WTA Announces the Finalists for the 2022 Teleport Awards
New York, NY, March 3, 2022–The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the finalists for its 2022 Teleport Awards for Excellence. From this group of finalists, WTA will name the winners at the 27th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence Luncheon on March 22 during the SATELLITE conference in Washington, DC.
WTA selects its finalists from nominations submitted to the association by both members and non-members. Recipients are selected by a vote of the WTA Membership.
2022 Finalists for Independent Teleport Operator of the Year
- Bulgarian Telecommunications Company EAD - Vivacom (Bulgaria)
- Horizon Teleports GmbH (Germany)
- Speedcast (USA)
2022 Finalists for Teleport Technology of the Year
- Mx-DMA MRC by ST Engineering iDirect
- DataMiner Digital Transformation Suite by Skyline Communications
- Super High GaN DBS SSPA for Multicarrier Uplink by TTI Norte S.L.
“What we see among the independent teleport operators and their technology partners who are finalists for our 27th year of the awards, are companies that are innovating at speed and scale and incorporating the new realities of the satellite and earth observation sectors into their business models,” said WTA Director of Development Louis Zacharilla. “The new requirements on the ground and among a range of new industry customers are pushing teleports to accommodate advances in coding, virtualization and data mining. While these six finalists come from all over, they are each ‘aiming higher’ on behalf of our industry and we honor them in 2022.”
In addition to honoring the winner from these two awards categories, WTA will present the 2022 Teleport Executive of the Year Award to Jim Veeder, CEO and President of U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI) at the ceremony. The attendees will include teleport, satellite and content distribution technology industry executives, as well as previous awards recipients from around the world. The event is free for WTA members, and attendance is also available on a paid basis to non-members.
Since 1985, the World Teleport Association ( www.worldteleport.org) has focused on improving the business of satellite communications from the ground up. At the core of its membership are the world's most innovative operators of teleports, from independents to multinationals, niche service providers to global carriers. WTA is dedicated to advocating for the interests of teleport operators in the global telecommunications market and promoting excellence in teleport business practice, technology and operations.
