The prize was awarded ex aequo to the following works:
- ''UHF/UWB hybrid antennas for passive RFID for localization and identification systems for interior environment'', authored by Ana Catarina Caniço Cruz, of the Instituto de Telecomunicações (Telecommunications Institute), ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute) and of Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST Technical University of Lisbon).
- ''Novel Excitation Signals for Efficient Microwave Power Transmission: From theory to system integration in commercial RFID reader'', authored by Alírio de Jesus Soares Boaventura, of the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, of Aveiro University.
This year it was also awarded an honourable mention to Fernando Velez for the work ''Fixed WIMAX Profit Maximisation with Energy Saving Through Relay Sleep Modes and Cell Zooming''.
