This year’s LTE World Summit 2011 took place in Amsterdam on 17-18th May and marked the seventh successful year for the event. For several fortunate companies the highlight of the gathering was the LTE Awards, where an independent panel of judges had the tricky task of picking out the very best products and services delivered during the year for the LTE industry.
The awards this year were held in the spectacular setting of De Duif in Amsterdam. Attendees from across the industry enjoyed a gala dinner where they were able to relax with colleagues, enjoy the atmosphere, and for the lucky winners, toast their success.
After the wine had been drunk and all the golden envelopes had been opened the industry saw eight companies recognised for their achievements, across ten categories with a total of 49 nominations. This year the winners can be especially pleased with their efforts, as with increased deployment of live LTE services competition for recognition was harder than ever.
The final category winners were:
Best Contribution to LTE Standards: Patrice Beaudou and Gemalto
Best Contribution to R&D for LTE: Ericsson
Significant Progress for a Commercial Launch of LTE by a Vendor: Huawei
Best Network /Device Testing Product for LTE: Alcatel-Lucent
Best Enabling Technology: Gemalto
Best Chipset / Processor Product: Qualcomm
Best Core Network Product: Nokia Siemens Networks
Significant Progress for a Commercial Launch of LTE by an Operator: TeliaSonera
Best LTE Network Elements: Huawei
Best LTE Device /Handset: Samsung
Next year’s LTE World Summit will be held on 23-24th May 2012, at the CCIB in Barcelona, Spain.
Orange Spain CTO makes plea for network sharing
In a frank assessment of the challenges faced by European operators deploying LTE, Eduardo Duato, CTO at Orange Spain, told delegates at this year’s LTE World Summit that operators “can’t make a success of LTE unless we change the way we roll out networks.” Despite the improvements that LTE offers over previous generations of network technology in terms of cost and spectral efficiency, Duato said that operators “have to make a massive investment to make money from LTE.”
LTE Awards 2012 – Category 10 Preview: Best Chipset / Processor Product
To whet your appetite for the event here is a preview of Category 10: Best Chipset/Processor Product.
This award is for chipsets and processors that are exceptional in their area.
Hutchison: “We don’t have a problem with innovation from OTTs”
John Blakemore is director of European regulatory affairs, Hutchison and will be speak on the topic on, “Growing the data roaming market” on Day 2 of the LTE World Summit, taking place on the 23-24 May 2012 CCIB, Barcelona, Spain. We catch up with him to see what the spectrum challenges are for 3, his views on roaming charges, and on innovation in the industry.
CEO, Viber: “Network quality is extremely important to Viber”
Talmon Marco, founder & CEO, Viber Media is speaking on Day One of the LTE World Summit, taking place on the 23-24 May 2012 CCIB, Barcelona, Spain. Just ahead of the conference we speak to him about why LTE is important to Viber and why roaming issues need to be resolved to ensure OTT services can prosper.
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