--- title: Canonical wins Orange Award for Converged Computing at MWC 17 description: BARCELONA, Spain – February 28, 2017 – Canonical announced today it was awarded the Orange Outstanding achievement for converged computing & digital openness at the Orange Device Partner Awards ceremony. With 25 awards over four categories, the Orange Device Partner Awards celebrates the 10th anniversary of the smartphone and aims to reco […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-wins-orange-award-for-converged-computing-at-mwc-17?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 28 February 2017 # Canonical wins Orange Award for Converged Computing at MWC 17 [Award](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/award) [Convergence](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/convergence) [MWC](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/mwc) [orange](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/orange) [Phone](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/phone) [Smartphone](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/smartphone) --- Share the article BARCELONA, Spain – February 28, 2017 – Canonical announced today it was awarded the Orange Outstanding achievement for converged computing & digital openness at the Orange Device Partner Awards ceremony. With 25 awards over four categories, the Orange Device Partner Awards celebrates the 10th anniversary of the smartphone and aims to recognise individuals and organisations across the telecoms industry that have contributed to the smartphone revolution. The recipients were announced at a private lunch held at the Hotel Miramar with telecom dignitaries and members of the Orange Executive Committee, including Stéphane Richard (Chairman & CEO) Gervais Pellissier (Delegate CEO, European Operations), Pierre Louette (Delegate CEO, General Secretary, Operators (France) and Purchasing) and Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière (Senior Executive Vice President, Innovation, Marketing & Technologies). “We congratulate all of the awardees at the 12th Orange Device Partner Lunch, which this year recognises those companies and individuals that have either inspired, actioned or excelled in their contribution to the success of the smartphone,” said Yves Maître, Executive Vice President, Connected Objects and Partnerships, Orange. “This annual event looks back over the last ten years and recognises the rapid evolution of the mobile industry, and we are excited to highlight those contributions by awarding in areas of innovation, design and marketing. We wish all of our awardees the best for 2017.” *Come and visit Ubuntu at MWC this year Hall P3 3K1* [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Cloud-native Android™ infotainment: your CI pipeline shouldn’t depend on hardware](https://canonical.com/blog/cloud-native-android-infotainment-your-ci-pipeline-shouldnt-depend-on-hardware) More and more often, infotainment systems are being developed and delivered like software, yet often they are still tested and validated using hardware-centric processes. This... [Bertrand Boisseau](https://canonical.com/blog/author/bboisseau) 2 March 2026 [### Experience Edge AI use cases with Canonical at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2025](https://canonical.com/blog/experience-edge-ai-use-cases-with-canonical-at-mobile-world-congress-barcelona-2025) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) are increasingly driving change in telecommunications. Increased adoption is building organizational confidence in the... [Serdar Vural](https://canonical.com/blog/author/serdarvural80) 27 February 2025 [### 5G without compromise: Building mission-critical private networks for Industry 4.0 with open source](https://canonical.com/blog/5g-without-compromise-building-mission-critical-private-networks-for-industry-4-0-with-open-source) Enterprises across industry verticals are looking for new ways to increase the efficacy of their businesses. One way to do this is building an efficient pipeline of processes,... [Serdar Vural](https://canonical.com/blog/author/serdarvural80) 26 February 2025 [### Cloud-native telecom infrastructure with Canonical Kubernetes at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2025](https://canonical.com/blog/cloud-native-telecom-infrastructure-with-canonical-kubernetes-at-mwc-2025) At this year’s Mobile World Congress, we’re excited to showcase the capability of Canonical Kubernetes LTS (long-term support), which brings up to 12 years of support and... [Serdar Vural](https://canonical.com/blog/author/serdarvural80) 25 February 2025