By Andrew Katz
Norwalk, Conn. - The staff of Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC®) TMC Labs have announced the winners of the 2006 INTERNET TELEPHONY TMC Labs Innovation Award. The seventh annual TMC Labs Innovation Awards honors IP Communication products that are truly innovative.
"These winners have clearly demonstrated to the staff of TMC Labs that their product or service is truly innovative in the IP Communications industry. New companies, new products and new services for Internet Telephony industry are being created all the time. With the great advances in technology, there's never been a greater need for this award," said Rich Tehrani, President and Group Editor-In-Chief.
The TMC Labs Innovation Awards are based solely upon the uniqueness or how pioneering a particular product or service is. It is not based on company revenue, or number of products sold. It is based on the concept that these products are innovative." according to Tom Keating, CTO and TMC Labs Editorial Director.
Keating continued, "The following companies deserve this great honor for creating a ground-breaking IP Communications products or services. I look forward to seeing other innovative solutions from these companies as they continue to contribute to the future of the VolP/IP telephony marketplace."
2006 TMC Labs Innovation Award Winners
| Alcatel | Alcatel My Teamwork Land Mobile Radio Conferencing and Collaboration Solution |
| Allot Communications | AC-2500Atreus Systems - Atreus IP Service Provisioning Software |
| Atreus Systems | Atreus IP Servise Provisioning Software |
| Avaya Inc. | Avaya one-X Quick Edition |
| EdenTree Technologies, Inc. | EdenTree Lab Manager |
| Eicon Networks | Diva Server SIPcontrol |
| Envox Worldwide | Envox CT Connect |
| Esna Technologies, Inc. | Telephony Office-LinX |
| Global IP Sound | GIPS Border Interface Engine (BIE) |
| Grandstream Networks, Inc. | GXV3000 SIP Video Phone |
| Interwise, Inc. | Interwise Connect Version 7 |
| Lucent Technologies | Lucent's Hosted IP PBX Service from the VOIP for Enterprise portfolio |
| Meru Networks | Meru Wireless Backbone System |
| NICE Systems Ltd. | NICE Contact Center Interactions Solution, VoIP EnhancementOccam Networks |
| Occam Networks | BLC 6314 10GigE Transport and Optical Line Termination (OLT) Blade |
| Paragon Wireless Inc. | PWTW-1100 |
| RADCOM | R70 Probe/Omni-Q VoIP & IPTV Monitoring & Troubleshooting System |
| RingCentral Online 3.0 | RingCentral Online 3.0 |
| Sangoma Technologies | A200 FXO/FXS Analog Telephone Support System |
| ShoreTel, Inc. | ShoreTel 6.1 |
| Sipera Systems | Sipera IPCS 310 |
| SPIRIT DSP | TeamSpirit Mobile |
| UCN, Inc. | inContact |
| Verizon Business | IP Web Center |
| XConnect Global Networks Ltd. | XConnect Alliance |
