9 Catalyst teams are recognized for their outstanding proof-of-concept solutions to challenges facing communications service providers and their technology partners
Digital Transformation World Series, London, UK — 14 October – TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, announced the winners of its 2021 Catalyst Awards during the final day of the Digital Transformation World Series (DTWS) global event. Honouring the innovation and impact of its members on the industry, TM Forum declared nine Catalyst proof-of-concept projects as Outstanding Catalysts for their significant contributions to the acceleration of digital transformation throughout the industry in seven award categories.
A panel of 20 independent judges awarded across the 9 Catalysts from 22 shortlisted projects. In total this year, over 500 people across 151 companies, formed 41 Catalyst teams and have been working on their proof-of-concept solutions to challenges being faced by communications service providers (CSPs) and their technology partners. The culmination of their work has been showcased during the Digital Transformation World Series 2021 event.
The Catalyst Awards celebrate the most revolutionary successes in advancing the telecoms industry, proof-of-concepts for industry standards, impact on global sustainability goals and noteworthy contributions to the acceleration of digital transformation throughout the industry. Two, more mature Catalysts, were awarded for their demonstrations of real-world implementations of their solutions and proven industry impact.
Steffen Roehn, Chairman of TM Forum and [StR] Partner of Bain & Company comments:
“Throughout the past 18 months, the tech communications industry has mastered the challenge to keep the world connected. This meant to overcome a multitude of obstacles to ensure success for customers. We were extremely impressed by the incredible standard of the demonstrations and true innovation throughout the Catalyst projects this year as we reviewed the creativity of the teams in developing solutions to evolve our industry. I was privileged and proud to be a part of the process and I extend my congratulations to all the winners.”
The winning teams are:
Best innovation
Title: Telco data space
About: New data sharing best practices to ensure trusted dynamic end-to-end service assurance.
Champions: Orange, Vodafone
Participants: Ikanotis Partners, Infosys, IntegraTouch, IoT Lab, Tata Consultancy Services
Best use of ODF
Title: 5G digital marketplace – Phase 2
About: An integrated platform for the composition of cross-industry digital services leveraging the true power of 5G edge clouds.
Champions: Verizon, Colt
Participants: Amazon Web Services, Cognizant, ServiceNow, Sterlite Technologies Limited, Subex
Title: 5G Chargers
About: Instantly offer tailored products to individual customers based on results from usage and behaviour analysis.
Champions: Orange, Telenor, Vodafone
Participants: Oracle Communications, SigScale, Whale Cloud
Best ecosystem design
Title: Supercharge 5G monetization with a B2B2X marketplace
About: Enabling CSPs to leverage core assets and capabilities to generate new revenue streams through a marketplace.
Champions: M1, Verizon
Participants: Gotransverse, Salesforce, MATRIXX Software, Mirakl
Sustainability – innovation
Title: Open digital twin framework for smart city ecosystem
About: Enabling next-generation smart cities to simultaneously be built physically and digitally to unlock new revenue streams for CSPs.
Champions: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom
Participants: AsiaInfo, CAICT, IS Communications, Terra Info tech
Sustainability – impact
Title: Smart IDC – Intelligent energy saving for data centers
About: Improving efficiency of data center operations and maintenance, optimizing energy consumption, reducing carbon emissions and costs.
Champions: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom
Participants: AsiaInfo, GuoChuang Cloud Technology, Huawei, Inspur
Sustainability – leadership
Title: Measurements of trust in AI environment
About: Ensuring the safety, technical robustness, transparency, non-discriminative nature, mitigation of bias and accountability of any AI system.
Champions: Dialog Axiata, Ncell
Participants: Axiata Digital Labs, BolgiaTen, Brytlyt, Subex
Visionary impact
Title: Cross-industry marketplace for CSP collaboration Phase 3
About: Showing how communications service providers (CSPs) can benefit from cross-industry collaboration to innovate their business models and create new services for enterprises.
Champions: Dialog Axiata, Robi Axiata, Smart Axiata
Participants: Axiata Group Berhad, Axiata Digital Labs, CSG, GETREVE, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services
Best implementation of innovative technology solutions
Title: Leveraging AI/ML to drive CX business outcomes proactively
About: Using AI/ML insights to guide investments into customer experience and track the return on experience (RoX).
Champions: China Mobile, China Unicom, HKT PCCW Global, Telecom Argentina, Saudi Telecom Company
Participants: bonree, Huawei, Shanghai iResearch Co.
Industry influencer
Title: Open digital twin framework for smart city ecosystem
About: Enabling next-generation smart cities to simultaneously be built physically and digitally to unlock new revenue streams for CSPs.
Champions: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom
Participants: AsiaInfo, CAICT, IS Communications, Terra Info tech
To see the winners from this year’s TM Forum Outstanding Catalyst awards, please visit the website here.
John Gillam, Chief Digital Officer, TM Forum comments: “Through the power of collaboration, we can connect, inspire, and ignite change for good to tackle some of the biggest barriers in telecoms. The TM Forum Catalyst Awards are a chance for us to honour the innovative and creative minds within our industry. This year, through the 41 Catalyst teams, we have seen evidence of the way in which we can unite to drive transformation within society, business, and the wider world. I’m delighted to congratulate this year’s Outstanding Catalysts, and the proof-of-concept solutions they have developed together.”
As a neutral, non-profit organization, the Catalyst awards ensure a prestigious and impartial view, celebrating success and delivering valuable peer recognition. Fairness is key and the new judging process used both empirical and subjective data to make sure the awards showcase the top teams for one of the most coveted and renowned distinctions in the industry.
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About Digital Transformation World Series (DTWS)
DTWS ran from September 22 October 14, 2021. The four-week event showcased over 50 hours of live streamed content and 130+ speakers, connecting leading Communication Services Providers, software suppliers, systems integrators, and consulting companies to explore how industry collaboration can inspire change and help solve some of the industry’s greatest challenges. The content can be viewed on-demand for all registrants. Digital Transformation World 2022 will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, and online. Stay tuned for more details, including dates.
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