Questex’s Fierce Network Announces Finalists for the 2025 Fierce Network Innovation Awards

NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Questex’s Fierce Network, a mega portal to meet the needs of decision makers throughout the global communications industry, today unveils the finalists for the 2025 Fierce Network Innovation Awards. The program honors the groundbreaking technologies and visionaries redefining the future of network communications – from wireless to broadband to cloud.

The Fierce Network Innovation Awards celebrate transformative companies, solutions, and individuals with the potential to revolutionize networks, drive customer engagement, and deliver substantial savings and innovation.

Introducing the 2025 Finalists

AI Innovation

AirWorks: AirWorks Field Intelligence Solutions
Pair Team: Arc, AI-Enabled Care Management Platform
Axiado: Axiado Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) with Embedded AI Agents
Foresight: Foresight Predictive Project Delivery Platform
Rakuten Symphony: Rakuten AI for Telecom
Pivotal Commware: WaveScape – Predictive AI That Makes mmWave Work in the Real World

Analytics/Automation

AXON Networks: AXON Networks Operator-as-a-Service
Essentia, Inc.: D8Acapture
Plume: Plume Haystack
Netcracker Technology: Netcracker Intelligent Operations Automation
Spectrum Effect: Spectrum-NET

Broadband Workforce Development

Calix: Success Education - Broadband Workforce Transformation
The Fiber School: Broadband Training - The Fiber School
Fiber Broadband Association: Fiber Broadband Association

BSS/OSS Innovation

Granite Telecommunications, LLC: Granite360
Kansys: Kansys Edge
Rakuten Symphony: Rakuten Symphony OSS
Altice Labs: NOSSIS One - OSS Suite powered by Agentic AI
Netcracker Technology: Netcracker Digital Platform

Business Services Innovation

AT&T Business: AT&T Business Voice
TransUnion: TransUnion Branded Call Display
MetTel: MetTel’s POTS Transformation (Plain Old Telephone Service) for the United States Postal Service
Singtel: Singtel CUBΣ
LoopUp: LoopUp

Carrier of the Year

GFiber: GFiber Internet
Visible by Verizon: Visible+ Pro
Fidium: Fidium Wholesale

Cloud Data Center Innovation

Rakuten Symphony: Rakuten Cloud
Ciena: Data Center out-of-band management (DCOM) solution

Cloud Networking Innovation (Public, Private or Hybrid)

Castanet 5G LLC: Castanet 5G Broadcast Internet
AT&T Business: AT&T NetBond® Advanced
Alkira: Alkira Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Alianza: Intelligent Communications Fabric
Ciena: Wave Logic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent transceiver

Customer Engagement Innovation

AT&T Business: AT&T NetBond® Advanced
CSG: CSG Quote & Order
Bango: The Digital Vending Machine® from Bango
SoftAtHome: Orchestr'ON
Netcracker Technology: Netcracker Intelligent Customer Experience

Digital Divide Impact

Tarana Wireless, Inc.: Tarana G1 & DigitalC
Ribbon Communications: Ribbon Communications’ Apollo Optical Transport Solution for North Georgia Network Cooperative Inc. (NGN)
Cisco: Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA)
Trustonic Limited: Telecoms Platform
Render Networks: Render Networks
CommScope: Prodigy solution

IoT Innovation

Morse Micro: Morse Micro Wi-Fi HaLow Platform – Powered by the MM8108 SoC and HaLow Link Router
EPIC iO Technologies, Inc.: EPIC iO AI+IoT+Wireless Connectivity Solutions
BrainChip: Brainchip Akida™ Processor
Singtel: Singtel Multi-Domestic Connectivity
Energous: Energous Battery-Free e-Sense Tag

Municipal/Public Connectivity Program

Calix: City of Pharr Municipal Broadband
Kinetic: High-speed Wi-Fi connectivity for Gatton Park, a vibrant new park and cultural hub in the heart of Lexington, Kentucky
Synamedia: Synamedia Gravity
Wilson Connectivity: Public Safety DAS

Network Security Innovation

AT&T Business: AT&T Dynamic Defense®
Orange Business: Orange Quantum Defender
Aeris: Aeris IoT Watchtower
Singtel: Singtel Quantum-Safe Network
Cisco: Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection
insidepacket inc: AI based NaaS Platform

