Alcatel-Lucent bagged Seybold Choice Award as Most Innovative New Application for its Cloud-based Developer Platform for mobile applications.

The Developer Platform allows operators, MSOs and enterprises to securely open and offer network-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to more than 14 million developers globally for the creation and delivery of new mobile applications.

“The explosion of mobile applications development continues to impact business and society as a whole,” said Andrew Seybold, wireless and mobile communications expert. “Alcatel-Lucent’s platform brings vendors, developers and users together in new ways to accelerate future wireless services innovation.”

“We are excited to receive this prestigious recognition for our Developer Platform,” said Johnson Agogbua, head of Application Enablement solutions at Alcatel-Lucent. “It enables service providers to monetize their networks assets and quickly introduce differentiating services to subscribers to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. The platform also allows developers to build new functionality into their applications and significantly extend their end user reach.”