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UFINET is proud to announce that MEF has once again recognized our company’s excellence with the “Service Provider of the Year 2019 – CALA” award, which validates our performance excellence worldwide.
UFINET is pleased to announce this incredible new achievement. MEF annually recognizes excellence and innovation in the global community committed to providing optimized communications solutions for the digital economy. The MEF awards program is the world’s largest awards program focused on emerging dynamic network services driven by LSO, SDN, NFV, SD-WAN and Carrier Ethernet technologies.
“MEF is pleased to congratulate the award winners for all of their incredible work to drive the industry’s transformation to dynamic and secure services in a global federation of automated networks, as envisioned with MEF 3.0,” said Kevin Vachon, COO, MEF.“MEF received dozens of submissions from cutting-edge companies, and we are thrilled to award outstanding leaders in service, application, technology and professional categories.”
The awards gala was held last night at the MEF19 event, held November 18-22, 2019 at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, California.
For more information about the event, click on MEF19
Official press release from the MEF
MEF names 2019 MEF award winners
The prestigious awards recognize service, application, technology and professional excellence.
MEF19 – Los Angeles, November 20, 2019 – MEF is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 MEF Awards, which recognize excellence and innovation in the global community committed to providing optimized communications solutions for the digital economy. MEF’s award program is the world’s largest award program focused on emerging dynamic network services with SD-WAN, Carrier Ethernet, LSO, SDN and NFV technology.
The 2019 Award winners were announced this week at the MEF19 networking event held at the JW Marriott LA LIVE in Los Angeles, California, with the exception of the PoEF 3.0 MEF Award Winners who will be recognized at a special ceremony tonight at MEF19.
“MEF is pleased to congratulate the winners of this year’s awards for their excellent work in driving industry transformation,” said Nan Chen, MEF President. “We appreciate the dedication of the teams at so many companies that are committed to developing and delivering service and technology solutions with compelling and lasting value for customers. Companies recognized in the MEF Awards program are true industry leaders. “.
Service providers and enterprise application award winners
Innovation in networks and services
– Global – AT&T
– APAC – PLDT
– Europe – Colt Technology Services
– North America – AT&T
Retail Service Provider of the Year
– Global: CenturyLink and Verizon (tie)
– APAC – PLDT
– Europe – Colt Technology Services
– North America – CenturyLink
Wholesale service provider of the year
– Global: CenturyLink and PCCW Global (tie)
– APAC – PLDT
– Europe – Colt Technology Services
– North America – AT&T
SD-WAN Service Provider of the Year
– Global – CenturyLink
– APAC – Tata Communications
– Europe – Orange Business Services
– North America: CenturyLink and Windstream Enterprise (tie)
Africa Service Provider of the Year – Liquid Telecom
CALA Service Provider of the Year – Ufinet
Middle East Supplier of the Year – Saudi Telecom Company
Special awards
– LSO Leadership: AT&T and Colt Technology Services
– Best Marketing: Verizon
Business application of the year
– Advertising – Colt Technology Services
– Education – CenturyLink
– Financial – Comcast Business
– Government – AT&T
– Manufacturing – Spectrum Enterprise
– Media – Tata Communications
– Retail: QOS networks
– Sports and Entertainment – Comcast Business
– Transportation – CenturyLink
Technology Solutions Award Winners
– Technology Provider of the Year: NEC / Netcracker
– Ethernet and IP Operator – Nokia
– LSO Leadership – NEC / Netcracker
– NFV – Ekinops
– NFV Infrastructure – Equinix
– Optician – Ciena
– SD-WAN – VMware
– Service analysis – Infovista
– Service guarantee – Infovista
– Service Automation: Amdocs and NEC / Netcracker (tie)
– Multi-vendor solution – NEC / Netcracker and Versa Networks
Professional award winners
– Industry Executive of the Year: Jeff Storey, president and chief executive officer, CenturyLink
– MEF Distinguished Member – David Ball, Principal Engineer, Cisco
– Accredited Training Partner of the Year – Carrier Ethernet Academy
Judges for past MEF 2019 Awards covering services, applications and technologies include senior analysts from ATLANTIC-ACM, AvidThink, Dell’Oro, Frost & Sullivan, Ovum and Vertical Systems, along with independent judges.
About MEF
An industry association of more than 200 member companies, MEF has introduced the MEF 3.0 transformational global services framework to define, deliver and certify orchestrated assured services in a global ecosystem of automated networks. MEF 3.0 services are designed to provide an on-demand, cloud-centric experience with user and application-driven control over network resources and service capabilities. MEF 3.0 services are delivered over automated, virtualized and interconnected networks with LSO, SDN and NFV technology. MEF produces service specifications, LSO frameworks, open LSO APIs, software-based reference implementations and certification programs. MEF 3.0 work will enable automated delivery of standardized Carrier Ethernet, Optical Transport, IP, SD-WAN, Security-as-a-Service and other Layer 4-7 services across multi-vendor networks. For more information: https://www.MEF.net and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @MEF_Forum.
