Awards and Recognition

Voice and Data SAARC Innovation Award
Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the National Mobile Service Provider, was awarded the Voice & Data SAARC Innovation Award for “Mobile Operator with Best Consumer Pull - Sri Lanka” presented at The Fifth Voice and Data CEO Conclave 2006, November 16-19, 2006, Colombo, amidst a distinguished gathering of senior telecom officials from the SAARC region.
 In presenting this prestigious award, Mr. Ibrahim Ahmad, Group Editor, Voice & Data said he was doing so in recognition of the services Mobitel rendered to the telecom industry of Sri Lanka in providing innovative products and services that are valued by the consumers.  Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel’s Chief Executive Officer, Suren J. Amarasekera, on receiving the award, commented, 
“The team at Mobitel had relentlessly pursued customer centricity in all they do and that it was gratifying to know that the consumers in Sri Lanka had acknowledged our efforts in providing products and services that offer value to the consumers.”

JuxtConsult, Delhi, India, who conducted the online survey to determine the winners, said these were ‘voice of consumer’ awards as the customer was the ultimate judge of any innovative product or service.  The other winners in their respective countries were Tata Teleservices of India; Warid Telecom of Pakistan; Banglalink of Bangladesh; Wataniya of Maldives; and Spice of Nepal. There were no awards to operators in Bhutan as there was only a single operator.The Voice & Data magazine and is India’s only communications magazine providing vital information, statistics and analyses on the business and is targeted at policy makers, top and senior management, equipment vendors and large enterprise in the SAARC region.

	On the photo: Mr Prasanto Kumar Roy, President of the Business Magazines Group and Chief Editor Voice  Data handing over the award for “Mobile Operator with Best Consumer Pull - Sri Lanka” to Mr. Suren J. Amarasekera, CEO, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel.
The trophy : “Mobile Operator with Best Consumer Pull - Sri Lanka”