Frost & Sullivan to Honor Malaysia's Best ICT Companies at Awards Banquet on April 14

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan will recognize Malaysia's best ICT companies on April 14, at the Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards at the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur.

Mr. Hazmi Yusof, Country Head, Malaysia & Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific at Frost & Sullivan said the Malaysia Excellence Awards, in its 11^th year now, seek to recognize companies for demonstrating outstanding achievements and superior performance.

Frost & Sullivan recently completed the judging session for the Malaysia Excellence Awards, ICT sector.

Mr. Hazmi said that all the ICT companies were evaluated based on actual market performance indicators for the base year 2014 of revenue growth, market share in specific category and growth in market share, breadth of products and solutions, demonstrated leadership in new product introduction and innovation, major customer acquisitions, subscribers and growth in subscriber base and business/market strategy.

The findings of the detailed examination by Frost & Sullivan team of analysts were then presented to a panel of independent judges comprising influential personalities and leaders in the Malaysian ICT industry. The line-up of judges include:

Vendor category

1. Too Tian Jen, Chief Technology Officer, Network Division, U Mobile
2. Ali Tabassi, Chief Operating Officer, YTL Communications
3. Ong Cheok Seong, Head of Network, REDtone Telecommunications
4. Azizee Abdul Aziz, Head of Network Engineering & Operation, Celcom Axiata
5. Vino Nair, Editor, Business Today

Service Provider Category

1. Tn Hj Aisharuddin Nuruddin, Head of Infrastructure Development and Standards Division, Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission
2. Rajvinder Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Systems Malaysia
3. Peter Chan, Director, Applications & Business Services, Hewlett-Packard Malaysia
4. Sean Ong, Country Manager, Malaysia, Brocade
5. Jonathan Ang, Director, Solution Strategy & Marketing, Southern Pacific Region, Huawei
6. Stelie Wang, Deputy Country Manager, ZTE Malaysia Corporation
7. Vino Nair, Editor, Business Today

A total of 17 awards in the ICT sector will be presented at the banquet. They are:

Vendor Category

1. Unified Communications Vendor of the Year
2. Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year
3. Contact Center Vendor of the year
4. Network Security Vendor of the Year
5. Telecom Equipment Vendor of the Year

Service Provider Category

1. BPO Service Provider of the year
2. Managed Security Service Provider of the Year
3. Data Communications Service Provider of the Year
4. Data Centre Service Provider of the Year
5. Telecommunication Wholesale Service Provider of the Year
6. Managed Service Provider of the Year
7. MVNO Service Provider of the Year
8. M2M Service Provider of the Year
9. Fixed Broadband Service Provider of the Year
10. Mobile Service Provider of the Year
11. Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year
12. Telecom Service Provider of the Year

For more information on the awards, please visit our website: http://www.malaysia-awards.com/ or like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FSAwards

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