Telephony Announced 2008 Innovation Awards

Most Innovative Fixed-Mobile Convergence Service: XO Communications is the winner of the 2008 Telephony Innovation Award for Most Innovative Fixed Mobile Convergence Service for its XO Anywhere offering: “This is an excellent use of FMC beyond the typical ‘saves money’ approach,” said Danny Briere, CEO of the TeleChoice consultancy, and a member of the Telephony Innovation Award judging panel.

Most Innovative Technology Deployment: Verizon is the winner of the 2008 Telephony Innovation Award for Most Innovative Technology deployment for its FiOS Gigabit Passive Optical Network rollout.

“Our judges were impressed by the commitment Verizon has made to deploying the latest in PON technology on a scale unmatched in North America and elsewhere,” said Wilson “Innovation comes in many forms and in this instance, Verizon is being rewarded for its broader vision of the next-generation access network.”

Added Vince Vittore, program manager with Yankee Group: “This is certainly the greatest leap of faith we've seen in the access world in at least a decade.”

Most Innovative Managed Service: Tata Communications is the winner of the 2008 Telephony Innovation Award for Most Innovative Managed Service for its Managed DDoS Detection and Mitigation services.

Tata Communications' network-based DDoS Detection and Mitigation security services provide a fully integrated solution for global, real-time application-layer analysis of the IP traffic traversing Tata Communications' global IP backbone. The services monitor and analyze customer traffic in real time and on a 24x7x365 basis, providing proactive notification of actionable events, helping to improve Tata Communications' customer's visibility into the security and availability of their network.

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