Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) was named Service Provider of the Year while NasionCom Holdings Bhd was awarded Most Promising Service Provider of the Year for the second year running at the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Telecoms Awards.
Both companies received the awards under the Best of the Best category. TM was also awarded Data Communications Service Provider of the Year.
Sixteen awards, divided into three major categories, were presented to 15 companies last night. Besides Best of the Best, other two categories were Service Providers and Vendors.
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Datuk Dr Halim Shafie officiated the awards ceremony.
“Last year was a challenging one with competition becoming stiffer than ever. With the introduction of 3G, downward price pressures, tepid spending and emerging disruptive technologies, telecommunications companies have had to innovate to rise to the challenge and increase their value proposition to stay on the top of the game,” said Frost & Sullivan partner and South-East Asia managing director Manoj Menon.
He added that despite the daunting challenge, many had made bold strides in growing their businesses.
In the Service Providers category, award winners included Maxis Communications Bhd (Mobile Service Provider of the Year), DiGi.Com Bhd (Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year), Applied Information Management Services Sdn Bhd (Data Centre Service Provider of the Year) and TM Net Sdn Bhd (Broadband Service Provider of the Year).
In the Vendors category, the winners included Cisco Systems Inc (Network Security Vendor of the Year) and Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Telecoms Equipment Vendor of the Year).
The awards, held for the second consecutive year, seek to recognise companies that have pushed the boundaries of excellence – rising above the competition and demonstrating outstanding performance in the telecoms industry in Malaysia last year.
The companies were evaluated based on a variety of actual market performance indicators, which included revenue growth, market share and growth in market share, leadership in product innovation, breadth of products and solutions, major customer acquisitions, subscriber base and growth in subscriber base, average revenue per user (Arpu) and growth in Arpu, date strategy and next-generation service strategy.
TM group chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Wahid Omar said: “Last year was indeed an interesting and challenging year for us. Despite the challenges of operating in a very competitive landscape, TM continuously put in various efforts and initiatives in striving to improve its services further for the benefit of the customers.
“This recognition is an additional testimony that our rebranding effort is not just a cosmetic change. Real change at TM is here to stay and this will only further strengthen the impetus for our transformation agenda.”
Former MCMC chairman Datuk V. Danapalan was given a special award in recognition of his contribution to the ICT industry. -theStar
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