This award recognises network and/or device testing products that are exceptional in their area. Entrants are required to describe their testing products and state why their product is different to others in the market and also what the impact has been to measure true LTE performance in real life conditions.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 500 words in total:

• a. What is the testing product?
• b. Why is the product different to other products on the market?
• c. What is the impact of this product on measuring LTE performance?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com

This award recognises the contribution made to LTE standardisation. Entrants are required to state the contribution made to the development of standards and specifications and their contribution to helping the industry to standardise LTE technology.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 500 words in total:

• a. What has been the contribution to t he development of LTE standards?
• b. How has this benefitted the industry to standardise LTE technology?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com

This award recognises the progress by operators in preparing to the deployment of LTE. Entrants will need to state the progress being made in launching LTE, in which markets will LTE be deployed, how they have developed the ecosystem to get it in place, what services are being developed alongside the network rollout, what are the strategies to educate customers and attract them to LTE and how will LTE be branded.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 750 words in total:

• a. What has the progress in been in getting LTE deployed?
• b. What has been done in order to get the ecosystem in place for rollout?
• c. What revenue generating services are being developed?
• d. What are the branding strategies for LTE?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com

This award recognises the activities by vendors in making the case for a commercial rollout of LTE, including the launching of trials, commitment and investment into LTE development over other technologies and customer contracts awarded as a result. Entrants are required to explain the activities undertaken and the impact that this has had on making LTE a commercial reality.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 750 words in total:

• a. What has been done to make the case for a commercial rollout of LTE?
• b. What contracts have been rewarded to your company as a result?
• c. What has been the impact of the activities undertaken to make LTE a commercial reality?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com

This award recognises the achievements in producing enabling technologies for LTE. Entrants are required to describe the enabling technology and how it contributes to making LTE more attractive to an operator to deploy, explain how it contributes to improving the network QoS and/or QoE for the user, how has this been measured and how the product/technology is different to anything else on the market and the commercial success of the technology so far.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 750 words in total:

• a. What is the enabling technology for LTE being entered?
• b. How does the enabling technology contribute to making LTE more attractive to an operator?
• c. How does the enabling technology improve the QoS/QoE for the user and how has this been measured?
• d. How is the product different from anything else in the market?
• e. What has been the commercial success of the technology so far?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com

This award recognises the contribution towards the research and development of LTE. Entrants are required to describe the investment made into R&D for LTE, opening of labs, the results from research, number of patents that have been filed and describe how the R&D activities have had a positive impact on making LTE commercially successful.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 500 words in total:

• a. What is the ongoing investment being made in R&D for LTE?
• b. How has the R&D work helped to make LTE commercially successful?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com

This award recognises the achievement to make LTE more environmentally friendly.

• If a product, entrants are required to describe the product and explain how it is “greener” than other products or an improvement on products in the past. How is the product likely to impact the environment, how this is measured and what have the results been.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 500 words in total:

• a. What is the green product?
• b. How is it an improvement on green products in the past?
• c. How will the product benefit the environment and how has this been measured?

If the entrant is a green initiative for LTE, entrants need to describe what the impact on the environment is expected to me, how this is measured and what have the results been? What lessons can be learnt from the initiative and could it be applied by others in the telecoms industry.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 500 words in total:

• a. What is the green initiative?
• b. What has the impact on the environment been and expected to be in the future?
• c. What lessons have been leant from the initiative and how can this be applied by others in the telecoms industry?
• d. How will the initiative evolve in the future?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com

This award is for an individual who has made a significant contribution to the development of LTE. Entrants are required to explain the work that has been done and the impact that this has had on the development of LTE and making it a commercial reality.

Entrants should answer the following questions using no more than 500 words in total:

• a. What has the contribution towards the development of been?
• b. What has the impact of this contribution been on making LTE a commercial reality?

If you have any questions regarding your entry please email Daniel Cole at daniel.cole@informa.com