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Thirty One Awards Were Presented at Special Ethernet Excellence Awards Dinner on 18 November 2014 a Highlight of The MEF GEN14 event, 17-20 November 2014

19 November 2014, Washington DC – The MEF today announced the winners for MEF 2014 Ethernet Excellence Awards. The Awards greatly expand previous MEF annual awards programs to properly recognize services, technology, professional excellence and innovation in the worldwide Carrier Ethernet community. The Awards recognize new implementations that support scalability, virtual functionality, SDN, management, global reach and other solutions central to the delivery of Carrier Ethernet in 2014 and beyond.

The winners of the thirty one awards were presented at a special Ethernet Excellence Awards Dinner on 18 November 2014 – a highlight of the Global Ethernet Networking 2014 (GEN14) event held on 17 – 20 November 2014 at the Gaylord National in Washington, DC. The awards dinner was sponsored by Wedge Networks and NetEvents.

The judging panel for the awards comprised of global and regional senior analysts from IDC, Infonetics, Vertical Systems, Gartner, Frost & Sullivan, Ovum, the Rayno Report and independent judges especially for the Certified Professional of the Year award.

“We had an outstanding level of quality from the entries for this year’s new Ethernet Excellence Awards program, with large numbers of entries in each of the new technology and Carrier Ethernet business application categories,” said Nan Chen, President of the MEF. “The MEF congratulates the winners for their innovative and standard of work that will play a major contribution to the acceleration of worldwide adoption of performance-assured Carrier Ethernet services.”

The Winners:

Professionals of the year:
• MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional of the Year – Sendang Praptomo, Telekom Indonesia International
• Ethernet Industry Person of the Year – Bill Stemper, Comcast Business
• MEF Distinguished Fellow Award – Ralph Santitoro, Fujitsu Network Communications
• MEF Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Robert Metcalfe, University of Texas

Best Application of the Year:
• Best Application of the Year – Education – Cox Business
• Best Application of the Year – Financial – Colt Technology Services
• Best Application of the Year – Government – Comcast Business
• Best Application of the Year – Health – Comcast Business
• Best Application of the Year – Media/Sports/Entertainment – Tata Communications
• Best Application of the Year – Information Technology – Colt Technology Services

Best Service of the Year:
• Best Service of the Year – APAC – KVH
• Best Service of the Year – CALA – INTERNEXA
• Best Service of the Year – EMEA – Colt Technology Services
• Best Service of the Year – North America – Comcast Business
• Best Service of the Year – Global – Tata Communications

Retail Service Provider of the Year:
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – APAC – PLDT
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – CALA – Level 3 Communications
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – EMEA – Colt Technology Services
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – North America – tw telecom
• Retail Service Provider of the Year – Global – Level 3 Communications

Wholesale Service Provider of the Year:
• Wholesale Service Provider of the Year – APAC – PCCW Global
• Wholesale Service Provider of the Year – CALA – INTERNEXA
• Wholesale Service Provider of the Year – EMEA – Colt Technology Services
• Best CE 2.0 Wholesale E-Access Provider – EMEA – Telecom Italia and Telecom Italia Sparkle
• Wholesale Service Provider of the Year – North America – tw telecom
• Wholesale Service Provider of the Year – Global – SingTel

Best Network Technology of the Year:
• Best Network Technology of the Year – Multi-Vendor Innovation – Colt Technology
Services
• Best Network Technology of the Year – Scalability – Verizon
• Best Network Technology of the Year – Service Management/Orchestration – Cyan
• Best Network Technology of the Year – Technology Innovation – Alcatel Lucent
• Network Technology Provider of the Year – Alcatel-Lucent

Bill Stemper, President of Comcast Business, said of being named Ethernet Person of the Year: “Ethernet services have bought tremendous benefits to the industry, and this award is a tribute to the whole Comcast team and their ability to deliver our services to the market. GEN14 is a celebration of the achievements of the entire Ethernet community and a great venue for all providers to work together on the opportunities ahead.”

Matthias Hain, Director of Bandwidth and Ethernet Services at Colt Technology commented: “We are very proud to be recognised by the MEF for our excellence and leadership in developing and delivering Ethernet services. It is very rewarding to see the market appetite for our Ethernet portfolio across Europe continue to grow and we look forward to further innovation next year in line with our customers’ needs.”

“We are extremely pleased to be recognized for KVH’s progress in delivering innovative Ethernet services across Asia Pacific. KVH has prided itself as being at the forefront of Ethernet service development and this award acknowledges our efforts and leadership in this space.” Said Gint Atkinson, Vice President, Technology, Network Strategy & Architecture at KVH.

Further details on the awards and highlights or the special Awards Dinner being sponsored by NetEvents and Wedge Networks can be found on the GEN14 and MEF web sites.