GTB Innovation Awards 2010

Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2010

Important announcement: we have extended the deadline for nominations. Remember there is no cost for entry.

The Innovation Awards dinner for 2010 will be in London on Monday June 7. Full details of venue and associated events will be posted here closer to the date.

All nominations must be submitted online.

Please follow THIS LINK for the online nomination form.  But please read the guidelines and rules, below, first.

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Previous awards: the first Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards took place in 2007 and they have been annual since then. Click on the years for details of the 2007, 2008 and 2009 awards. 



Guidelines and rules for 2010

All nominations must be made online but so you can prepare your material in advance here is a list of questions you will need to answer in full. Most questions are mandatory.

1: Name of project in no more than eight words
This is the name by which the project will be identified in all communications, so it should be clear as well as concise. It should describe the project concisely (for example, on a trophy if the project goes on to win one of the awards) and should not normally include the name of a company. It should not be a marketing slogan

2: Why?
In one sentence of no more than 20 words say why this is an outstanding project that should be considered for a GTB Innovation Award in 2010.

3a: Name of one principal operator (a telecoms service provider) in this project
If there are other vendors, add their details in section 8. If this nomination is for wholesale services, the vendor is the wholesale operator
3b: Name of one principal vendor (equipment or services) in this project
If there are other vendors, add their details in section 8. If this nomination is for wholesale services, the vendor is the wholesale operator
4: Proposer's name and contact details
Your name, as the person completing this online entry form. You will be the main contact used by GTB, but it is a condition of entry that you also give contact details for the main executives of the key companies in sections 6 and 7
Your full name
Position in company
Company name
City and country where you are based
Direct office phone including country code (eg +1 for US)
Mobile phone including country code
Email address (Note: this is the address we will use to let you know we have received this form)
Your relationship to company named in 3a or 3b (say which)

5: Category (choose one via drop-down list)
A: Fixed network infrastructure innovation
B: Wireless network infrastructure innovation
C: Wholesale service innovation
D: Business service innovation
E: Consumer service innovation

6: Operator contact
Principal telecoms operator in the project (the company named in 3a) and full contact details of a senior executive, who must be aware of this nomination before it is submitted and must be aware that the awards dinner is in London on Monday June 7 2010
Company name
Website
Full name of executive
Full job title
City and country where executive is based
Direct office phone including country code
Mobile phone including country code
Email address

7: Vendor contact
Vendor of equipment, software or services (the company already named in 3b). If this is an entry for Wholesale service innovation - category C in question 5 - the vendor might also be the wholesale service provider. Plus details of one leading executive in the vendor, who must be aware of this nomination before it is submitted and must be aware that the awards dinner is in London on Monday June 7 2010
Company name
Website
Full name of executive
Full job title
City and country where executive is based
Direct office phone including country code
Mobile phone including country code
Email address

8 Other operators and/or vendors
Some projects involve more than one operator or vendor. Please give names of up to four other companies, with full contact details of an executive at each, who must be aware of this nomination before it is submitted. Explain their role as part of the text in section 9 or 10
8a
Company
Website
Full name
Full job title
City and country where executive is based
Email address
Direct office phone including country code
Mobile phone including country code
8b
Company
Website
Full name
Full job title
City and country where executive is based
Email address
Direct office phone including country code
Mobile phone including country code
8c
Company
Website
Full name
Full job title
City and country where executive is based
Email address
Direct office phone including country code
Mobile phone including country code
8d
Company
Website
Full name
Full job title
City and country where executive is based
Email address
Direct office phone including country code
Mobile phone including country code

9a: Brief summary of the project
No more than 350 words - this is a strict limit. Explain why this project should be considered. Indicate innovative contributions from telecoms operator(s) and vendor(s) and include key dates, including date of implementation. If this project wins an award, this section will be published by Global Telecoms Business after the awards ceremony.

9b: Key dates
Please give dates for the key stages in the implementation of this project

10: Any other relevant information
No more than 150 words. Not for publication. 


Please follow THIS LINK for the online nomination form.  




RULES

1. The GTB Innovation Awards are designed to honour projects involving telecoms operators and service providers around the world, in association with their vendors and suppliers.
2. It is an essential feature of the GTB Innovation Awards that projects involve a partnership between operators and vendors.
3. The GTB Innovation Awards are not for products and an award is not normally made to a project involving a single company.
4. Nominations should specify one of five categories via the online form: fixed network infrastructure innovation; wireless network infrastructure innovation; wholesale service innovation; business service innovation; consumer service innovation.
5. Nomination forms should give key dates relating to a project. To be eligible for consideration, projects should be timely and current.
6. The Innovation Awards dinner for 2010 will be in London on Monday June 7. Full details of venue and associated events will be posted here closer to the date, along with prices for booking tables.
7. The deadline for nominations is 17.00 UK time on Friday February 12 2010. All nominations must be submitted online.
8. The awards ceremony is an essential feature of the GTB Innovation Awards, and before making a nomination individuals should confirm that, in case a project is shortlisted, at least one key executive from each company in a project is willing and able to take part in the awards dinner.
9. Global Telecoms Business cannot pay for travel and accommodation.
10. Nominations may be made by anyone, whether or not they are directly connected with a project, though the relationship — such as PR consultant — should be declared on the nomination.
11. The person making the nomination will, at first, be the main contact point. However Global Telecoms Business will independently contact others involved to verify the information provided.
12. There is no charge for making a nomination. However, multiple nominations should not be made for a number of broadly similar projects. Such nominations will be rejected.
13. All required fields should be completed. It is important that Global Telecoms Business has accurate — and direct — contact information for all companies involved in a project and for at least one senior executive per company.
14. Nominations should include a 350-word summary of the project. This must be regarded as a publishable document. If a project wins a prize in the awards, this text will be published online and in print by Global Telecoms Business on or after June 7 2010.
15. As the aim of any nomination is an award at a public ceremony at which companies taking part in a project will be named, non-disclosure agreements are inappropriate.
16. Those involved with shortlisted projects will be notified directly in good time to make arrangements, but no general list will be published.
17. Winners will not make speeches or presentations at the awards ceremony, which will be a black-tie dinner.
18. No information about the shortlist and potential winners must be published by anyone until 22.30 UK time on June 7 2010, when the information will be released on www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com. All parties involved in each project must honour this embargo.
19. We aim to have pictures of the awards ceremony available via www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com within 24 hours of the ceremony. Those connected with a successful project will be able to download and use relevant pictures in any promotional material, subject to the inclusion of a credit to www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com and the name of photographer.
20. The editor’s decision in all cases is final. The editor will not enter into correspondence about individual awards.

For more information about nominations and judging, contact:
Alan Burkitt-Gray, Editor, on +44 20 7779 8518 or aburkitt@euromoneyplc.com

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact
Laurence Mackintosh, Publisher, on +44 20 7779 8589 or lmackintosh@euromoneyplc.com