Hong Kong, April 1, 2008- Telstra Corp., Softbank Mobile and SingTel are among the finalists competing for Asia's leading telecom industry honors, Telecom Asia magazine announced today.
The magazine unveiled its shortlist of nominees in ten categories, from mobile to managed services to new technology, ahead of the presentation of the 11thTelecom Asia Awards honors next Tuesday, April 8.
Telstra has been shortlisted in three categories - Best Mobile, Best Broadband and CEO of the Year - while Softbank and SingTel both picked up nominations for the mobile and CEO honors.
Malaysia's DiGi and KTF from Korea are also up for final selection in the hotly-contested mobile category.
Bill Barney of Pacnet is the fourth finalist for CEO of the Year, competing against Softbank'sMasayhoshi Son, SingTel's Allen Lew and Telstra's Sol Trujillo.
In a new category, Telecom Innovation of the Year, six ground-breaking products won through to the final.
The Best Asian Telecom Carrier will be chosen from among the winners of all the carrier categories.
Joseph Waring, Group Editor of Telecom Asia, said: "These awards are intended to recognize outstanding achievement by Asian telecom service providers. The addition of a new category for innovation highlights the pressure on carriers to develop fresh product segments and services to gain competitive advantage."
The awards are chosen by an independent panel of industry experts, making their selections based on financial performance, technology, market leadership and corporate governance.
The judging panel is supported by analysis from the global IT telecom and software research firm Ovum.
Last year's biggest winner was SK Telecom, which took out the overall prize for Best Asian Telecom Carrier as well as Best Mobile Carrier. Allen Lew, chief of SingTel Singapore, won the CEO prize and Indian telco Bharti Airtel was voted Best Emerging Market Carrier.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony at Indigo Pearl, Phuket, Thailand, held in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Executive Forum on Tuesday, April 8, organized by Intec.
About Telecom Asia
Telecom Asia is Asia's largest regional telecom publishing group. It publishes the magazines Telecom Asia, Wireless Asia and Charged and the Web site www.telecomasia.net, aimed at telecommunications professionals around the region. Combined, these titles serve more than 100,000 subscribers.
About Ovum
Ovum's primary activity is providing value-added advisory services and consulting to retain and project clients. The company acts as a well-respected and trusted source of industry data, knowledge and expertise on the commercial impact of technology, regulatory and market changes. Ovum engages in continuous research and industry analysis to determine market dynamics in its specialist sectors.
Ovum has developed long-standing relationships with many of its corporate clients, which include major international blue-chip companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Telstra and Vodafone.
Ovum is part of the Datamonitor Group.
Further information:
Robert Clark
Telecom Asia
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Telecom Asia Awards 2008 - Finalists
Telecom CEO of the Year
Bill Barney, Pacnet (Hong Kong)
Allen Lew, SingTel Singapore
Kim Shinbae, SK Telecom (Korea)
Sol Trujillo, Telstra (Australia)
Best Mobile Carrier
DiGi (Malaysia)
KTF (Korea)
SingTel Mobile (Singapore)
Softbank Mobile (Japan)
Telstra Corp. (Australia)
Best Broadband Carrier
Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan)
PCCW (Hong Kong)
StarHub (Singapore)
Telstra Corp. (Australia)
Best Emerging Market Carrier
MobiLink (Pakistan)
PLDT ((Philippines)
Telkomsel (Indonesia)
Viettel (Vietnam)
Best Managed Services Provider
AT&T (USA)
BT Global Services (UK)
NTT Communications (Japan)
Orange Business Services (France)
Pacnet (Hong Kong)
Best Wholesale Carrier
Pacnet (Hong Kong)
BT Global Services (UK)
Hutchison Global Communications (Hong Kong)
NTT Communications (Japan)
Tata (India)
Telecom Innovation of the Year
CellBazaar, GrameenPhone (Bangladesh)
mChek, Bharti Airtel (India)
M-Money, Maxis (Malaysia) & Globe Telecom (Philippines)
Mobile MiniPC, SK Telecom (Korea)
Recall, Idea Cellular (India)
X-Series, Hutchison 3 (Hong Kong)
Best New Technology
Green Tech
HSPA
Mobile Wimax
Web 2.0
Best Carrier India
Bharti Airtel
BSNL
Reliance Communications
Best Satellite Carrier
AsiaSat (Hong Kong)
Inmarsat (UK)
MEASAT (Malaysia)
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