29 prestigious titles are contested for by the industry's finest at the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards
Singapore (BUSINESS WIRE) - The 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards banquet promises more excitement this year as 29 companies and individuals are honoured. The annual Awards, which started in 2004, has grown in scale and prestige over the years. It has since earned a reputation as the platform for champions, showcasing Asia Pacific's most outstanding performers and achievers in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.
This year the awards will be held at The St. Regis Singapore on Friday, 23 May 2008. The event will see a good mix of global as well as emerging companies compete head on for the coveted titles slated within four distinct categories - enterprise vendors, telecom vendors, service providers and the best of the best.
According to Nitin Bhat, Asia-Pacific vice president for the ICT Practice at Frost & Sullivan, innovation in driving profitability and growth is a recurring theme in this year's awards.
"The telco industry witnessed innovations in top-line through service bundling and blending; and in bottom-lines through initiatives such as infrastructure sharing.
"The ICT vendors innovated on service delivery through increased managed services and vertical-based solutions approach to add value to their offerings," he adds.
The 2008 Asia Pacific ICT Awards program will recognize the `best-in-class' performance for financial year 2007.
A much anticipated event in the annual calendar of the ICT industry, the awards has become a benchmark of success among organisations across the region's ICT sector. Nominations are made by a team of Frost & Sullivan experts based on the companies' actual market performance indicators. Measurement criteria include revenue growth, market share and growth in market share, leadership in product innovation, breadth of products and solutions, major customer acquisitions, subscribers and growth in subscriber base, ARPU (average revenue per user) and growth in ARPU, data strategy and next-generation service strategy.
The short-listing along with a detailed evaluation of the nominees is presented to a panel of judges who deliberate on the recipients for the contested titles.
This year, the race is for the following titles:
Enterprise Vendor Categories
Telecom Vendor Categories
Service Provider Categories
Best of the Best
Business Intelligence Vendor of the Year
Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year
Contact Centre Applications Vendor of the Year
Contact Centre Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year
Network Security Vendor of the Year
Application Networking Vendor of the Year
Conferencing Service Provider of the Year
NGN Infrastructure Vendor of the Year
Optical Vendor of the Year
Broadband Equipment Vendor of the Year
Wireless Infrastructure Vendor of the Year
Telecom BSS Vendor of the Year
Telecom OSS Vendor of the Year
Mobile Handset Vendor of the Year
Wireless Service Provider of the Year
Wireless Data Service Provider of the Year
Competitive Service Provider of the Year
Next Generation Service Provider of the Year
Broadband Service Provider of the Year
Mobile Content Developer of the Year
Data Communications Service Provider of the Year
Satellite Communications Service Provider of the Year
Emerging Market Service Provider of the Year
Most Innovative Application/Product of the Year
Most Promising Vendor of the Year
Vendor of the Year
CEO of the Year: Service Provider
Most Promising Service Provider of the Year
Service Provider of the Year
The panel of judges includes the following influential personalities and leaders in the telecommunications industry.
1. Manoj Menon - Partner & Asia-Pacific Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan
2. Nitin Bhat - Vice President, ICT Practice, Asia-Pacific, Frost & Sullivan
3. Ben Chong - Editor, Network World Asia
4. Tan Hock Hai - Chief Information Officer, ST Engineering
5. Freddie Low - Director, Asia Network Services Information Systems, Polo Ralph Lauren Sourcing, Singapore
6. Henk A G Balsters - Vice President, Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific
7. Ng Yoke Weng - Group Chief Information Officer, SingTel
8. Andy Miller - Vice President of Service Provider Sales, Asia Pacific, Juniper Networks
9. Ashwini Bakshi - Head of Sales, Asia-Pacific, Nokia Siemens Networks
10. Eric Lauzon - Chief Information Officer, Nortel Asia
11. Raghu Prasad - Asia-Pacific Chief Technology Officer, Comverse
12. Hanh Tu - Vice President, Service Provider Operations Asia Pacific, Cisco Systems Inc.
13. Joseph Waring - Group Editor, Telecom Asia & Wireless Asia
14. Norman Donald Price IV - Director, Networks, Bharti Airtel
15. Asmawati Yusof - Vice President, Telekom Malaysia
16. Dr. S. Hariharan - Vice President, Network & Services Operations, Tata Communications Ltd
17. Richard Yu Shing-Pui - Vice President, Managed Services, PCCW Global
18. Tay Soo Meng - Vice President for Networks Operations, SingTel
19. Wilfred Kwan - Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology, Pacnet
Official broadcast partner for the Awards is CNBC Asia Pacific. Questex titles - Enterprise Innovation, Telecom Asia, Network World Asia, Wireless Asia and Global Telecom Directory are official media partners, together with Business Today.
About the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards
The Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards is held annually to recognize outstanding performance by companies and individuals in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Asia Pacific. The awards are presented to companies that demonstrate best practices in their industry, commending the diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace. It has attracted some of the leading names in technology on a single platform to compete for the most coveted titles in ICT.
For more information on the awards, research and judging process, and past recipients, please visit www.ict-awards.com
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Global Growth Consulting Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's Growth Partnership Services, Growth Consulting, and Career Best Practices empower clients to create a growth focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses, and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com
Frost & Sullivan Media Contacts: Neethiya Sadagopal, +65-6890-0966 neethiya.sadagopal@frost.com
or Surbhi Dedhia, +65-6890-0926 sdedhia@frost.com
Singapore (BUSINESS WIRE) - The 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards banquet promises more excitement this year as 29 companies and individuals are honoured. The annual Awards, which started in 2004, has grown in scale and prestige over the years. It has since earned a reputation as the platform for champions, showcasing Asia Pacific's most outstanding performers and achievers in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.
