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IEC Commends Most Significant Contributions in Broadband with Announcement of 2008 InfoVision Awards Finalists </div>



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The <a href="http://www.iec.org/">International Engineering Consortium</a> will name the industry’s best at the InfoVision Awards ceremony during the <a href="http://www.iec.org/events/2008/bbwf/">Broadband World Forum Europe 2008</a> next month </div>
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CHICAGO &ndash; August 19, 2008 &ndash; The <a href="http://www.iec.org/">International Engineering Consortium</a> (IEC) announced the finalists of its InfoVision Awards program naming the technologies, applications, products, advances and services judged as the most unique and beneficial to the information and communications technologies (ICT) industry. 

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The finalists were selected by a panel of judges chosen from the <a href="http://www.iec.org/events/2008/bbwf/">Broadband World Forum Europe 2008</a> Technical Program Committee, consisting of industry experts from vendor companies, service providers and industry associations. The <a href="http://www.iec.org/">IEC</a> will announce winners on <b>Tuesday, 30 September</b> at 12:00 at the World Forum. 


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"The interest surrounding the InfoVision Awards and the BBWF Europe conveys the importance of broadband innovations today. We are extremely proud to honor the individuals and companies committed to advancing the ICT industry,” stated IEC President John Janowiak. “We must also thank the judges for analyzing the hundreds of submissions received this year.”


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The 2008 InfoVision finalists include the following companies and products in their respective categories:

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<b>Category 1: Access Network Technologies and Services</b>
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<li><b>Centillium Communications</b> — Entropia<sup>TM</sup> III-C
<li><b>Hatteras Networks</b> — HN4000e
<li><b>NEC</b> — Remote Testing and Provisioning Solution
<li><b>Sandvine</b> — FairShare
<li><b>Spirent Communications</b> — Spirent TestCenter<sup>TM</sup>
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<b>Category 2: Network and Services Management and Operations</b>
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<li><b>Aware, Inc.</b> — Aware Dr. DSL Line Diagnostics Platform
<li><b>Bridgewater Systems and Mformation</b> — Over-the-Air Subscriber and Device Provisioning in WiMAX
<li><b>Ixia</b> — IxLoad 4.0
<li><b>Syniverse Technologies</b> — Syniverse DataNet
<li><b>TANDBERG Television</b> — TANDBERG iPlex UltraCompression Transcoder
<li><b>Thomson</b> — SmartVision IPTV Service Management Platform
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<b>Category 3: Wireless Broadband</b>
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<li><b>Ericsson</b> — Mobile Broadband Module F3507g
<li><b>Qualcomm CDMA Technologies</b> — Gobi
<li><b>Ruckus Wireless</b> — Ruckus Wireless MediaFlex 7811
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<b>Category 4: Content, Entertainment, Applications, and Services</b> 
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<li><b>inLive Interactive Ltd.</b> — inLive’s Mass Participation Solution
<li><b>Microsoft</b> — Xbox 360 with Mediaroom
<li><b>Movial Corporation</b> — Movial Communicator PC
<li><b>NBC Universal</b> — Bravo’s “Project Runway” Ad-Supported Voting and Polling Interactivity
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<b>Category 5: Broadband Appliances, Devices, and Home Networking</b>
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<li><b>D-Link (Europe)</b> — DVG-5802S Wireless N Gigabit Multimedia VoIP Gateway
<li><b>Ericsson for Ericsson W3x Fixed Wireless Terminal</b> — Full Service Broadband using HSPA
<li><b>Thomson</b> — Thomson Symbio
<li><b>Thomson</b> — Thomson TG789n
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<b>Category 6: Enabling Silicon and Component-Level Technologies</b>
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<li><b>Celeno</b> — CL1300 SoC
<li><b>DS2 for Aitana 200Mbps Powerline Chipset</b> — Multimedia Networking
<li><b>Freescale Semiconductor</b> — MSC7120
<li><b>Nortel Networks</b> — 40Gbps Coherent Receiver – QREW ASIC
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<b>Category 7: Core Network Innovation and Advances</b>
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<li><b>Alcatel-Lucent</b> — Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR IOM3-XP
<li><b>Cisco Systems</b> — Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
<li><b>Comverse — MyCall</b>ฎ Converged Communications
<li><b>Huawei Technologies</b> — Quidway NE5000E Core Router Cluster System
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<b>Category 8: Metro Network Technologies and Services</b>
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<li><b>Alcatel-Lucent</b> — Alcatel-Lucent FP2 Silicon Technology
<li><b>Cisco Systems</b> — ASR-1000 Series Routers
<li><b>Redback Networks</b> — SmartEdge 1200
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<b>Category 9: Go Green</b>
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<li><b>D-Link (Europe)</b> — D-Link DGS1008D Green Ethernet 8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch
<li><b>Huawei Technologies</b> — Smart AX MA5620 Series
<li><b>Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd.</b> — Mistral
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<b>Category 10: New Product Concepts</b>
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<li><b>Hatteras Networks</b> 
<li><b>Juniper Networks</b> 
<li><b>Ruwido Austria</b> 
<li><b>ZTE Corporation</b> 
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To protect the privacy of finalist companies in Category 10, product names will not be announced until the InfoVision Award ceremony at Broadband World Forum Europe 2008.

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Products eligible — InfoVision Awards were commercially announced or in deployment in Europe prior to the <a href="http://www.iec.org/events/2008/bbwf/">Broadband World Forum Europe 2008</a> (with the exception of submissions in the <i>New Product Concepts</i> category). 

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Visit <a href="http://www.iec.org/events/2008/bbwf/">www.iec.org/events/2008/bbwf/</a> or contact Lisa Reyes at <a href="mailto:lreyes@iec.org">lreyes@iec.org</a> or +1-312-559-3325. 





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