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Telecommunications Announces 10 Most Relevant Companies
Winners have Business Models that are Redefining Telecom
by Bob Wallace
Focusing on companies with the greatest potential to redefine
telecommunications and networking for its worldwide service provider
readership, Telecommunications magazine today announced the winners
of its 10 Most Relevant Companies of 2006 awards.
The first-of-its-kind award for the communications segment identifies
companies from within and outside the telecommunications segment
whose business models have already changed the way customers
consume products and services.
“To get the best view of the potential of the telecommunications
frontier, you must look beyond traditional industry, business and
geographic boundaries to identify the agenda-setters that are defining
and redefining the competitive landscape,” said Bob Wallace, Editor-in-
Chief, Telecommunications Magazine.
The winners include TiVo, NetFlix, Google and Red Hat, in addition to
agenda-setting service providers AT&T, BT and Level 3 Communications.
Intelligent infrastructure providers Alcatel and Juniper were selected from
the infrastructure equipment market segment, while Microsoft was
chosen from the networking software industry.
But how do you define “relevant?”
“Relevant companies matter because they represent and epitomize,
something that will have a significant impact on the industry,” said Tom
Nolle, President of CIMI Corp. and author of the June cover story for
Telecommunications. “They aren’t just holding a place that would be
filled by someone else were they to suddenly disappear, they are
making a key trend happen. Sometimes it’s through clever strategizing,
other times through unique market position.”
In an effort to evolve well beyond industry practices of selecting
promising startups and technical innovators, all from within the telecom
industry, Telecommunications worked with Nolle, a longtime columnist for
and contributor to the magazine, to reach beyond boundaries to
recognize companies that matter the most.
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