World Communication Award Winners 2025

Posted by Harry Baldock, World Communication Awards: Total Telecom is thrilled to unveil the exceptional winners of the 2025 World Communication Awards (WCAs)

For over two decades, the WCAs has been the definitive global benchmark for technological excellence and industry leadership. With a rigorous, independent review panel of over 80 judges, the WCAs ensure that every award recognises genuine, real-world impact and future-defining innovation that is transforming the global telecom ecosystem.

This year’s Award winners celebrate companies, big and small, from all around the world, that are going above and beyond for their customers.

A huge congratulations to all of our worthy winners, all of which can be found below:

5G Award

Winner: Singtel, in partnership with Ericsson, for Singtel 5G+

This year’s 5G Award category saw an incredibly strong field, showing 5G finally coming of age.

The Singtel successfully redefined network value by utilising slicing, including integrating a Security-as-a-Slice feature that is actively blocking over 6.6 million threats monthly for its customers.

The judges said the entry showed “the democratization of consumer network slicing, turning a technical capability into everyday customer value.”

(Silver Award: KT, AICT Company) 

Access Innovation

Winner: Ericsson and Telstra for the world’s first 5G triple-band FDD Massive MIMO

The Access Innovation category represents the pinnacle of engineering ingenuity, showcasing innovation in the competitive race to build next-generation networks.

The winning solution from Ericsson, used by Telstra, replaces multiple legacy radios with a single unit, dramatically boosting capacity while simplifying network deployment and reducing power consumption.

The judges described the technical innovation as “exceptionally strong” and noted its importance as a foundation for future RAN intelligence.

(Silver Award: Rakuten Symphony, Rakuten Site Management’s Fiber Manager) 

AI Innovation

Winner: Jio Platforms for JioBrain

The AI Innovation category showcases the cutting edge of network intelligence, recognising the transformative impact AI is having on the telecoms industry.

The JioBrain was a standout entry. Built entirely in-house, the solution is already processing a massive 350 billion data points daily across Jio’s operations. The scale of its results was highly impressive, delivering 40% fewer outages, 30% lower OPEX, and 20% higher ARPU across 200+ million 5G users.

(Silver Award: Chunghwa Telecom)

Best Digital Transformation Programme

Winner: Ericsson and IOH for their Digital Monetization Platform

This Award celebrates projects that tackle complexity head-on, delivering profound and measurable improvements to both operations and customer experience.

Ericsson and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison successfully unified a highly fragmented BSS landscape, migrating over 88 million subscribers to a single, end-to-end digital monetisation platform.

This solution not only improved service innovation and process agility but also opened up vital new revenue streams for IOH.

(Silver Award: Jazz and Huawei)

Best Network Evolution Initiative

Winner: Colt Technology Services for their global Optical network

This category celebrates vision and ambition when it comes to network design. Colt demonstrated a highly innovative, multi-faceted approach to network evolution, leading trials on quantum-safe network security while also delivering Terabit-scale capacity at a global scale.

The judges praised this comprehensive approach, suggesting the company is leading the way with their preparation for a post-quantum world.

(Silver Award: Telefónica Global Solutions)

Best operator in a Growth Market

Winner: Lumitel

The Best Operator in a Growth Market category celebrates operators who successfully navigate the myriads of unique challenges presented by developing markets.

According to one judge, Lumitel presented “an extraordinary example of how a telecom operator can transform one of the world’s most challenging markets [Burundi] into a digitally connected society”, adding that the operator had “not only met but exceeded its objectives, proving that connectivity can be a lifeline for national progress.”

(Silver Awards: Smart Axiata)

Best Wholesale Operator

Winner: Orange Wholesale

This was a highly competitive category, bringing together network giants from around the world.

Orange Wholesale showed remarkable agility in handling their customers’ evolving needs, building unique solutions leveraging technologies from eSIM to satellite. This is a global leader that has evolved its business model through a strong blend of customer-led innovation, technology deployment, and collaborative partnerships.

(Silver Award: Colt Technology Services, Wholesale SIP)

Beyond Connectivity Award

Winner: VEON for JazzCash

This category celebrates companies that go above and beyond for their customers, delivering value and support far outside the scope of their traditional business.

