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The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand has delivered its annual awards, with Air New Zealand the big winner and 2 Degrees' founder TEx Edwards collecting the chairman's award.
If there was a theme of the awards, held in partnership with IDC and major sponsor Voco, this year it was that while broadband and telecommunications infrastructure are vital, it's the applications that use such infrastructure that deliver real economic benefits.
Air New Zealand won the "best of the best" award, the overall award, as well as the TUANZ Initiative of the Year award, for its electronic domestic boarding solutions, which include its self-service kiosks, RFID ePass token and mPass mobile phone boarding pass.
The full list of 2009 TUANZ Innovation Awards winners are:
Judged Awards:
TUANZ Initiative of the Year 2009 - Sponsored by Motorola
Air New Zealand
TUANZ Mobile Application of the Year 2009 - Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
Livestock Improvement Corporation
TUANZ Education Award 2009 - Sponsored by Aurecon
Kordia
TUANZ Healthcare Award 2009 - Sponsored by Voco
Royal New Zealand Plunket Society
TUANZ Rural Award 2009 - Sponsored by Kordia
Livestock Improvement Corporation
TUANZ Local & Central Government Services Award 2009
Ministry of Social Development and Salmat VeCommerce
TUANZ Commerce Award 2009
PocketSmith
TUANZ Next Generation Fibre-Optic Network Award 2009
NorthPower
TUANZ Telecommunications Journalist of the Year 2009 - Sponsored by 2Degrees Mobile
Chris Keall - National Business Review
TUANZ ICT Innovator of the Year 2009 - Sponsored by Kelly Professional & Technical
David Stewart - Telecom
Voted Awards (decided by TUANZ members):
TUANZ Telecommunications Carrier of the Year 2009 – sponsored by Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum
CallPlus Services
TUANZ Internet Service provider (ISP) of the Year 2009 – sponsored by Telecom Wholesale
SNAP Internet
TUANZ Technology Media Award 2009
Radio New Zealand National
Tex Edwards of 2 Degrees won the chairman's award in recognition of his determination in establishing New Zealand’s third mobile operator.
"Tex has been recognised for his dogged, determined and focussed approach to bringing a third mobile network to New Zealand. He has become well-known throughout the industry for his colourful and fearless style and his huge personal desire to make a real difference," TUANZ's chairman, Chris O’Connell, said.
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