2010 ACOMM Award Winners

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Innovation - Large Company Award
iiNet's BoB™ is an all-in-one home communication solution replacing the modem and standard home phone. BoB delivers twice the range of most other wireless modems; supports up to five handsets; offers ‘plug and play’ capability; and automatically routes phone calls through standard PSTN if power is lost.

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Winner: iiNet

Innovation – SME Award
SOPRANO Design accelerates enterprise messaging for mobile network operators around the world through providing tailored, industry specific software, streamlining SMS, MMS and email business processes and generating revenue for their mobile telecommunications provider.  SOPRANO Mobile Enterprise Messaging Suite 5.0 provides Mobile Network Operators and Mobile Service Providers with a suite of web accessible mobile messaging applications to drive their enterprise, business and government (SMS, MMS, Email, Voice) messaging revenue.

Vocus Communications is an independent wholesale voice and data provider.  In August 2008, it committed to providing free IPv6 transit services to all ISPs and telecommunications companies, allowing any provider access to IPv6 at no cost and also allowing providers to offer these services to corporate and residential customers.  Vocus is encouraging early transition to IPv6 addresses and delivers an easy to access alternative to IPv4 transit addresses.  It is currently responsible for routing almost all IPv6 connectivity in Australia.

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Joint Winners:
SOPRANO Design and
Vocus Communications

Services to Industry - Professional Services Award
Maddocks is a leading Australian law firm, providing legal services across the infrastructure, government, financial and services sectors.  In the past 12 months Maddocks has worked with clients to develop their regulatory and commercial response to changes in the telecommunications landscape.  Maddocks also advised on the development of the 'FireNet' fibre optic cable network that is utilised by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Country Fire Authority in Victoria.

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Winner: Maddocks

Category: Partnerships for Growth Award

NEC Australia is a leading supplier and integrator of information and communication technology solutions to carriers, government and businesses. With its Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology, NEC Australia is helping OptiComm, a Hills Industries joint venture company, roll out Fibre-to-the-home broadband networks to more than 50,000 new homes and businesses across Australia.   NBN Co Tasmania has selected OptiComm as the supplier of NEC’s GPON FTTP and as the operator for the first stage deployments of NBN rollout in Tasmania.

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Winner: NEC Australia & Opticomm

Commitment to Customer Service Award
Telstra Enterprise & Government provides network services and solutions to more than 200 of the world’s top 500 companies.  In October 2009, it launched Telstra Enterprise-grade Customer Service™, a unique customer service model supporting the distinct needs of large corporate and government customers.

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Winner: Telstra Enterprise & Government

Innovation in Content Delivery and Services Award
Nextgen Networks is a national Telecommunications carrier specialising in high performance data services.  On behalf of a customer, it has established a ‘game-changing’ broadcast network with cost-effective Gbit/s links to sports stadiums around Australia that realises a new generation of High Definition TV (HDTV) capabilities, efficiencies and consumer outcomes.  Through this initiative, Nextgen is facilitating ongoing innovation in the broadcast industry and ultimately, a superior viewer experience.

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Winner: Nextgen Networks

2010 Communications Ambassador Award
Deena Shiff is Group Managing Director of Telstra Business.  She has been a leader in Australian telecommunications since she first entered the industry in the late 1980s and has been at the forefront of innovation and development of new services to better serve Australia businesses.  Whilst maintaining a reputation as a ‘quiet achiever’, Deena’s strategic vision and passion for communications is recognised throughout the business community.

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Winner: Deena Shiff