2024 ACOMM AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Matthew Enger - 2024 Communications Ambassador

Winners in 2024 include Vocus, Speedcast, TPG Telecom, King & Wood Mallesons, Aussie Broadband, Ericsson, Nokia, Telstra Foundation, Ventia, NEXTDC and Optus

Sydney, 19 July 2024: Matthew Enger, has taken out the communication industry’s most prestigious accolade; being awarded the title of Communications Ambassador 2024 at this year’s ACOMM Awards.

The winners of the 2024 Communications Alliance Awards were announced this evening at the 18th Annual ACOMM Awards Dinner in Sydney. The evening’s keynote address was delivered by the Federal Minister for Communications, The Hon. Michelle Rowland MP.

Matthew Enger is the Managing Director and founder of Leap Telecommunications (Leaptel) and Chair of the Internet Association of Australia Ltd (IAA).

He has been involved in the internet industry from the beginning. As a high school student, Matt moved his school from a dial-up modem to a Linux box running IP masquerade over a 64k ATM link. 

Matt has made long-standing and significant contributions to the internet industry in both Australia and New Zealand. He is dedicated to providing quality internet to Aussie homes and businesses. 

Matt has many years of business leadership, networking engineering, legal compliance and extensive customer care experience through a variety of roles and business ventures and is a very worthy recipient of the Communications Ambassador Award.

Stanton added, “The ACOMM Awards represent the pinnacle of achievement for the Australian communications industry, and I congratulate all the winners and finalists in the 2024 ACOMMS.”

“Excellence in innovation is a pervasive trait in the achievements of the 2024 ACOMM winners.”
 
The winners of the 2024 ACOMM Awards are:

• COMMUNICATIONS AMBASSADOR – Matthew Enger
• Innovation – Large Company – Vocus: For their Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable. Vocus' purpose-built network is ready and evolving to serve as a catalyst for innovation, productivity, and competitiveness across industries.
• Innovation – SME – Speedcast: For its intelligent network management platform - Speedcast SIGMA™
• Best Mobile Solution – TPG Telecom: For their Mobile Private Network - a bespoke solution catering to critical business connectivity needs.
• Services to Industry – Professional Services – King & Wood Mallesons: Legal KWM supports clients every day to capitalise on emerging opportunities, navigate regulatory hurdles, and stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving telecommunication landscape.
• Commitment to Customer Service – Aussie Broadband: For their ‘Actual Aussie Way’ approach - putting customers at the heart of all they do! 
• Australian Space Industry Award – Vocus: For Starlink, Vocus' 2023-2024 LEO satellite solutions are delivering entirely new capabilities to defence, disaster relief, emergency services, national security and intelligence
• Vendor Innovation – Ericsson (Ericsson's Cloud RAN, 5G Network Slicing and 5G Uplink innovations with Telstra) and Nokia (Optical Sensing of fibre networks)
• Contribution to Society – Telstra Foundation: for Mello: A mental health app for young people that targets a common symptom of depression and anxiety – stuck thinking.
• Diversity and Inclusion – Ventia: For their social enterprise partnership with Civik - which aims to create jobs for communities that experience high unemployment.
• Best Digital Platform – NEXTDC: AXON - NEXTDC’s inhouse-built NaaS data centre and ecosystem interconnectivity platform.
• Cyber Security and Online Safety Innovation – Optus: Optus for their Call Stop and Text Stop - a world-first approach to fighting Callback Scams.