NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Questex’s Fierce Network, a mega portal to meet the needs of decision makers throughout the global communications industry, today announces the winners of 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 Winners
- AI Innovation: Axiado: Axiado Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) with Embedded AI Agents
- Analytics/Automation: Spectrum Effect: Spectrum-NET
- Broadband Workforce Development: Calix: Success Education - Broadband Workforce Transformation
- BSS/OSS Innovation: Rakuten Symphony: Rakuten Symphony OSS and Granite Telecommunications, LLC: Granite360
- Business Services Innovation: Singtel: Singtel CUBΣ
- Carrier of the Year: GFiber: GFiber Internet
- Cloud Data Center Innovation: Ciena: Data Center out-of-band management (DCOM) solution
- Cloud Networking Innovation (Public, Private or Hybrid): Ciena: Wave Logic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent transceiver
- Customer Engagement Innovation: Netcracker: Netcracker Intelligent Customer Experience
- Digital Divide Impact: Tarana Wireless, Inc.: Tarana G1 & DigitalC
- IoT Innovation: Energous: Energous Battery-Free e-Sense Tag
- Municipal/Public Connectivity Program: Calix: City of Pharr Municipal Broadband
- Network Security Innovation: Orange Business: Orange Quantum Defender
- Network Test and Measurement: Pivotal Commware: Cyclops™ - Visual Intelligence for 5G mmWave Site Surveys
- Next-Gen Deployment Fiber/Wireline: VETRO: VETRO Mobile
- Rural Broadband Deployment: HFCL Ltd: HFCL’s BharatNet Rural Broadband Deployment for Digital India
- Sustainability Achievement: Amdocs: Amdocs Energy Efficiency Solution
- Top Changemaker: Jenna Wandres, Director of Enterprise PMO at GFiber
- Wireless Innovation – CORE: Singtel: Singtel 5G Network Slicing for Enterprises
- Wireless Innovation – Fixed Wireless: Tarana Wireless, Inc.: Tarana G2
- Wireless Innovation - Mobile Evolution: Helium Mobile: People-Powered Wireless
- Wireless Innovation - Private Wireless Networks: Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions: Ericsson Private 5G
- Wireless Innovation – RAN: Samsung Networks: Samsung virtualized RAN (vRAN)
View the complete list of winners here.
Elizabeth Coyne, Editor in Chief of Fierce Network, said, “Our awards program celebrates the advancements and achievements in wireless, broadband and cloud over the past year. They embody true competitive spirit. We are thrilled to honor these visionary individuals, service providers and vendors on their commitment to next-gen solutions that have the power to save money, engage customers, revolutionize networks and the industry as a whole.”
Winners were selected by a distinguished panel of judges, including industry experts, analysts and service providers.
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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