The JazzCash mobile money platform is doing just that, playing a key role in the lives of 48 million people in Pakistan, supporting financial inclusion and driving the national economy. The judges praised the solution’s broad impact, calling it a “great case of going beyond connectivity to deliver systemic change” and building a solution of national importance.

(Silver Award: PT Telkomsel)

Cloud Award

Winner: Jio Platforms for its Cloud Platforms and Private MEC

According to one of the judges, Jio Platforms entry for this category showed the company had “raised the bar in telco cloud innovation, offering a unique solution that is as wide-reaching as it is specialised”.

With a combination of sovereign design, massive real-world deployment, measurable business and customer outcomes, and proven sustainability, this entry was the clear winner in this category.

(Silver Award: Rakuten Symphony for Rakuten Cloud)

Connected Communities Award

Winner: Airband for its next generation Fixed Wireless Access

This category celebrates agile providers who use cutting-edge technology to connect communities left behind by traditional infrastructure rollout.

Airband has showed impressive progress in this regard, with its upgraded Fixed Wireless Access solution offering a ten-fold improvement on its previous iteration. The judges were highly impressed by the “genuine technological innovation” on show and the scale of the impact being achieved for underserved communities.

(Silver Award: Fibrus)

Crisis Response Award

Winner: Palestine Telecommunications Company – Jawwal

This category celebrates those companies that continue to support their customers in exceptionally difficult circumstances.

This Jawwal has showed incredible resilience and operational agility in keeping connectivity available for customers despite 80% of its network being damaged and 2 million people being displaced. From the deployment of FWA to the reuse of copper networks, this organisation continues to demonstrate significant technical skill and flexibility in keeping its customers online.

(Silver Award: Prima Limited, ICN1 Earthquake crisis response in Vanuatu)

Cyber Security Award

Winner: Jio Platforms for its Quantum-Safe Security Suite

This award recognises the critical importance of future-proofing digital infrastructure by addressing both current and imminent threats.

The Jio Platforms’ Quantum-Safe Security Suite demonstrated both a deep understanding of the current cybersecurity landscape and the huge challenges on the horizon. Judges said the entry’s “foresight, R&D excellence, and rapid execution has set a new industry benchmark – and placed India at the forefront of global cyber resilience”.

(Silver Award: Bridge Alliance and Aeris Communications, Aeris IoT WatchtowerTM)

Enterprise Service of the Year

Winner: China Broadcasting Network & AsiaInfo Technologies for their Smart Wind Farm private 5G network

Considered a “standout submission” by the judges, this category’s winner combines bespoke engineering with AI-driven interference management and a unique network architecture, to deliver impressive results at a Smart Wind Farm.

One judge commented that this was the “benchmark case of how CSP-enabled private networks can unlock new efficiencies, safety standards, and economic benefits for enterprise businesses”.

(Silver Award: Singtel, Singtel 5G+ Priority and Enterprise Mobile Protect)

Future Award

Winner: Singtel for its Quantum-Safe Network

From innovative solutions to novel business models, the future award celebrates companies looking to capture the opportunities that are only just emerging.

Singtel’s Quantum-Safe Network blends technical refinement with commercial availability, providing a solution to one of the biggest challenges on the horizon for telcos: building future-ready cyber resilience at scale.

(Silver Award: Cohere Technologies)

People and Culture Award

Winner: Viettel Group

This category looks to highlight organisations that place employee well-being and a culture of continuous learning at the core of their strategy, driving both sustainable growth and technological excellence.

With a comprehensive 360° care model focused on employees’ physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being, Viettel showed incredible dedication to staff, prioritizing reskilling and upskilling over layoffs.

(Silver Award: Deutsche Telekom – Europe Segment, DT Europe Talent Powerhouse)

Platform Award

Winner: Singtel for the Paragon Platform

Singtel’s Paragon Platform aims to help telecoms providers augment their service offerings and create new revenue streams beyond connectivity. With impressive results so far, this top-notch platform sets the standard for 5G orchestration and business model transformation.

(Silver Award: Rakuten Symphony, Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform)

Satellite Telecoms Award

Winner: Telefonica Global Solutions

Telefonica Global Solutions successfully combines GEO, MEO, and LEO satellite capabilities into a single service model, providing customers with a self-managed, cloud-style orchestration interface for real-time control across orbits.

