The SCF Industry Awards – Winners
The SCF Industry Awards is the only entirely independent awards event supporting technical innovation in, and the deployment of agile, cost-effective, scalable, cellular infrastructure and solutions by established and emerging service providers. The winners have been announced below.
The 2023 winners
1 Excellence in commercial deployment by a service provider
Winner
WINNER - Jio Platforms
Jio 5G Small Cells – A complete plan to build an automated solution, integrated seamlessly for easy and swift large-scale commercial deploymentFINALIST - Freshwave and Three UK
Freshwave works with Three UK to create the world’s first fully commercialized JOTS Neutral Host In-Building approachFINALIST - Shared Access
National Gallery – Shared Access chosen to provide neutral host solution2 Excellence in commercial deployment by a private network operator
Winner
WINNER - Vilicom, a BAI Communications company
A private network for the Moray East wind farmFINALIST - Airspan, Druid Software, Betacom and Teltech
Private 5G Network for Smart Warehouse AutomationFINALIST - Boingo
Petco Park Drives Revenue with Boingo Private Networks3 Outstanding small cell technology in commercial use
Winner
WINNER - Freshwave
Small Cells and the City: Freshwave deploys the UK’s first truly shareable 4G and 5G multi-operator network pilot in the City of LondonFINALIST - Jio Platforms
Jio 5G ODSC – Jio’s unique home grown 5G Outdoor Small Cell (ODSC) is a compact, single-box, zero-footprint solutionFINALIST - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm FSM 5G RAN Platform – Accelerating 5G deployments globally with small, flexible, scalable and cost-effective infrastructure solutions4 Outstanding software and services technology for small cells, in commercial use
Winner
WINNER - ETRI and EUCAST
Flexible 5G Small Cell Software and 5G Small Cell Specific ServicesFINALIST - LITEON and the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Secure Communication SchemeFINALIST - ITRI
Energy-Saving based RAN Planning5 Outstanding contribution to emerging technology, architecture and open networks
Winner
WINNER - Airspan
Small Cells and the Functional Split Puzzle: Insights from the Front LinesFINALIST - Microamp Solutions
Industry’s first 5G mmWave O-RAN Radio Unit in split 7.2xFINALIST - Mavenir
Single Indoor 5G Small-Cell Radio with Open RAN Multi-Split support, for Cost Efficient In-Building Connectivity6 Outstanding innovation in chips or components to enable small cell networks
Winner
WINNER - Satelles
STL for 5G Small Cell Timing SynchronizationFINALIST - AccelerComm
AccelerComm’s LEOPhy – Enabling 5G Satellite Small CellsFINALIST - iCana
High-performance, power-efficient, and BOM-conscious RF Front-End Components7 Commercial product or service to enable multi-operator and neutral host business models
Winner
WINNER - CommScope
CommScope ONECELL DirectFINALIST - Enersys
EnerSys® Alpha® BSC outdoor small cell gatewayFINALIST - Solid
SOLiD – Genesis DAS – Enabling Connectivity Everywhere8 Social impact – promoting small cells for social/economic/environmental development
Winner
WINNER - ZenFi, a BAI Communications company
Link 5G project in New YorkFINALIST - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Small Cell innovation within a Private Network lays a foundation to close the digital divide by connecting unconnected school districts9 Women in wireless
Winner
WINNER - Rebecca Gray
Boingo
Winner
WINNER - Lianne East
CommScope
Winner
WINNER - Vicky Messer
Picocom10 Judges Choice
Winner
WINNER - LITEON and the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Secure Communication SchemeFINALIST - ITRI
AI-native RIC solution for 5G racing dronesFINALIST - Freshwave and Three UK
Freshwave works with Three UK to create the world’s first fully commercialised JOTS Neutral Host In-Building approach11 Outstanding contribution to SCF activities
Winner
