~ Frost & Sullivan Honors the Best in the Asia Pacific ICT Industry at the Celebration of 10th Annual Asia Pacific ICT Awards ~
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan today celebrated the 10th Annual Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards at The St Regis Singapore.
Founded in 2004, the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards program is now in its 10th consecutive year and conferred a total of 36 awards, inclusive of 5 new award categories. The 5 new awards are Most Innovative Telecom OSS/BSS Vendor of the Year, Mobile Advertising Company of the Year, UC as a Service Vendor of the Year, Mobile Commerce Service Provider of the Year, and the Beyond Connectivity Service Provider of the Year.
The awards seek to recognize the outstanding financial performance, commending the diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace.
Two Indonesian telecommunications companies, Telkom Indonesia and Telkomsel received the Frost & Sullivan prestigious awards presented at the awards banquet attended by 150 ICT industry players and distinguished guests such as His Excellency Mahbub Uz Zaman, High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Singapore; Ridwan Hassan, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia; Arianto Surojo, First Secretary of Economic Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia; and K. Sukomaran, Counsellor (Investment)/Director, Malaysia Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) Singapore.
Telkom Indonesia was selected as Frost & Sullivan's 2013 Service Provider of the Year, which presented each year to the companies that offers a wide spectrum of telecommunications services including fixed wireline, fixed wireless services, cellular services, network and interconnection services, internet and data services. While Telkomsel Indonesia walked away with the Frost & Sullivan Wireless Service Provider of The Year.
"Frost & Sullivan is proud to host the Asia Pacific ICT Awards banquet for the 10th consecutive time. When we first started back in 2004, we knew we wanted the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards to be the most anticipated event of the year by the ICT business community in Asia Pacific. We are delighted that the awards have surpassed our expectations, just like the caliber of its recipients," said Manoj Menon, Partner and Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific.
For more details on the 2013 Asia Pacific ICT Awards. Please log-on to http://www.ict-awards.com/.
Channel News Asia is the International Broadcast Media Partner for the 10th Annual Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards. Media partners for the awards banquet include CIO Asia, Digital News Asia, MIS Asia, and Top 10 of Asia.
Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the recipients of the 2013 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards.
| Category | Award Title | Recipient | |
| Telecom Vendors | Carrier Data Core Infrastructure Vendor of the Year | Cisco Systems | |
| Carrier Data Edge Infrastructure Vendor of the Year | Alcatel-Lucent | ||
| Optical Vendor of the Year | Huawei | ||
| Most Innovative Telecom OSS/BSS Vendor of the Year | Comptel Corporation | ||
| Telecom OSS/BSS Vendor of the Year | Huawei | ||
| Mobile Advertising Network of the Year | Admob | ||
| Fixed Broadband Equipment Vendor of the Year | Huawei | ||
| Wireless Infrastructure Vendor of the Year | Nokia Siemens Networks | ||
| Enterprise Vendors | Network Security Vendor of the Year | Fortinet | |
| Application Delivery Controller Vendor of the Year | F5 Networks | ||
| WAN Optimization Controller Vendor of the Year | Riverbed Technology | ||
| Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year | Cisco Systems | ||
| Unified Communications Vendor of the Year | Microsoft | ||
| UC as a Service Vendor of the Year | BT | ||
| Enterprise Video Vendor of the Year | Cisco Systems | ||
| Conferencing Service Provider of the Year | Arkadin | ||
| Contact Center Applications Vendor of the Year | Verint Systems | ||
| Contact Center Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year | Teleperformance | ||
| Business Process Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year | Genpact | ||
| Infrastructure as a Service Provider of the Year | Amazon Web Services | ||
| Software as a Service Vendor of the Year | Salesforce.com | ||
| Datacenter Service Provider of the Year | Equinix | ||
| Service Providers | Data Communications Service Provider of the Year | SingTel | |
| Managed Service Provider of the Year | BT | ||
| Mobile Commerce Service Provider of the Year | NTT Docomo | ||
| Fixed Broadband Service Provider of the Year | Telekom Malaysia Berhad | ||
| Emerging Market Service Provider of the Year | Robi Axiata Limited | ||
| Most Innovative Service Provider of the Year | NTT Docomo | ||
| Wireless Service Provider of the Year | PT. Telekomunikasi Selular | ||
| Wireless Data Service Provider of the Year | Celcom Axiata Berhad | ||
| Beyond Connectivity Service Provider of the Year | KT | ||
| Telecom Cloud Service Provider of the Year | Telstra | ||
| Best of the Best | Vendor of the Year | Huawei | |
| Service Provider of the Year | PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk | ||
| Telecom Group of the Year | Axiata Group Berhad | ||
| Service Provider CEO of the Year | Chua Sock Koong, Group Chief Executive Officer, SingTel | ||
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