Now in its 18th year, the Telecom Asia Awards are the region’s longest-running and most prestigious telecom industry awards. They reward innovative and outstanding performance by Asian service providers and industry executives.
The Telecom Asia Awards selection is made by an independent panel of industry experts who cast votes on the basis of innovation, financial performance, technology, market leadership and corporate governance.
The judging is conducted over two rounds, and the methodology varies slightly between segments. In the first round, the 13 judges nominate their best performers in each of 16 categories – except for International Wholesale, Managed Services Provider and Data Center Provider, where the candidates are asked to submit nominations. Readers were also invited to submit nominations online for eight of the 16 categories.
In the second round, the judges cast their votes on the shortlist of finalists, which is determined by Telecom Asia editors based on all the nominations from both the judging panel and self-nominations in a number of categories. The Best Asian Telecom Carrier award goes to the company with the most top-place rankings and overall number of votes from the judges.
The nomination process starts in early January and voting is finalized in April.
2015 Telecom Asia Awards winners
- Asia Carrier of the Year: Telstra
- Telecom CEO of the Year: Napoleon Nazareno, Smart Communications
- Best Mobile Carrier: Telstra
- Best Broadband Carrier: PCCW-HKT
- Best Emerging Market Operator: Globe Telecom
- Best Mobile Payment Service: Indosat, Dompetku partnership with World Remit
- Best Community Telecom Project: Ooredoo Myanmar, MayMay
- Most Innovative Telecom Project: SK Telecom, commercial tri-band LTE-A
- Best Cloud-Based Service: NTT Communications
- Most Innovative Partnership: Smart Communications, Landbank
- Most Advanced Approach to Customer Experience: Smart Communications
- Most Advanced Approach to Analytics: SingTel, video analytics as a service (VAaaS)
- Most Innovative Video Service Project: KT, Olleh TV Mobile
- Best Managed Services Provider: BT Global Services
- Best International Wholesale Carrier: NTT Communications
- Best Data Center Services Provider: NTT Communications
About Telecom Asia
Telecom Asia is Asia's largest regional telecom publishing group. Its products include Telecom Asia magazine, www.telecomasia.net and a range of industry-specific supplements aimed at telecommunications professionals around the region.
For further information:
Stefan Hammond
Managing Editor , Telecom Asia
Email: [email protected]