MEF Honors Industry Leaders at GNE 2024


MEF NaaS Excellence Awards celebrate technology and service providers, and professionals advancing cloud-optimized digital services for today’s enterprises 

DALLAS, Texas, 30 October 2024 – MEF, a global industry association of network, cloud, security, and technology providers accelerating enterprise digital transformation, today announced winners of its 2024 MEF NaaS Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding achievements by service providers, technology providers, and professionals pioneering the future of digital services in an ecosystem optimized for a cloud-driven experience.  

Winners were unveiled at MEF’s Global Network-as-a-Service Event (GNE) happening this week in Dallas, Texas and selected by a distinguished panel of senior industry analysts from ACG Research, Analysys Mason, Appledore Research, Atlantic-ACM, AvidThink, Dell’Oro Group, Frost & Sullivan, IDC, Omdia, TeleGeography, and Vertical Systems Group.  

“We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 MEF NaaS Excellence Awards, celebrating the visionaries advancing the automated network ecosystem,” said Nan Chen, CEO, MEF. “As the industry shifts toward dynamic, cloud-based service models, these awards recognize the achievements of the companies and individuals whose dedication and innovation are shaping the future of digital communications. This year’s honorees exemplify leadership and commitment to a future-ready, cloud-optimized ecosystem.” 

2024 MEF Excellence Awards Winners 

Service Provider Category 

NaaS Service Provider of the Year  

  • Global – Colt Technology Services 
  • Europe – Colt Technology Services 
  • North America – Lumen Technologies 
  • Asia Pacific – Console Connect 
  • Latin America – Ufinet 

Best NaaS Vision  

  • Colt Technology Services 

MEF 3.0 CE Service Provider of the Year 

  • Global – Tie: Verizon Business and Tata Communications 
  • Europe – Comcast Business 
  • North America – Verizon Business  
  • Asia Pacific – Tata Communications 
  • Latin America – Ufinet 

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Service Provider of the Year 

  • Global – AT&T 
  • Europe – Sparkle 
  • North America – AT&T 
  • Asia Pacific – Tata Communications 
  • Latin America – Cirion Technologies  

SD-WAN Service Provider of the Year 

  • Global – AT&T 
  • Europe – Colt Technology Services  
  • North America – AT&T 
  • Asia Pacific – Tata Communications 
  • Latin America – Cirion Technologies 
  • Middle East / Africa – CMC Networks  

Service Automation Leadership 

  • Global – AT&T 
  • Europe – Colt Technology Services 
  • Asia Pacific – Console Connect 
  • Latin America – Orchest Technologies 

Best Services Ecosystem Automation Platform 

  • Colt Technology Services 

Technology Provider Category: 

Network Technology Vendor of the Year 

  • Amdocs 

Best NaaS Vision  

  • Amartus 

SASE Vendor of the Year 

  • Fortinet 

SD-WAN Vendor of the Year 

  • Broadcom 

LSO Solution Provider of the Year  

  • Amartus 

Most Impactful Service Automation Vendor  

  • Netcracker Technology  

Most Innovative Service Automation Vendor 

  • InsidePacket 

NaaS Accelerator Live Best of Show 

  • Silent Comet – Amartus, NTT Communications, Tata Communications 

Professional Awards: 

MEF Distinguished Fellow 

  • Isabelle Morency, Head of Engineering and Standards, Iometrix 

Michael Howard Industry Impact Award 

  • Roy Chua, Founder and Principal Analyst, AvidThink 

Industry Executive of the Year  

  • Kelly Ahuja, CEO, Versa Networks 

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About MEF  

MEF is a global consortium of service, cloud, cybersecurity, and technology providers collaborating to accelerate enterprise digital transformation. It delivers standards-based frameworks, services, technologies, APIs, and certification programs to enable Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) across an automated ecosystem. MEF is the defining authority for certified Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) business and operational APIs and Carrier Ethernet, SASE, SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and Security Service Edge (SSE) technologies and services. MEF’s Global NaaS Event (GNE) convenes industry leaders building and delivering the next generation of NaaS solutions. For more information about MEF, visit MEF.net and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.   

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