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Over 200 guests attended the tele.net Telecom Operator Awards 2012, held at The Grand on March 28, 2012.
The chief guest at the ceremony was Dr J.S. Sarma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Some of the prominent industry leaders present were Akhil Gupta, Deputy Group CEO and Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises, R.K. Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL, T.V. Ramachandran, Resident Director, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations, Vodafone India, Rajiv Kohli, Director, Operations, Vodafone India, Madhav Joshi, President, Regulatory and Legal, TTSL, Sukesh Jain, Head, Enterprise Data Services, Bharti Airtel, Ranjit Triguna, Vice President, Networks, TTSL, B.S. Shantharaju, CEO, Indus Towers, Partho Banerjee, President and Managing Director, Hughes Communications India, N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India, Rajesh Chharia, President, Internet Service providers Association of India, , and S.C. Khanna, Secretary General, AUSPI.
The winners of the 14 categories have been selected on the basis of an extensive survey conducted amongst a carefully selected group of industry professionals, sector experts and key consumers. The event was co-sponsored by Comptel and IMIMobile.
Bharti Airtel won awards in four major categories- Best National Mobile Operator, Best Enterprise Service Provider, Best VAS Provider and Best Ad Campaign by an Operator. Besides, Akhil Gupta, Deputy Group CEO and Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises won the Outstanding Contribution to the Sector award.
Vodafone India won in three categories- Most Admired Telecom Operator, Best 3G Operator and Telecom CEO of the Year 2011, which was bagged by Marten Pieters, Managing Director, Vodafone India.
Meanwhile, BSNL emerged as the winner in the Best National Fixed line Operator category and Best Broadband Operator category.
Tata Communications bagged the award for the Best Long Distance Operator, while Hughes Communications emerged as the Best VSAT Operator. Indus Towers won the Best Infrastructure Provider award and Tata Teleservices Limited bagged the Operator Offering the Best QoS award.
The award categories and the winners are:
| Award Categories | Winners |
| Most Admired Telecom Operator | Vodafone India |
| Best National Fixed Line Operator | BSNL |
| Best National Mobile Operator | Bharti Airtel |
| Best 3G Operator | Vodafone India |
| Best Long Distance Operator | Tata Communications |
| Best Broadband Operator | BSNL |
| Best VSAT Operator | Hughes Communications India Limited |
| Best Infrastructure Provider | Indus Towers |
| Best Enterprise Service Provider | Bharti Airtel |
| Best VAS Provider | Bharti Airtel |
| Best Ad Campaign by an Operator | Bharti Airtel |
| Operator Offering the Best QoS | TTSL |
| Telecom CEO of the Year 2011 | Marten Pieters, Managing Director, Vodafone India |
| Outstanding Contribution to the Sector | Akhil Gupta, Deputy Group CEO and MD, Bharti Enterprises |
