Over 200 guests attended the tele.net Telecom Operator Awards 2011, held at the Hyatt Regency ballroom on March 21, 2011.
Chief guest Shyamal Ghosh, former secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), chairman, Telecom Commission and former administrator of the USO Fund presented most of the awards. The award for the Best VAS Provider was presented by Jyoti Handa, regional sales director, South Asia, Dialogic. Also, the award for the Best Infrastructure Provider was presented by Hans Le Sage, president, SPAA05.com
Some of the prominent industry leaders present at the event were D.P.S. Seth, president, IPTV Forum; Sanjeev Aga, managing director, Idea Cellular; Anil Sardana, managing director, Tata Power and former managing director, Tata Teleservices Limited;Partho Banerjee, president & MD, Hughes and S.C. Khanna, secretary general, AUSPI. Communications.
The award categories and the winners were:
Most Admired Telecom Operator – Bharti airtel
Best National Fixed Line Operator – BSNL
Best National Mobile Operator – Bharti airtel and Vodafone Essar
Best Long Distance Operator – Tata Communications
Best Broadband Operator – BSNL
Best VSAT Operator – Hughes Communications
Best Infrastructure Provider – GTL Infrastructure and Indus Towers
Best Enterprise Service Provider – Bharti airtel
Best VAS Provider – Bharti airtel
Operator Offering Best QoS – TTSL
Operator with Best Rural Performance – Bharti airtel
Best Ad Campaign by an Operator- Vodafone Essar
Telecom CEO of the Year 2010 – Sanjeev Aga (Idea Cellular) and Anil Sardana (TTSL)
Outstanding contribution to the sector – Sanjeev Aga (Idea Cellular)
The winners of the 14 categories were selected based on an extensive survey conducted among a carefully selected group of industry professionals, sector experts and key consumers.
