The Awards were established to celebrate excellence in the North American LTE marketplace. These prestigious Awards give winners and shortlisted companies a mark of quality, innovation and leadership.

The Awards Gala Evening will take place on the first evening of the LTE North America event on Tuesday, 8th November 2011 at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel in Dallas, TX.

Full criteria for the Awards categories, details of the Judging Panel, and details on how to book places for the Gala Dinner are available at: www.lteawards.com/northamerica


Shortlisted Companies and Products are:


Best Contribution to R&D for LTE:

- Huawei
- InterDigital
- ZTE

Contribution to LTE Standards (Individual Award)

- Deb Barclay - Alcatel-Lucent
- Dr. Xiang “Steven” Chen - Huawei

Significant Progress for a Commercial Launch of LTE by a Carrier - 2010/11

- AT&T
- MetroPCS
- Rogers Communications

Significant Progress for a Commercial Launch of LTE by a Vendor - 2010/11

- Alcatel-Lucent
- Ericsson
- Gemalto
- Novatel Wireless

Best Network / Device Testing Product for LTE

- Anritsu
- JDSU
- Newfield Wireless
- Techmahindra
- Tektronix Communications

Best Enabling Technology for LTE

- Alcatel-Lucent
- Aricent
- Motorola Solutions
- Nokia Siemens Networks
- Powerwave Technologies
- Reverb Networks
- SEVEN Networks
- ZTE

Best Chipset / Processor Product

- GCT Semiconductor
- Mindspeed Technologies
- PMC-Sierra

Best LTE Core Network Product

- Alcatel-Lucent
- Bytemobile, Inc.
- Huawei
- Mavenir Systems
- Nokia Siemens Networks
- Tekelec
- Tellabs
- Traffix Systems

Contribution to LTE Development (Individual Award)

- Aeneas Dodd-Noble – Cisco
- Joe Hogan - Openet

Source: Informa Telecoms and Media