Airtel Limited
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TEO LT (HC), Orange Business Services, Star hub, iiNet, Mobinil
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Best Content Service
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Minick Group
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Interoute (HC), TTX (Teletrax) (HC), Bharti Airtel, SpinVox, BT Vision |
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Best Customer Care
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BT Group
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Cable & Wireless (HC), Easynet, TTX (Teletrax), NTT ComOne, mobilkom Austria, Rackspace, Vanco, Orange Business Services |
| Best Managed Service |
NTT Communications
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Verizon Business (HC), Orange Business Service, Vanco, Easynet |
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Best Mobile Operator
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Bharti Airtel Limited
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Orange (HC), T-Mobile UK, Telstra, 3 |
| Best New Service |
SpinVox
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COLT Telecom (HC), 3 Italia, Global Telecom, Orange Business Services |
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Best Oper in
a Developing Market
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Afsat Communications
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Roshan (HC), Afghan Wireless, Local Servicos de Telecommunicacoes, Mobilink, AES Comms, JSC Kazakhtelecom |
| Best Project Management |
Orange Business Services
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PCCW Global (HC), CH2M HILL (managed service for C&W Isle of Man Wireless Network (HC), Vanco, Tech Mahindra |
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Best Technology Foresight
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ip.access
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Nortel (HC), Entone, AT&T, Bluseslice, Jasper, IP Wireless, Microsoft |
| Best Convergence Award |
BT 21CN
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Orange Business Services (Unik) (HC), OnRelay, BT (Business One Plan), Orange BS (Business Everywhere) |
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Best Change-Maker
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Vshvas Sethi
(Botswana Telecommunications Corporation)
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Aditya Kumar Gupta and Randeep Sethi (VSNL), John Gonner, Mike Wright and the Telstra Wireless team (Telstra), V. Gribanov and colleagues (Kazakhtelecom), Mario Domingo (Globe Telecom) |
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Best Wholesale Carrier
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TeliaSonera International Carrier
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iBasis, BT, AT&T, Belgacom, VSNL, AES Comm |
| Best Global Operator |
Orange Business Services
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BT Global Services (HC), NTT Com (HC), Vanco |
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Most Influential Person
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Viviane Reding
(EC Commissioner for Information Society and Media)
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2006 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Brand |
COLT Telecom |
Starhub (HC), Orange (HC), AT&T, Airtel, Roshan |
| Best Content Service |
Interoute (Media Manager) |
MobileOne PS... I Luv U, NRK Mobile Portal, Orange World, VoxSurfVideoLab, Warner Music WAMO |
| Best Customer Care |
Vanco |
BT Global Services (HC), Fibernet, NTT Com, TeliaSonera International Carrier, Turkcell |
| Best Technology Foresight |
Actelis Networks (Carrier Ethernet over Copper) |
Adamind, Alcatel, Ciena, CreateCNA, iCity, Infinera DTN, InProperty, Valista, XConnect Alliance |
| Best Mobile Operator |
Orange |
Bharti Airtel, mobilkom austria, Telecom Development Company Afghanistan, Telemig Celular, T-Mobile Inter |
| Best Nat/Reg Operator |
PCCW |
BT SPAIN, COLT Telecom, Cosmote, Linx Telecom, MTC, Roshan |
| Best Op in Developing Market |
Roshan |
Afsat, Mobilink, Mobilinil, Nuevatel |
| Best Change-Maker |
TEO Internet Services Development Team |
Belgacom (HC), BT, C&W/Metasolve, Motorola, Slovak Telecom, SuperTech, Verizon Technology Center |
| Best Managed Service |
iPass Corporate Access |
BT (HC), easynet, End2End, NTT Com, PCCW, Thus, Verizon Business |
| Best New Service |
BT Fusion |
COLT Telecom (HC), T-Mobile (HC), Exponential-e, InfoSpace, Maxis, NTT Com |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
VSNL International |
