xchange magazine and Trendsmedia announced Monday that that online voting for the Best of WiMAX World 2008 Industry Choice Award winner is now open. To access the online ballot for the award, which allows industry peers to recognize a leader in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies, click here. The ballot will remain open until 4:30 p.m. (Central Daylight Time) on October 1.
Nominations for the award were open to exhibitors, sponsors and speakers at the WiMAX World Conference & Expo, being held Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 in Chicago. A select judging panel of experts from the WiMAX community chose 15 Industry Choice finalists from among nominations received. Conference delegates can vote online or at the event to choose which finalist is the year’s leader in WiMAX innovation.
The winner will be announced during a ceremony on Oct. 1, following the close of the expo floor. In addition to the Industry Choice category, awards will be given to outstanding WiMAX technology innovators in five other categories: Chip Design, Devices/Peripherals/Application Software, Industry Innovation, Service Provider Deployment and System Design. All winners and their awards will be featured in the December issue of xchange, as well as on the WiMAX World and xchange Web sites.
The Best of WiMAX World 2008 Awards judging panel consists of Craig Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group; Will Strauss, principal analyst, Forward Concepts; Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder, Maravedis Inc.; Caroline Gabriel, lead research analyst, Rethink Research; Philip Marshall, vice president of enabling technologies, Yankee Group; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.