C&W Networks Wins Wholesale Service Provider of the Year and Service Innovation of the Year Awards at MEF Excellence Awards 2016

MIAMI, FL--(Marketwired - Nov 14, 2016) - C&W Networks, a division of C&W Communications (C&W), one of the largest full service communications and entertainment providers in the Caribbean and Latin America region, now part of Liberty Global (LiLAC Group), is excited to announce winning the Wholesale Service Provider of the Year Award (CALA) and Service Innovation of the Year Award (CALA) at the annual MEF Excellence Awards, 2016 Dinner. The event is part of the MEF16 global networking conference, held at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland. C&W Networks was recognized for their leadership in the development and delivery of regional and wholesale Third Network/Carrier Ethernet services, as well as excellence in service innovation, service orchestration, marketing, and network modernization across the Caribbean and Latin America region.

The MEF Excellence Awards program is the largest awards program in the world focused on advanced Carrier Ethernet services and emerging Third Network services powered by CE 2.0, LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration), NFV and SDN networking technologies. The judging panel for the MEF Excellence Awards was comprised of global and regional senior analysts from ATLANTIC-ACM, Current Analysis, Frost & Sullivan, IHS Markit, Metanoia, Ovum, SDxCentral, and Vertical Systems, in addition to independent judges.

"MEF is pleased to congratulate C&W Networks for winning the Wholesale Service Provider and Service Innovation of the Year Awards in the Caribbean and Latin America region," said Nan Chen, President of MEF. "The company's participation and submissions reflect excellence in advancing availability of high-performance CE 2.0 certified services. These services represent the industry's gold standard for connectivity and are the foundation for future `Third Network' service and application innovation."

"We are honored to receive the Wholesale Service Provider and Service Innovation of the Year CALA awards from MEF and extremely proud of this recognition as we continue our commitment and focus in maintaining our network leadership position across the Caribbean and Latin America region," said Paul Scott, President of C&W Networks. "That commitment includes bringing innovation and network modernization to our markets, and more importantly delivering service excellence to help our customers succeed," added Scott.