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Past Member Award Winners

View the latest APOLAN Member Award winners.

 

INNOVATION AWARD

Recognizes APOLAN member companies that promoted innovative advancements to meet industry technical challenges.

2022

  • Platinum Winner: Nokia, for “Clinica de Las Americas (CDLA) became the most modern healthcare center in Bolivia, embraced digitalization and accelerated industry 4.0 adoption.”
  • Gold Winner: Tellabs for “Passive Optical Network diversification design and implementation.”

2021

  • Platinum Winner: Cailabs, for “Facilitating POLs Over Existing Multimode Fiber Cabling Infrastructures with MPLC-Enabled Technology.”
  • Gold Winner: ITConnect for “Northern Arizona University POL” and Corning for “TIA SPIRE Smart Building Program Promoting Fiber to the Edge.”

2020

  • Platinum Winner: Qypsys, with supporting member company Corning, for the “Converged Optical LAN/Small Cell Network”
  • Gold Winner: ITConnect, with supporting member company Alpha, an EnerSys Company, for “Using Remote DC Power to Enable a LAN Upgrade at Historical Holy Names University”

2019

  • Platinum Winner: Alpha, an EnerSys Company, with supporting member company Tellabs, for the “World’s Largest Remote Powered POL Network, Fort Belvoir, US Army”
  • Gold Winner: Nokia for “In-building 10G PON and Wi-Fi”

2018

  • Platinum Winner: Qypsys, with supporting member company Corning, for the Frost Tower: Converged POL & DAS design and development
  • Gold Winner: VT Group, with supporting member companies Tellabs and  Corning, for the Design/Build of IT Infrastructure for U.S. Maritime Administration’s State Maritime Academies Training Ships

2017

  • Platinum Winner: Qypsys with supporting member companies Corning and DZS for POL deployment for a national headquarter complex located in Durant, Oklahoma
  • Gold Winner: Alpha Technologies with supporting member companies TellabsOCC and  ITConnect for NEC Class 2 Remote Line Power Solution

2016

  • Platinum Winner: CAILabs with supporting member companies IBMNokia and  Tellabs for AROONA-POL
  • Platinum Winner: VT Group with supporting member company Tellabs for Delaware North Headquarters Mixed-Use Development
  • Gold Winner: Qypsys with supporting member companies Corning and DZS for POL implementation at the National Museum of African American History and Culture – Smithsonian

 

EDUCATION AWARD

Recognizes APOLAN member companies that implemented learning initiatives to contribute to the education of optical LAN and its benefits.

2022

  • Platinum Winner: Tellabs for “2022 Optical LAN Regional Seminars Earns AIA and BICSI Education Credits.”

2021

  • Platinum Winner: AECOM, ITConnect, OCC and Tellabs for “Passive Optical LAN: Its Technical Challenges & Deployment Successes.”
  • Gold Winner: AECOM and ITConnect for “Fundamentals of Passive Optical LAN.”

2020

2019

  • Platinum Winner: Qypsys, with supporting member company Corning, for “Fiber to the Room Cost Analysis”
  • Gold Winner: Tellabs for “5-day Optical LAN Deployment and Support Certification Training for Veterans”

2018

  • Platinum Winner: Solara Technical Sales, with supporting member company Qypsys, for “Powering Options for Passive Optical LAN”
  • Gold Winner: CallisonRTKL and  ITConnect for “BICSI Conference Training: Fundamentals of Passive Optical LAN”

2017

2016

  • Platinum Winner: CommscopeVT GroupNoovis and CallisonRTKL for POL two-day training course at BICSI
  • Gold Winner: VT Group with supporting member company Corning for AIA PON training course and the 2nd Annual Hospitality POL Seminar: Delivering the Future Flexible Hotel Event.

 

PROMOTION AWARD

Recognizes APOLAN member companies that implemented promotion initiatives to contribute with the awareness of optical LAN and its benefits.

2022

  • Platinum Winner: Corning for “Smart Building Power Hours.”
  • Gold Winner: Tellabs for "White Paper - Passive Optical LAN: The What, How and Why.”

2021

2020

  • Platinum Winner: AECOM for “Passive Optical LAN Shines in Cost Comparison”
  • Gold Winner: Nokia, with supporting member company Corning, for its “Can FTTH infrastructure become a LAN infrastructure for Business Customers”

2019

  • Platinum Winner: Alpha, with supporting member companies Tellabs and OCC, for the “OLAN Seminar Series”
  • Platinum Winner: Tellabs for its “Passive Optical LAN video series”
  • Platinum Winner: “Building a POL Technology Showcase – Corning Optical Communications Division’s New HQ”

2018

2017

  • Platinum Winner:  CallisonRTKL for “The Future of Passive Optical LAN” video
  • Gold Winner:  Nokia for Nokia LAN Savings Calculator

2016

  • Platinum Winner: Huawei Technologies Co. with supporting member companies  IBM and 3M for Huawei Connect 2016
  • Gold Winner: VT Group with supporting member company Tellabs for POL Deployment at VT International’s U.S. Headquarters and International POL Expansion

 

EUROPEAN AWARD

Recognizes APOLAN member companies in Europe that have contributed to the education, promotion, and initiatives of optical LAN and its benefits. This award was introduced in 2022. 

2022

  • Platinum Winner: Tellabs for “Achieving sustainable resilience for Dubai’s World Expo 2020 and future smart global community with Optical LAN.”

 

EVANGELIST AWARD

Recognizes individuals who have raised awareness and increased the visibility of optical LAN and its benefits. This award was introduced in 2022

2022

  • Dave Cunningham, vice president of marketing for Network Integrity Systems
  • Dr. Tommy Zakrzewski, building engineering physics director for HKS Architects