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SPIFFYS: Service Provider Forum Recognition Awards


spiffy winner Held at our Annual TC3: Telecom Council Carrier Connections Summit in September, the SPIFFY Awards provide our Service Provider Forum members, SPIFers, the opportunity to recognize the amazing innovations coming out of the Silicon Valley.

Hundreds of startups will be reviewed by the Council SPIF members throughout the year, but only 7 will win a covetted SPIFFY Award.




All startups who make it through our filtering process and are invited to present at a Telecom Council meeting, have been identified as a promising telecom company. From among these, some young companies stand out for their innovation, market opportunity or quantifiable interest among the Council's 25 global Service Providers including AT&T, British Telecom, Docomo, France Telecom/Orange, Swisscom, Verizon, Vodafone and many other fixed and wireless carriers from Europe, Asia, India and North and South America listed here.


SPIFFY Award 2013 Nominees, announced in June, will be selected by the Telecom Council’s Service Provider Forum (SPIF) from among over 200+ startups representing the broad a range of telecom products and services who present in Telecom Council meetings from June 2012 to May 2013.


Want to get your startup nominated for a SPIFFY Award? Apply here to present to the Telecom Council carriers.


Past winners include:


Award Category 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Graham Bell Jajah Trutap Funambol Aegis Mobility Blue Jeans Network
Edison Loopt 4Home Lithium Technologies Motally Plex
San Andreas Sling Media Bling Micro Power AirHop Communications Bridgewave Communications
Core Adzilla Brilliant Telecom Edgewater Networks Lithium Technologies Cloudscaling
Zyphyr Obopay Bling Gogobeans BOKU Devicescape
Ground Breaker Ruckus Wireless Morpho Cooliris Violin Memory Expertmaker
Prodigy Sling Media 2Wire 4Home Swype Ruckus Wireless
Fred & Ginger British Telecom Swisscom Verizon Wireless Sprint Bouygues Telecom



Award Categories:

  • The Edison Award for Most Innovative Start-Up

  • The Ground Breaker Award for Engineering Excellence

  • The Graham Bell Award for Best Communication Solutions

  • The San Andreas Award for Most Disruptive Technology

  • The Core Award for Best Fixed Telecom Opportunity

  • The Zephyr Award for Best Mobile Opportunity

  • The Prodigy Award for the Most Successful SPiF Alumni

  • The Fred & Ginger Award for Most Supportive Carrier - for the active role of their Silicon Valley-based team in supporting telecom entrepreneurs.