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Mplify Names Finalists for 2026 NaaS Excellence Awards

Source Decision Insights Record Published August 25, 2026 Companies 25
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Mplify reported finalists for its 2026 Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) Excellence Awards, with winners scheduled to be revealed at the Member Summit – Americas in Boston from September 22-24, 2026. The announcement outlines who will be considered for recognition tied to network services and AI-ready digital infrastructure capabilities.

The 2026 NaaS Excellence Awards finalists represent organizations and individuals focused on automated, interoperable, and AI-ready digital infrastructure moving from “vision to real-world execution.” The awards covered work across high-performance interconnection, multi-party service coordination, secure connectivity, and standards-based automation.

A panel of senior analysts from ACG Research, Analysys Mason, Appledore Research, Atlantic ACM, AvidThink, CCSquared, Dell’Oro Group, Frost & Sullivan, IDC, Mplify, Omdia, STL Partners, TeleGeography, and Vertical Systems Group selected the finalists using “rigorous criteria.” The finalist list included Amdocs, Amartus, Arelion, AT&T Business, Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, CMC Networks, Colt Technology Services, Comcast Business, DE-CIX, Equinix, Expereo, Graphiant, Lumen Technologies, Netcracker, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, Inc., Orange Business, Orchest Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, PCCW Global/Console Connect, RAD, Sage Management, Singtel, Sparkle, Tata Communications Limited, Ufinet, Verizon Business, and Vodafone Business.

Several individual honors also applied for the 2026 awards, including Industry Executive of the Year, Michael Howard Industry Impact, and the Nan Chen Vanguard Award. “The 2026 NaaS Excellence Awards finalists demonstrate the industry’s growing momentum toward AI-ready digital infrastructure,” said Stan Hubbard, Principal Analyst, Mplify. “A key development this year is the convergence of AI for NaaS and NaaS for AI: AI is helping operate the same programmable infrastructure that AI workloads consume.” Awards were presented during the NaaS Excellence Awards Gala on September 23, 2026 at Mplify Member Summit in Boston.

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