The awards were fiercely contested, with there being two categories in which two entries were tied for first place.
Motorola Solutions and Sepura both won in three categories (Motorola Solutions: Best Use of Mission-Critical Communications During a Major Event, Best New Infrastructure Solution, and TCCA Young Engineer of the Year; Sepura: Best Use of Critical Communications in Transport, Best use of Critical Communications in Other Vertical Markets, and Outstanding Contribution to Critical Communications), while Athonet won in two categories (Best Use of Critical Communications in Utilities and Best use of Critical Communications in Other Vertical Markets).
Technology journalist David McClelland acted as host and emphasised the life-saving nature of critical communications technology.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Best Use of Mission-Critical Communications During a Major Event
Winner: Motorola Solutions – Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
Finalists:
- Airbus – Guangzhou: First use of hybrid network to secure major international conference
- Athonet Srl – Zurich Street Parade 2018
- Critical Communication Caribbean (C3) – Critical Communication during Hurricanes Irma & Maria 2017
- Huawei – Royal Thai Police Emergency Communications
- Nsion Technologies – Summer SUMMIT 2018 in Helsinki
- Superintendência de Comunicações Críticas – SIRCE: Comunicações Integradas para os Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016
Best Use of Critical Communications in Transport
Winners:
- Frequentis – First Railway-Specific Bearer-Independent Communication System (URCA)
- Sepura – Heathrow Airport
Finalists:
- Air France-KLM – Private LTE in Roissy Airport
- Athonet Srl – A Living Lab for Automated Driving
- Motorola Solutions – Motorola Solutions Helps Deliver Safe and Prompt Commute for Klang Valley MRT Line 1 in Malaysia
- Teltronic – Nacala Corridor
- Zetron – Sydney Airport Delivers World-Class Airport Experience with Zetron's Integrated Communications & Console Systems
Best Use of Critical Communications in Utilities
Winner: Athonet Srl – Private MVNO for massive M2M and IoT communications
Finalists:
ABB – Security for Utility Power Based on Quantum-Safe Data Encryption
Hytera Communications Co. (UK) Ltd. – Galloper Offshore Wind Farm
WB GROUP – PIK – Communications Integrations Platform
Best use of Critical Communications in Other Vertical Markets
Winners:- Sepura – Shell Pulau Bukom
- Athonet Srl – Luna Rossa Challenge: Private LTE supporting America's Cup preparation
- Harris County Universal Services – TxWarn Interoperability Talkgroup Assignment Network (TITAN)
- PowerTrunk, Inc.– Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery TETRA Network
Greatest Advance in the Migration to Critical Broadband
Winner:
Air France-KLM – Private LTE in Roissy Airport
Finalist:
Airbus – Hybrid network helps Guangzhou transform to data-centric public safety operations
Best New Infrastructure Solution
Winner:
Motorola Solutions – DIMETRA X Core
- Huawei – Huawei 3GPP based LTE Multimedia Critical Communication System (MCCS)
- Hytera – MCS solution
- Hytera – Digital Wireless Ad-hoc Network Repeater E-pack100
Best New LTE or Hybrid Device
Winner:
Hytera – Convergent LTE&TETRA Device for More Applications – PTC760
Finalist:
Huawei – Huawei EP821
Outstanding Example of After-Sales Support
Winner:
C3 - Critical Communication Caribbean – Critical Communication during Hurricanes Irma & Maria 2017
- Motorola Solutions – Restoring TETRA System to help Kochi Metro restore Metro train operations in the midst of devastating Floods
- Teltronic – NOC during Hurricane Michael
TCCA Young Engineer of the Year
Winner:
Sook Lee Koid, Motorola Solutions
- David Carter, Sepura
- Michael Hardie, Sepura
- Chea Yau Kee, Motorola Solutions
- Declan Whiting, APD Communications
Outstanding Contribution to Critical Communications
Winner:
Mark Rayne, Sepura
- Mustafa Abdullah Al-Jar, Saudi Aramco
- Massimiliano Gianesin, Athonet
- Bernhard Klinger, Hytera
