The Fast Mode Awards 2026
HORISEN, a software product house specializing in messaging technology, has been named a winner at The Fast Mode Awards 2026, receiving the OSS & Automation Leader award in the Growth category for its Messaging Operating System (mOS).
The recognition marks an important milestone for HORISEN. Launched in 2026, the Messaging Operating System has already earned its first international industry award, while the company celebrates its 10th award of the year and 25 years of developing messaging technology.
Organized by The Fast Mode, a global telecom technology media company, the awards recognize technology providers driving innovation, operational transformation and business growth across the telecommunications industry.
A New Operating System for a More Connected Messaging Business
HORISEN’s Messaging Operating System marks the next step in the company’s Messaging Ecosystem, bringing together 25 years of experience working with telecom operators, messaging providers and enterprises.
As messaging businesses expand across technologies, channels and markets, their operations often become increasingly fragmented. Separate platforms for routing, billing, finance, connectivity and customer management create operational complexity, increase costs and make scaling more challenging.
HORISEN developed mOS to address this challenge by bringing the essential components of a messaging business together within one coordinated software environment.
Rather than managing disconnected applications and processes, operators and messaging providers can run their businesses through a unified operational foundation that connects messaging platforms, routing, financial processes, integrations, security, monitoring and channel orchestration.
The result is more than simplified infrastructure management. By integrating billing, rating, partner settlement and revenue logic directly into the operational core, mOS enables businesses to automate processes, improve operational efficiency and build new revenue opportunities.
One operating system. An entire messaging business.
Recognized for Growth, Not Just Technology
At The Fast Mode Awards 2026, HORISEN was recognized in the Growth category, which evaluates how technology providers help the telecommunications industry expand its capabilities, strengthen competitiveness and create new business opportunities.
This distinction is particularly relevant to the philosophy behind HORISEN Messaging Operating System.
While traditional messaging infrastructure focuses primarily on delivering traffic, mOS is designed to support the business operating around that traffic, connecting technical operations with commercial processes and revenue generation.
Its modular, vendor-neutral architecture allows businesses to introduce new capabilities, expand services and adapt their commercial models without having to rebuild their entire technology infrastructure.
From wholesale SMS trading and number portability to signalling, inventory management and omnichannel communication, HORISEN’s interoperable platforms operate within a shared technological foundation, enabling customers to grow at their own pace while maintaining control over their business.
The Fast Mode Awards 2026 attracted more than 300 submissions in the Telecoms Solution Provider and InfraCo categories, with entries evaluated by an independent judging panel comprising international research bodies, industry associations, market analysts and senior academics.
25 Years of HORISEN. 10 Awards in One Year.
The award carries additional significance as HORISEN celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2026.
Since its foundation in 2001, the company has evolved into a software product house serving the global messaging industry, continuously expanding its technology portfolio to meet changing business and operational requirements.
The Messaging Operating System brings together that experience in a unified technological foundation, connecting the products, processes and business functions that HORISEN has developed and refined over the years.
The Fast Mode recognition is HORISEN’s 10th industry award in 2026, following distinctions from Juniper Research, Carrier Community and the Antonio Meucci Global Telco Awards.
These awards recognize different aspects of HORISEN’s technology and expertise, including wholesale messaging, enterprise messaging, CPaaS, customer experience, training and the company’s overall software portfolio.
The latest recognition adds another dimension: the ability to bring these technologies together into an operating system designed not only to run messaging infrastructure, but to support the growth of an entire messaging business.
“When we started HORISEN 25 years ago, our goal was to develop technology that helps messaging businesses succeed. Over the years, we built individual platforms to solve specific challenges. With our Messaging Operating System, we have brought those technologies together into something much bigger: a foundation for running and growing an entire messaging business. Receiving the first award for mOS in the same year we celebrate our 25th anniversary, makes this recognition particularly meaningful.”– Fabrizio Salanitri, CEO and Founder of HORISEN.
Building the Foundation for the Next Generation of Messaging Businesses
HORISEN continues to develop its Messaging Operating System with a focus on automation, interoperability, scalability and commercial flexibility.
By combining messaging infrastructure with the operational and financial capabilities needed to run a successful business, HORISEN enables telecom operators and messaging providers to reduce complexity, introduce services faster and pursue new opportunities without sacrificing technological independence.
The first international award for mOS reinforces the direction HORISEN has taken: moving beyond individual messaging platforms toward a fully connected software environment where technology, operations and business growth work together.