This year the awards will be held at The St. Regis Singapore on Friday, 23 May 2008. The event will see a good mix of global as well as emerging companies compete head on for the coveted titles slated within four distinct categories - enterprise vendors, telecom vendors, service providers and the best of the best.
According to Nitin Bhat, Asia-Pacific vice president for the ICT Practice at Frost & Sullivan, innovation in driving profitability and growth is a recurring theme in this year's awards.
"The telco industry witnessed innovations in top-line through service bundling and blending; and in bottom-lines through initiatives such as infrastructure sharing.
"The ICT vendors innovated on service delivery through increased managed services and vertical-based solutions approach to add value to their offerings," he adds.
The 2008 Asia Pacific ICT Awards program will recognize the `best-in-class' performance for financial year 2007.
A much anticipated event in the annual calendar of the ICT industry, the awards has become a benchmark of success among organisations across the region's ICT sector. Nominations are made by a team of Frost & Sullivan experts based on the companies' actual market performance indicators. Measurement criteria include revenue growth, market share and growth in market share, leadership in product innovation, breadth of products and solutions, major customer acquisitions, subscribers and growth in subscriber base, ARPU (average revenue per user) and growth in ARPU, data strategy and next-generation service strategy.
The short-listing along with a detailed evaluation of the nominees is presented to a panel of judges who deliberate on the recipients for the contested titles.
This year, the race is for the following titles:
Enterprise Vendor Categories
Telecom Vendor Categories
Service Provider Categories
Best of the Best
Business Intelligence Vendor of the Year
Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year
Contact Centre Applications Vendor of the Year
Contact Centre Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year
Network Security Vendor of the Year
Application Networking Vendor of the Year
Conferencing Service Provider of the Year
NGN Infrastructure Vendor of the Year
Optical Vendor of the Year
Broadband Equipment Vendor of the Year
Wireless Infrastructure Vendor of the Year
Telecom BSS Vendor of the Year
Telecom OSS Vendor of the Year
Mobile Handset Vendor of the Year
Wireless Service Provider of the Year
Wireless Data Service Provider of the Year
Competitive Service Provider of the Year
Next Generation Service Provider of the Year
Broadband Service Provider of the Year
Mobile Content Developer of the Year
Data Communications Service Provider of the Year
Satellite Communications Service Provider of the Year
Emerging Market Service Provider of the Year
Most Innovative Application/Product of the Year
Most Promising Vendor of the Year
Vendor of the Year
CEO of the Year: Service Provider
Most Promising Service Provider of the Year
Service Provider of the Year
The panel of judges includes the following influential personalities and leaders in the telecommunications industry.
1. Manoj Menon - Partner & Asia-Pacific Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan
2. Nitin Bhat - Vice President, ICT Practice, Asia-Pacific, Frost & Sullivan
3. Ben Chong - Editor, Network World Asia
4. Tan Hock Hai - Chief Information Officer, ST Engineering
5. Freddie Low - Director, Asia Network Services Information Systems, Polo Ralph Lauren Sourcing, Singapore
6. Henk A G Balsters - Vice President, Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific
7. Ng Yoke Weng - Group Chief Information Officer, SingTel
8. Andy Miller - Vice President of Service Provider Sales, Asia Pacific, Juniper Networks
9. Ashwini Bakshi - Head of Sales, Asia-Pacific, Nokia Siemens Networks
10. Eric Lauzon - Chief Information Officer, Nortel Asia
11. Raghu Prasad - Asia-Pacific Chief Technology Officer, Comverse
12. Hanh Tu - Vice President, Service Provider Operations Asia Pacific, Cisco Systems Inc.
13. Joseph Waring - Group Editor, Telecom Asia & Wireless Asia
14. Norman Donald Price IV - Director, Networks, Bharti Airtel
15. Asmawati Yusof - Vice President, Telekom Malaysia
16. Dr. S. Hariharan - Vice President, Network & Services Operations, Tata Communications Ltd
17. Richard Yu Shing-Pui - Vice President, Managed Services, PCCW Global
18. Tay Soo Meng - Vice President for Networks Operations, SingTel
19. Wilfred Kwan - Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology, Pacnet
Official broadcast partner for the Awards is CNBC Asia Pacific. Questex titles - Enterprise Innovation, Telecom Asia, Network World Asia, Wireless Asia and Global Telecom Directory are official media partners, together with Business Today.
About the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards
The Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards is held annually to recognize outstanding performance by companies and individuals in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Asia Pacific. The awards are presented to companies that demonstrate best practices in their industry, commending the diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace. It has attracted some of the leading names in technology on a single platform to compete for the most coveted titles in ICT.
For more information on the awards, research and judging process, and past recipients, please visit www.ict-awards.com
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Global Growth Consulting Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's Growth Partnership Services, Growth Consulting, and Career Best Practices empower clients to create a growth focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses, and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com
Frost & Sullivan Media Contacts: Neethiya Sadagopal, +65-6890-0966 neethiya.sadagopal@frost.com
or Surbhi Dedhia, +65-6890-0926 sdedhia@frost.com
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