NANJING, China, July 07, 2021 - Whale Cloud, today announced that it was selected as a finalist for TM Forum's Excellence Awards 2021. Whale Cloud was recognized together with DITO Telecommunity in the cloud-native IT & network category for quick implementation of an Intelligent and cloud-native IT and network architecture. Winners will be announced during the Digital Transformation World Series in September 2021.
TM Forum's Excellence Awards recognize the world's leading companies for their innovative achievements spanning digital transformation, business and IT agility, customer centricity, cross-industry partnering and collaboration, and product and service innovation. The awards are judged by a panel of 22 independent, neutral industry experts. The submissions cover TM Forum's six core themes: Autonomous operations; AI, data & insights; Beyond connectivity; Cloud native IT & networks; Customer experience & trust, and The human factor.
DITO Telecommunity is an emerging integrated communication service provider in the Philippines. As a new player in the market, DITO Telecommunity devotes to delivering fixed and mobile services with unparalleled network speed, coverage, and superior customer experience. All these are backed by an agile and robust IT infrastructure to deliver faster time-to-value and dynamic zero-touch operations. With the help of Whale Cloud, DITO Telecommunity harnessed comprehensive digital and intelligent support in IT and network construction and achieved all IT-stack commercial launch in 10 months.
"Congratulations to this year's finalists for the prestigious Excellence Awards," said Nik Willetts, CEO, TM Forum. "The unique challenges and opportunities our industry faces have only amplified the importance of collaboration. This year's finalists not only demonstrate the accelerating pace of change in our industry, but also highlight the value of driving change by working together. Best of luck to all the finalists!"
"We are so honored to be recognized as a finalist in TM Forum Excellence Award this year," said Steven Cho, Chief Digital Officer of Whale Cloud. "The project we did with DITO Telecommunity was a great example of how an open and cloud-native architecture plays as a backbone of fast innovation and quick delivery of differentiated service in the 5G world."
