Best Broadband & Data Mapping Solution or Initiative 

• ArcGIS: Leveraging Location Intelligence to Bridge the Digital Divide
  Esri Inc. 

• ChatGIS and WiROI db Geospatial SaaS Platform 
  Wireless 20/20 

• Connected Nation Geospatial Services 
  Connected Nation 

• Visualizing the Road to Broadband: NoaNet's Broadband and Digital Equity Mapping Initiative 
  Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) 

 

Best Converged Solution – Cable & Connectivity 

• Calix DOCSIS Provisioning Connector 
  Calix 

• Harmonic cOS™ Broadband Platform 
  Harmonic 

• PHYTunes Saturn Wi-Fi Solution 
  PHYTunes Inc.

• Reach 

 

Best Municipal Connectivity Program

• Consolidated Communications and Maine Connectivity Authority: Bringing Fiber to Rural Maine 
  Consolidated Communications 

• EPB: Bringing the World's Fastest Community-wide Internet to the Chattanooga Area 
  EPB 

• Montgomery County, MD 

• Pulse Fiber Internet 

 

Best use of 5G FWA For Remote/Rural Connectivity

• Casa Systems' AurusLINK 
  Casa Systems, Inc. 

• Decreasing Spend and providing rapid installation with 5G Technology 
  Granite Telecommunications 

• Ohio Transparent Telecom 
  Ohio Transparent Telecom with Ericsson 

• Radisys Connect 5G FWA/Broadband Convergence 
  Radisys 

 

Enabling Connectivity - Middle Mile Award 

• Diamond State Networks 

• Mid-Atlantic Broadband Boosts Capacity, Minimizes Cost with Routed Optical Networking 
  Cisco Systems 

• Scalable and efficient middle mile traffic aggregation leveraging point-to-multipoint ICE-X coherent pluggables 
  Infinera 

• Zayo's Middle Mile Strategy 
  Zayo 

 

Excellence in FTTH Deployment 

• Blue Ridge Communications 

• Connect2First connects their Arkansas communities in record time 
  Render Networks 

• Frontier Communications 

• Midwest Energy & Communications 

• WOW! Fiber Internet Deployment in Central Florida 
  WOW! Internet, TV & Phone 

 

Excellence in Wireless Neutral Host Networks 

• Boldyn Networks Provides NYC Free Public WiFi through Link5G Kiosks 
  Boldyn Networks 

• Celona Private Wireless Neutral Host Service 
  Celona 

• Kajeet Smart Private 5G™️ Neutral Host Solution 
  Kajeet 

• Dense Air and Radisys - ORAN Based Actively Shared 5G Small Cell Infrastructure Software Solutions  
  Radisys 

 

Impact Award - Greatest Technical Achievement in Connecting the Unconnected (Individual)

• Gary Bolton 
  Fiber Broadband Association 

• Robert L. Hance 
  Midwest Energy & Communications 

• Tommy Jacobson 
  MCNC 

 

Impact in Broadband Affordability 

• American Connection Corps: A Program of Lead For America 
  Lead For America 

• Honest Networks 

 

Innovation in State Broadband Deployment Award 

• Kansas Office of Broadband Development 

• Arcadian Infracom and the California Department of Technology Announce Innovative Middle-Mile Fiber Partnership.

• Vermont Community Broadband Board 

 

Open Infrastructure & Networking Award 

• Ciena's Broadband Solution: Empowering Open Access Service Providers 
  Ciena 

• High-speed business services over an existing PON infrastructure leveraging ICE-X intelligent coherent pluggables 
  Infinera

• RtBrick 

• SiFi Networks

 

Public Services Deployment 

• NoaNet Supports Next Generation 911 Network for Washington State 
  Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) 

• Nationwide managed SD-WAN rollout brings savings and simplicity to one of the nation’s largest delivery services 
  Granite Telecommunications 

 

Regional Operator of the Year 

• C Spire 

• Frontier Communications 

• Lumos

• SCTelcom