Light Reading Names Finalists for Leading Lights AwardsPRNewswire NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- TechWeb's Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/), the world's leading online publication for the telecom industry, today announced the finalists of its fifth annual Leading Lights Awards, recognizing leading companies and their executives for their outstanding achievements in the telecom industry. Light Reading's reputation for fiercely independent analysis makes the Leading Lights Awards the most credible and authoritative awards program in the industry -- and provides telecom companies with a superlative opportunity to evangelize their expertise and success. The awards are judged by a panel composed of Light Reading editors and Heavy Reading analysts, with the help of their sources throughout the industry and financial community. The winners of the Leading Lights Awards will be announced at an Awards Dinner after the first day of Light Reading's Ethernet Expo. The dinner will take place at Japonais in New York City on October 20 before an audience of industry executives, financial analysts, and technology and business press.
The Finalists for the 2008 Leading Lights are:
PERSON OF THE YEAR
-- Anil D. Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Communications
-- Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO, Nokia Siemens Networks
-- Ashraf M. Dahod, President and CEO, Starent Networks
-- Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission (Information Society
and Media)
-- Andy Rubin, Senior Executive Director of Mobile Platforms, Google
-- Solomon Trujillo, CEO, Telstra
-- Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent
-- Ren Zhengfei, CEO, Huawei Technologies
TOP IPO/M&A CANDIDATE
-- BroadSoft Inc.
-- Casa Systems Inc.
-- Genband Inc.
-- RGB Networks Inc.
-- Transmode
-- Verimatrix Inc.
BEST NEW SERVICE
-- AboveNet's Metro Ethernet Dedicated (ME-D)
-- AT&T's AT&T Telepresence Solution
-- BT's Wholesale Ethernet
-- Comcast's Extreme High-Speed Internet
-- Level 3 Communications' Enterprise VPN Portfolio
-- Microsoft's Mediaroom DVR Anywhere
-- Sprint Nextel's XOHM Mobile WiMax
BEST NEW PRODUCT
-- Alvarion's BreezeMAX 3650
-- ECI Telecom's SR9700 Series CESRs
-- Extreme Networks' Black Diamond 20808 Metro Ethernet Transport Switch
-- High Tech Computer's T-Mobile G1 Phone
-- Motorola's au Box
-- Redback Networks' SM 480 Smart Ethernet Switch
-- Ruckus Wireless's MediaFlex 7000 series
-- Zeugma Systems' Zeugma Services Node (ZSN)
BEST NEW STARTUP
-- FastSoft Inc.
-- Menara Networks
-- Miniweb Interactive
-- Qosera
-- Sezmi Corp.
BEST INVESTMENT POTENTIAL
-- Ciena Corp.
-- Cisco Systems Inc.
-- JDS Uniphase Corp.
-- NII Holdings Inc.
-- Nokia Corp.
-- Windstream Corp.
BEST DEAL MAKER
-- Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
-- Finisar Corp.
-- NEC Corp.
-- Nokia Siemens Networks
-- Sprint Nextel Corp.
-- Verizon Wireless
BEST MARKETING
-- Cisco Systems Inc.
-- Ericsson AB
-- Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS)
-- Nokia Siemens Networks
-- Tellabs Inc.
For complete details on the Leading Lights Awards, go to: http://www.lightreading.com/awards. Contact: Amy Averbook Director of Corporate Marketing Light Reading averbook@lightreading.com 212-925-0020 x112 About Light Reading Founded in 2000, Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/) is the ultimate source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. It reaches an extensive audience of executives and technologists within the telecom and enterprise networking communities, as well as the financial/industry analysts and investors who track these sectors. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as a unit of UBM. About TechWeb TechWeb (techweb.com/aboutus), the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion. * 13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections About United Business Media Ltd. United Business Media Limited is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/. SOURCE: Light Reading CONTACT: Amy Averbook, Director of Corporate Marketing for Light Web Site: http://techweb.com/aboutus |