The Excellence in Network Convergence Awards, established in 2021 to honor NEDAS’s 10th anniversary and created in collaboration with AGL Media Group, recognize and honor the innovative companies, teams, individuals and solutions across the telecommunications infrastructure ecosystem that are champions of the wireline and wireless convergence.

Featuring an array of categories that acknowledge design, leadership, on-site crews, rural connectivity efforts and more, these awards currently stand as the only accolades specifically designed to highlight those who go above and beyond at the crossroads of wireless and wireline.

Wireline and wireless convergence — characterized by the symbiotic cooperation of telephone, video and data communications capabilities within a single multi-model network — ushers in a new era of technology and connectivity and redefines the ways in which they are leveraged.

This convergence paves the way for a plethora of significantly beneficial use cases across video streaming, e-commerce, collaborative online business platforms and more. It even serves as a foundational opportunity for optimizing 5G’s end-to-end performance, paving the way for tomorrow’s next-generation technologies.

As such, the convergence and cross-pollination of wireline and wireless solutions is a vital step in achieving a globally and comprehensively connected future. While many companies are rising to meet this goal in network enhancement, a lack of education and understanding throughout the industry can mean that the true importance of these projects can go unrecognized.

These awards look to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding both of the innovation that is now occurring and the work that is still needed to bridge the gap between today and tomorrow. By bringing attention to the companies and solutions that are paving the way for 5G, IoT and beyond, these awards not only generate greater awareness, but they equip more businesses with the knowledge, tools, resources and opportunities needed to drive convergence innovation.

The winners of these awards exemplify the outstanding work being accomplished in the field of converged communications, representing the best of hands-on problem solving, specialized expertise and forward-thinking solutions that empower the connected future and its next-generation capabilities.

On top of receiving an asset list that includes a press release template and award logos to help showcase this honor, winners of these awards enjoy the enhanced brand recognition, message amplification and fortified market presence that come with being recognized as thought leaders and pioneers. Additionally, those participating in these awards help to support NEDAS’s mission of promoting education, awareness and collaboration at the intersection of wireline and wireless.

NEDAS creates a diverse, industry-led and collaborative fabric of companies across the wireline and wireless ecosystem capable of pinpointing the most pressing issues of our day and building the solutions to those challenges together. In this way, NEDAS and its members serve as an important resource for creating tomorrow’s always-on, ubiquitous communications.