Lightwave's Diamond Technology Review (DTR) awards are making a comeback this year.
After merging Lightwave and the former BTR in 2024, we consolidated the DTR awards into Lightwave’s annual Innovation Awards.
While that gave us a larger set of honorees for our annual Innovation Awards presented at OFC, Lightwave’s editors decided to reignite the DTR awards to put a specific spotlight on broadband innovations.
And while this is a relaunch of this program, the focus of the 21st Diamond Technology Reviews will remain the same. We will once again recognize innovation in broadband communications, software platforms, testing, video transmission, and related technologies.
Honorees will be presented with their Diamond Technology Review awards at the SCTE TechExpo26 show in Atlanta from September 29 to October 1.
As a new version of the DTR awards, we will not only likely see a crop of innovations in back office, fiber, software, testing, video distribution, Wi-Fi, and other areas, but we’re also going to refresh our lineup of judges.
As always, the Lightwave DTR program will follow the usual procedures: We will invite vendors serving the standard broadband and cable industry to submit information on products released or upgraded since last year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo (October 2025).
If you are a vendor interested in being considered for the DTR Innovation Reviews, we encourage you to submit an entry today!
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