AT&T, Belgacom ICS, Cogent Communications, iBasis, TeliaSonera International Carrier |
| Best Global Carrier |
Orange Business Services |
AT&T, BT Global Services, NTT Com, Verizon Business |
| Most Influential Person |
Eric Schmidt, chief executive, Google |
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2005 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best New Service |
France Telecoom/Business Everywhere |
Brasil Telecom Pula Pula, Equant Optimise, Interoute Area Voice Exchange, Tata Indicom Walky |
| Best Technology Foresight |
Alavarion |
Blackberry RIM, Celltick Nomad, Flarion Flash-OFDM Flexband, Kineto, Organe M2M Conect |
| Best Brand |
Blackberry |
BT Global Services, Bharti Tele-ventures Brand Airtel, City Telecom HKBBN, TeliaSonera, Vanco |
| Best Service in Emerging markets |
Tata Walky |
Belgacom International Carrier Services, China Netcom, Cisco Systems, Globe Telecom Inc |
| Best Project management |
Bharti Airtel |
ntl On Demand, PCCW, Slovak Telecom, Telstra |
| Best (Based) Content Service |
ITN Media |
Bharti Airtel, M1 Spiderman, ntl On Demand, Turkcell Ringback |
| Best Customer Care |
NTTCom |
BT Global Services, BT Infonet, Equant, Vanco |
| Best Managed Service |
Vanco Network Management |
BT MobileXpress, Equant Adaptive VPN, Equant Optimize, NTT Com 'Arcstar Managed Network and It Services |
| Best National/Regional Operator |
Colt |
Asia Netcom, City telecom, Oskar Mobil, Singapore Telecommunications |
| Best International Mobile Operator |
Orange |
mm02, SingTel Mobile, T-Mobile International |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
Belgacom ICS |
Cable & Wireless, iBasis, NTT Communications, TeliaSonera International Carrier |
| Best Global Carrier |
BT Global Services |
AT&T, Equant, MCI Europe, NTT Communications |
| Most Influential Person |
Ben Verwaayen, Chief Executive, BT Group |
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2004 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Brand |
Airtel |
BT Pan European Engagement; M1 Life Live IT; Orange Wednesdays; StarHub Max Online |
| Best Technology Foresight |
AT&T Internet Protect |
Bitfone Corp mProve; Flarion Technologies Flash OFDM; Kineto MowLAN; Netcom Qserv; Sandvine Traffic Mitigation |
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom |
BT Global Services; M1; NTT Com; Vanco |
| Best National Mobile Operator |
SingTel Mobile |
Cesky Mobil Oskar; Airtel |
| Best National Carrier |
Esat BT |
Fibernet; SingTel; TransTelecom |
| Best Managed Service |
Infonet |
Cable & Wireless IPLAN; Infonet IP VPN; NTT Com Arcstar; Vanco Global Managed Service |
| Best New Service |
NTT Com IPv6/IPv4 |
BT Message Management Platform; Infonet MobileXpress; T-Systems International Carrier |
| Best Regional Carrier |
Infonet EMEA |
COLT Telecom; SingTel |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
Level 3 Communications |
Belgacom; France Telecom; Reach; T-Asystems International Carrier; Teleglobe |
| Best Global Carrier |
NTT Com
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AT&T; BT Global Services; Infonet; MCI |
| Best Global Mobile Carrier |
T-Mobile International |
Vodafone |
| Most Influential Person in Communications |
Mukesh Ambani |
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2003 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Brand |
Mobile One |
AT&T; NTT Verio: Turkcell Mapco; Virgin Mobile |
| Best Technology Foresight |
Sandvine P2P Policy Management |
BT Wholesale WhASP; Eleven eXpurgate; Interoute iRoam; IP Wireless Mobile Broadband; Wave7 Optics |
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom |
Infonet; MobileOne; Orange UK; Vanco |
| Best New Service |
Vodafone live! |
BT Openzone; Fibernet TANet Ethernet; Inmarsat Regional BGAN; NTT Verio Smart Content Delivery |
| Best Managed Service |
Equant IP VPN |
Infonet DialXpress; Savvis Intelligent Hosting; SingTel ConnectPlus; Vanco |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
Belgacom Carrier & Wholessale |
Fibernet; ITXC; NTT Com; T-Systems International |
| Best Regional Mobile Operator |
MobileOne |
mmO2; Cesky Mobile; SingTel |
| Best Regional Carrier |
SingTel |
Belgacom Carrier; COLT Telecom; Data Access; Easynet |
| Best Global Mobile Operator |
T-Mobile International |
Orange; SingTel Mobile; Virgin Mobile |
| Best Global Carrier |
Equant |
AT&T; Infonet; NTT Communications; SingTel |
| Most Influential Person in Communications |
John Chambers |
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2002 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Managed Service |
AT&T Enterprise Hosting Service |
Cable & Wireless; COLT Telecom; Vanco
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| Best Internet Service |