Network Test and Measurement

Pivotal Commware: Cyclops™ - Visual Intelligence for 5G mmWave Site Surveys
RADCOM: RADCOM Predictive Complaint Resolution Solution
EXFO: FTB Lite OTDR Series
Aviz Networks: Aviz Deep Network Observability

Next-Gen Deployment Fiber/Wireline

Altice Labs: OLT2T3 HyperFlex PON
Boingo Wireless: Boingo Fiber
Netcracker Technology: Netcracker Fiber Cloud Solution
VETRO: VETRO Mobile
RtBrick: RtBrick’s Multiservice Edge Routing Software Achieves High-Speed Fiber Broadband for Citynet

Rural Broadband Deployment

Tarana Wireless: Tarana G1 & SPITwSPOTS
Meridian Management Inc.: Meridian Management, Inc.
Fidium: Fidium Fiber Rural Broadband Expansion – Greater East Grand Region, Maine
FiberLight, LLC: FiberLight 10 Gbps Fiber Optic Network for Region 16 ESC
HFCL Ltd: HFCL’s BharatNet Rural Broadband Deployment for Digital India

Sustainability Achievement

Amdocs: Amdocs Energy Efficiency Solution
Efficient Computer: Electron E1 Processor
Cisco: Cisco Smart Switches
Energous: Energous PowerBridge® Transmitters

Top Changemaker

Jenna Wandres, Director of Enterprise PMO at GFiber
Matt Marino, CEO, Ezee Fiber
Jenifer Robertson: EVP & GM - Mass Markets, AT&T
Christos Karmis, Chief Executive Officer, US, Boldyn Networks
Gregory Gundelfinger, Founder and CEO, Telna Inc.
Woojune Kim, President & GM, Global Head of Networks Business, Samsung Networks

Wireless Innovation - CORE

Cisco: Cisco Programmable Core
Singtel: Singtel 5G Network Slicing for Enterprises

Wireless Innovation – Fixed Wireless

GeoLinks: GeoLinks LMDS Licensed Spectrum
Pivotal Commware: WaveScape – Modeling mmWave Fixed Wireless with Unmatched Precision
Inseego Wireless, Inc.: Inseego Wavemaker FX4200
Tarana Wireless, Inc.: Tarana G2
Rakuten Symphony: Rakuten Site Management 2.0

Wireless Innovation - Mobile Evolution

Helium Mobile: VSC for Helium
Cohere Technologies: Cohere Technologies’ Pulsone™ Technology, powered by Zak-OTFS, for Multi-G 6G, Integrated Sensing and Communications, and NTN Applications

Wireless Innovation - Private Wireless Networks

Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions: Ericsson Private 5G
Globalstar: Globalstar XCOM RAN
Celona: Celona AerFlex

Wireless Innovation – RAN

Amdocs: Amdocs Cognitive RAN Automation Solution
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.: Qualcomm Dragonwing™ X100 Accelerator Card for O-RAN Virtualized Distributed Units
Wind River: Wind River Cloud Platform
Tiami Networks: PolyRAN
Samsung Networks: Samsung virtualized RAN (vRAN)

View the complete list of finalists here.

Elizabeth Coyne, Editor in Chief of Fierce Network said, “This year’s finalists represent the creators, makers and doers pushing the boundaries of wireless, broadband and cloud innovation. Their innovations drive new design, revolutionary technology and the next generation of products and services. We’re proud to honor these visionaries whose work has the power to reduce costs, elevate customer experiences and transform networks across the industry.”

Finalists were selected by a distinguished panel of judges, including industry experts, analysts and service providers.

The 2025 Fierce Innovation Awards winners will be announced on December 10.

For more information on the awards program, visit https://awards.fierce-network.com/. For partnership inquiries, reach out to Scott Gruntorad at sgruntorad@questex.com.

About Fierce Network
The global communications, enterprise and cloud networking and infrastructure industries is converging as the separation between wireless, wireline and cloud ceases to exist while the world’s operators shift toward cloud-native, intelligent, automated networks driven by artificial intelligence. Fierce Network is tracking this sea change by delivering a mega portal of hard-hitting industry news and analysis, designed to meet the needs of today’s decision makers. Fierce Network covers artificial intelligence (AI), automation, fixed and mobile broadband, cloud infrastructure, application modernization, security and more to help readers analyze the day’s news and show them what they need to know and why they need to know it. Fierce Network also produces special reports that take stock of the industry’s services and finances and shed light on industry trends. To learn more, visit https://www.fierce-network.com.

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