Here are the finalists for the industry's most prestigious awards program, the Leading Lights

September 22, 2010

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Light Reading's 2010 Leading Lights Finalists

The editors of Light Reading today are proud to present the finalists for the industry's leading awards program, the Leading Lights.

7402.jpgLeading Lights winners, and Light Reading Hall of Fame inductees, will be announced at an Awards Dinner at Hudson Terrace in New York City on Nov. 2, following the first day of Ethernet Expo Americas 2010. (See LR Leading Lights Finalists Coming Sept. 22, Ethernet Expo Americas Preview, and Ciena, MEF, Others to Keynote at Ethernet Expo.)

Below, please find each category for these awards. Click on the category name to get the finalists for each section (free registration required). Once you're logged in, feel free to comment on the message boards below.

Coming up: We'll fire up our Leading Lights Reader Survey so you can share your opinion of our finalists and see what your peers think. Also, our editors will be sharing their commentary and insights on the finalists chosen via their individual blogs.

And now, the categories for Light Reading's 2010 Leading Lights Awards:

Best New Product (Cable)
Awarded to the company that has developed a potentially market-leading product that, through engineering and technical excellence, enables the deployment of profitable next-generation cable services.

Best New Product (Mobile)
Awarded to the company that has developed a potentially market-leading product that, through engineering and technical excellence, enables the deployment of profitable next-generation mobile services.

Best New Product (Telecom)
Awarded to the company that has developed a potentially market-leading product that, through engineering and technical excellence, enables the deployment of profitable next-generation telecom services.

Best New Service or Application (Cable)
Awarded to the company that has deployed a potentially market-leading, revenue-generating service or application that enhances the use of next-generation communications technology in the cable network.

Best New Service or Application (Mobile)
Awarded to the company that has deployed a potentially market-leading, revenue-generating service or application that enhances the use of next-generation communications technology in the mobile network.

Best New Service or Application (Telecom)
Awarded to the company that has deployed a potentially market-leading, revenue-generating service or application that enhances the use of next-generation communications technology in the wireline network.

Company of the Year (Private)
Awarded to the privately held firm that stands out among its competitors, innovates constantly, makes investors proud, and makes employees happy.

Company of the Year (Public)
Awarded to the publicly listed firm that stands out among its competitors, innovates constantly, makes investors proud, and makes employees happy.

Best Deal Maker
Awarded to the company that has consistently demonstrated good timing, judgment, and execution in high-profile acquisitions, partnerships, joint-ventures, and other multi-company financial arrangements.

There isn't a shortlist for the Light Reading Hall of Fame, which seeks to recognize several individuals -- the famous and infamous -- for their remarkable contributions to the sector. The inductees will be named (and some of them shamed) at the Awards Dinner, once everyone has had a few cocktails.

— The Editors, Light Reading



7403.jpgBest New Product (Cable)

  • BelAir Networks Inc. 's 100SP Strand Picocell

  • Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM)'s BCM7572 – High Definition Digital Transport Adapter (DTA) Cable Set-Top Box SoC

  • Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO)'s uBR-MC20X20V Broadband Processing Engine (BPE) Line Card

  • Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT)'s NSG HectoQAM (NSG 9000-40G)

  • TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO)'s Premiere HD-DVR

  • Verivue Inc. 's MDX 9000 Media Distribution Switch Best New Product (Mobile)

    7403.jpgBest New Product (Mobile)

  • Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s iPad 3G

  • High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) (Taiwan: 2498)'s EVO 4G

  • ZTE Corp. (Shenzhen: 000063; Hong Kong: 0763)'s R8962 TD-LTE base station

  • Airvana Inc. 's HubBub Connected Home Femtocell

  • Tekelec /Camiant's ATCA-based Multimedia Policy Engine (MPE) for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 8 and 9

  • Ubiquisys Ltd. 's Public Wireless Colo-Node HSPA



Best New Product (Telecom)

7403.jpgBest New Product (Telecom)

  • Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU)'s 100Gbit/s solution across optics and IP -- coherent optics on the 1830 PSS WDM platform and 100GigE on the 7750 SR platform

  • BroadHop Inc. 's Quantum Network Suite

  • Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD)'s 100Gbit/s card for MLX-series routers

  • Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO)'s CRS-3

  • Extreme Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR)'s Ridgeline Service Advisor

  • Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. 's OSN8800 T series

  • Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR)'s MX80 3D Universal Edge Router

  • Mu Dynamics 's Mu Studio Scale



Best New Service or Application (Cable)

7403.jpgBest New Service or Application (Cable)

  • Cedar Point Communications Inc. 's SafariFusion Visual Communications Suite (VCS)

  • ClearAccess Inc. 's ClearVision Management System

  • Cox Communications Inc. 's Plus Package

  • Optimum Lightpath 's Interactive Patient Care

  • Suddenlink Communications 's High Speed Internet MAX 107.0

  • thePlatform Inc. 's mpx Video Management and Publishing System Best New Service or Application (Mobile)

    7403.jpgBest New Service or Application (Mobile)

  • Virgin Mobile USA Inc. (NYSE: VM)'s Broadband2Go

  • Qik Inc. Qik Video Chat

  • Spotify Premium Mobile Music

  • Telia Company 's Long Term Evolution (LTE) service

  • Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR)'s Rover Unlimited 4G Internet

  • Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX)'s Netflix App for the iPhone and iPod touch



Best New Service or Application (Telecom)

7403.jpgBest New Service or Application (Telecom)

  • AboveNet Inc. (NYSE: ABVT)'s Low-Latency Transatlantic Service

  • Amazon Web Services Inc. 's Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

  • CENX Inc. 's Carrier Ethernet Neutral Exchange

  • Colt Technology Services Group Ltd 's FastNet Ultra

  • Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX)'s Marketplace for the Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange

  • Level 3 Communications Inc. (NYSE: LVLT)'s VenueNet+

  • Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q)'s Real-Time Application Recovery

  • SFR 's Infrastructure SI à la Demande (On-Demand IT Infrastructure)

  • Telx Group Inc. 's Ethernet Exchange

  • Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)'s Health Information Exchange



Company of the Year (Private)

7403.jpgCompany of the Year (Private)

  • ip.access Ltd.

  • LightSquared

  • Metaswitch Networks

  • OpenCloud Ltd.

  • Openet Telecom Ltd.

  • Sequans Communications

  • Stoke Inc.



Company of the Year (Public)

7403.jpgCompany of the Year (Public)

  • Acme Packet Inc. (Nasdaq: APKT)

  • Adtran Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTN)

  • Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)

  • Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO)

  • Finisar Corp. (Nasdaq: FNSR)

  • Infinera Corp. (Nasdaq: INFN)

  • MetroPCS Inc. (NYSE: PCS)

  • tw telecom inc. (Nasdaq: TWTC)



Best Deal Maker

7403.jpgBest Deal Maker

  • Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU)

  • Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Mumbai: BHARTIARTL)

  • CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL)

  • Ciena Corp. (NYSE: CIEN)

  • Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO)

  • Paetec Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: PAET)

  • Tekelec

  • Windstream Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: WIN)



Back to the Introduction

— The Editors, Light Reading



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