Multimap.com |
Genuity Enterprise VoIP; WIND |
| Best New Service |
Turkcell GPRSLand |
T IP Clear; Level 3 Comms OnTap; PacketExchange |
| Best Branding Campaign |
Orange SA - Global Rebranding |
Cingular Wireless What Do You Have To Say; MobileOne Smile; StarHub What's Next |
| Technology Foresight |
NTT Communications Global IPv6 |
Alcatel Aces; Columbitech; Manx Telecom 3G; Radioframe Networks; Telstra Electromagnetic Energy |
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom |
Belgacom Carrier; Infonet Services; Vanco |
| Best Carrier |
Equant |
Belgacom Carrier; Infonet Services; Sprint |
| Best Mobile Operator |
NTT DoCoMo |
MobileOne; Orange SR; Telefonica Moviles |
| Best Carrier Americas |
Sprint |
Infonet Services; ITXC; SBC Comm |
| Best Carrier EMEA |
Infonet Services |
Cable & Wireless; Fastweb; Lambdanet |
| Best Carrier Asia Pacific |
NTT Communications |
Infonet Services; ITXC; SingTel |
| Best Mobile Operator Americas |
Cingular Wireless |
AT&T Wireless; Sprint; Telefonica Celular |
| Best Mobile Operator EMEA |
T-Mobile |
Oskar; TEM; WIND |
| Best Mobile Operator Asia Pacific |
NTT DoCoMo |
Mobile One; SingTel Mobile; Telstra |
| Best Use of a Fixed Service |
Cisco Systems IP Convergence |
HIT Rail VPN |
| Best Use of a Mobile Service |
IBM Global Services Global Wireless |
Cisco ACE Mobility |
| Lifetime Achievement |
Candace Johnson |
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2001 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Carrier |
Worldcom |
Cable & Wireless; KPNQwest |
| Best Mobile/Wireless Operator |
Orange |
MTS; Oskar |
| Technology Foresight |
Orange at Home |
Infonet; Vodafone |
| Best New Carrier |
Yipes Communications |
ITXC; Storm Telecommunications |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
Fibernet |
Cable & Wireless; ITXC |
| Most Innovative Enterprise User |
Motorola |
ExCel; Making Waves |
| Most Innovative Service |
Andronics |
Freever; XO Communications |
| Best Ecommerce Service |
Tesco.com |
Romotur; Worldpay |
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom |
Energis; Star Internet |
| Best Applications Service Provider |
Cable & Wireless |
Aspective; Netstore |
| Best Branding Campaign |
Korea Telecom Megapass |
Orange; Oskar |
| Communications Entrepreneur of the Year |
Vinod Khosla |
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| Lifetime Achievement |
Richard Callahan |
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2000 WCA Winners and Finalists
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Branding Campaign |
Viatel |
Versatel Telecoms International; BT Cellnet |
| Best Applications Service Provider |
Vistorm |
Corio; Interliant |
| Best Ecommerce Service |
Band-X |
Spotcast Communications; Technopol |
| Best Customer Care |
Infonet |
Easyeverything; Vanco; RSLCom |
| Most Innovative Service |
Orange Wildfire |
Maxitelcom; e-go Messaging; Equant |
| Technology Foresight |
Sonera Smarttrust |
Band-X: Level 3 Softswitch |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
ITXC |
Carrier1; Telstra Global Wholesale |
| Best New Carrier |
Equant |
Worldcom; PSINet |
| Best Mobile/Wireless Operator |
Sonera |
AT&T Wireless; Telia |
| Best Carrier |
Infonet |
Sonera; Telia |
| Communications Entrepreneur of the Year |
Marcus de Ferranti, Band-X |
Rama Aysola, Airflash; James Crowe, Leve 3 Comms |
| Lifetime Achievement |
Vinton Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee |
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WCA Winners and Finalists
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Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Branding Campaign |
Sonera |
ProjectOxygen |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
GTS Global TeleSystems Inc. |
Lasminute.com, MCI Worldcom Interact, ITXC, KPNQwest |
| Best Ecommerce Service |
Stamps.com |
Level 3 Comms; Parlay Group |
| Technology Foresight |
Arbinet Comms |
London Carrier Ring from Fibernet |
| Most Innovative Service |
Duet from TeleDanmark |
Lastminute.com |
| Best Carrier |
Global One |
OnNet from MCI Worldcom; Orange |
| Best Carrier |
Global One |
BT; France Telecom |
| Best New Carrier |
Equant |
COLT Telecom; UUNet |
| Best Mobile/Wireless Operator |
France Telecom |
Vodafone; KPN |
| Entrepreneur of the Year |
Nina Brink of World Online |
Tom Evslin, ITXC; Neil Tagare |
| Lifetime Achievement |
Craig McCaw |
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World Communication Awards 2009
David Molony
Principal Analyst
Ovum
Annette Nabavi
Managing Director
Anchusa Consulting Ltd
Anne Morris
Editor
Total Telecom
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