2019 ACOMMS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Sydney, 4 July 2018 – Communications Alliance is proud to announce the finalists for 2019 in the communications industry’s premier awards for excellence, the ACOMMS, which recognise exemplary achievement across 11 categories of endeavour.

The ACOMMS will be presented at a gala industry event in Sydney on 15th August 2019.

The short-listed nominees are a showcase of talent from across the sector, illustrative of the industry’s innovation to harness the benefits of next-generation networks, connectivity solutions, transformed customer service approaches and available-anywhere, advanced services and applications.

Communications Alliance CEO, John Stanton said: “the 2019 ACOMMs finalists forcefully reflect the prominent areas of innovation and technological advancement driving the sector, including:

• the increasing transition to cloud-based services;
• customer-focused tools to ease the migration to next-gen fixed and mobile platforms; and
• IoT-based solutions that are transforming industry verticals.

New vendor initiatives in 2019 include innovative world-leading accomplishments in IoT connectivity and a new approach to enabling communities to create and manage their own networks.

Mobile solution nominations include better ways to protect children from cyber-bullying and other mobile threats, and the emergence of limitless mobile data.

“There are great stories behind the commitment to excellence on display from all finalists. I congratulate and wish them well for the ACOMMS Awards night,” Mr Stanton said.

The 2019 ACOMM Awards finalists are:

Communications Ambassador Announced on the night

Innovation (large) AussieBroadband - MyAussie Telstra - Telstra Track and Monitor Nokia - Optus 5G Home Broadband Vocus - Australia Singapore Cable

Innovation (SME) Southern Phone Company - Next Home Phone Pivotel Satellite and Farmbot - Farmbot water monitoring solutions incorporating Pivotel’s satellite technology Powertec Telecommunications - myinsight.io Platform and Connectivity Module Telcoinabox - ConnectYou

Satellite Provider of the Year Pivotel Satellite and Farmbot - Farmbot water monitoring solutions incorporating Pivotel’s satellite technology Speedcast - Speedcast Atlas NBN Co & Viasat - Satellite powered broadband mobility

Commitment to Customer Service Aussie Broadband  - “Making it easy” OVO - The telco that gives an F*: Service reimagined.(*Fair, Fun, Flexible, Fast, Fantastic and FansFirst) Vodafone Hutchison Australia - Commitment to Customer Service Telstra - Telstra’s Future Retail Environment

Services to Industry - Professional Services EC Connect - EC Connect Telco Services King & Wood Mallesons - Legal Bird & Bird - Legal Services

Best Marketing Initiative Aussie Broadband - #cantbeatfeedback NetComm - 5G Fixed Wireless Self-Install Cisco - CiscoLive! Melbourne 2019 Huawei Technologies - Huawei P30 Pro launch

Best Mobile Solution Yomojo - FamilyEye by Yomojo Vodafone Hutchison Australia - Vodafones market first handset plans with endless data and no lock-in contracts MNF Enterprise Services - Enterprise Mobile Management

IoT Startup Announced on the night

Community Contribution Bendigo Telco - Bendigo Bank House – Bendigo Telco Shared Office Space Fulton Hogan Utilities - Various Charities The Power of Giving Back Telstra Foundation - Tech4Good Challenge NBN Co - Townsville Floods – ‘Keeping the Community Connected’

Vendor Innovation                      Cisco & Megaport - Megaport MCR 2.0 Speedcast - SIGMA Gateway Nokia - Nokia Community Hosted Network: Kuha Ericsson Australia - IoT Innovation and Leadership

The ACOMM Awards are proudly presented by Communications Alliance. The MNF Group is the 2019 Title Sponsor of the ACOMMS, with Bird & Bird, KPMG and Mirait Technologies Australia, Bronze Sponsors.

Australia’s leading national newspaper, The Australian has once again joined as the official Media Partner of the ACOMMS.

The ACOMMS recognise excellence among communications industry participants including individuals, service providers, content providers, carriers, technology partners, consultants and third-party suppliers.

The awards will be presented at the 13th Annual ACOMMS Dinner to be held on 15th August 2019 at the Hyatt Regency, Sydney. The Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, The Hon Paul Fletcher, will deliver the keynote address at the dinner. This year comedian star, Claire Hooper, will be the MC for the evening.

Registrations for this year’s event can be made at: http://acomms.com.au/2019/register/