Real-world deployments, applications and advanced planning and analytics took centre stage at last night’s Small Cell Forum Awards 2014. The Small Cell Forum awards, which take place annually as part of the Small Cell World Summit, recognize outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the small cell industry.

The awards were open to the whole industry and judged independently of the Small Cell Forum by a panel of distinguished analysts, journalists and industry experts, chaired by Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Maravedis Rethink.

The 2014 winners are:

‘Innovation in commercial deployment’ - won by SK Telecom

‘Small Cell Innovation Leadership’ - won by Alcatel-Lucent

‘Small Cell Network Access Point Design and Technology Innovation’ - won by Cisco

‘Small cell backhaul design and technology innovation’ - won by Cambridge Communication Systems

‘Small cell tool design and technology innovation (management, SON, planning)’ - won by Vodafone & ibWave

‘Small cell technology and deployment enablers (components, subsystems, software, system integration)’ - won by JDSU

‘Individual contribution to Small Cell Forum activities’ - won by Eric Colard, Microsemi and Peter Musgrove, AT&T

‘Social impact – promoting small cells for social / economic / environmental development’ - won by ip.access. Private mobile networks, TLC

‘Judges choice award’ - won by Free Mobile

‘Innovation Leadership Award’ - won by Prabhakar Chitrapu, AT&T

‘Chairman's award’ - won by Mark Grayson, Cisco