The judges were highly impressed by the commercial results, noting the solution demonstrates that “satellite can scale like cloud, serve like fibre, and impact lives far beyond the reach of terrestrial networks.”

(Silver Award: VEON and Kyivstar, Kyivstar/Starlink)

Social Contribution Award

Winner: Helium

In a category all about giving back to the community you serve, Helium impressed by flipping the traditional telecom model, empowering individuals to become network builders and expand connectivity access from the ground up.

The judges praised the company’s disruptive business model, stating that it “stands out for reimagining connectivity as a shared resource rather than a corporate commodity, creatively redistributing both the responsibility and the rewards of building digital inclusion.”

(Silver Award: Moldcell Foundation)

Submarine Networks Award

Winner: EllaLink

A new category this year, aimed at shining a light on some of the world’s most critical and often underappreciated infrastructure.

EllaLink has not only been working hard to expand and upgrade its network, but also to introduce new sensing technology to support marine researchers. This unique combination of market impact, engineering excellence, and societal contribution set the winner apart.

(Silver Award: Telin)

Sustainability Award

Winner: Vodafone & Closing the Loop, One for One

Sustainability is a huge topic at the World Communication Awards, attracting many entries from across the industry. Vodafone’s partnership with Closing the Loop showed major impact with their focus on e-waste – a significant challenge across the sector.

With very impressive results, the judges said this entry was an excellent example of an operator embedding sustainability directly into its core customer offering.

(Silver Award: KT, AI-based ES Orchestrator)

Total Experience Award

Winner: Sparkle

The competition in the Total Experience Award category was exceptionally strong this year, underscoring the vital importance of customer-centric strategies in today’s market.

Sparkle provided a truly holistic approach, integrating AI-based automation and real-time digital tools with a uniquely personalized, human-centered service model. For this company, CX is a company-wide mission, driving measurable outcomes and long-term loyalty.

(Silver Award: China Mobile (Guangdong) & Huawei, AI+BOSS)

Next Gen Award

Winner: Chiago Akpata – Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs at Bayobab

This category is dedicated to the future leaders of the telecoms sector, highlighting those whose impact far exceeds their years.

Chiago Akpata has showed incredible skill in navigating the complex intersection of telecommunications, digital infrastructure, and public policy, having a lasting and transformative effect on the business.

(Silver Award: Sam Sham, RETN)

Startup of the Year Award

Winner: nodeQ

This category is all about the potential to do something special and impact the telecoms industry at scale.

nodeQ showcased their potential to do just that, developing cutting edge technology to better map telcos shifting security needs and prepare for an uncertain future.

Judges described this company as providing “world-class deep-tech with a significant first-mover advantage.”(Silver Award: A5G Networks) World Communication Award Winners 2025 | Total Telecom

Read More........ → December 17, 2025

World Boxing Cup Finals: Minakshi, Preeti, Arundhati, Nupur win gold as Indian women shine bright on historic final day

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Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), (IANS): Minakshi (48kg), Preeti (54kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), and Nupur (80+kg) powered to gold medals as India’s women boxers delivered riches on a landmark day for the nation at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 in front of a packed house at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex.

Their triumphs came in several key divisions that will feature at the 2028 Olympic Games—where boxing moves to full gender parity—highlighting India’s growing competitive strength on the road to Los Angeles.

Their dominant performances capped a remarkable campaign for the host nation, which also saw Jadumani Singh, Pawan Bartwal, Abhinash Jamwal, and Ankush Phangal finish with well-earned silver medals, underlining India’s rising stature across both men’s and women’s Olympic-class weight categories.. Seven more Indians will be fighting for gold in Session 7, including reigning World Champion Jaismine Lamboira, two-time former World Champion Nikhat Zareen, and dual World Boxing Cup medalist Hitesh Gulia.

Minakshi set the tone for the day with a near-flawless 5:0 win over reigning Asian Champion Farzona Fozilova, unleashing her trademark aggression from the opening bell. The World Champion combined speed with razor-sharp accuracy, cracking open the bout with a blistering left–right combination in Round 1 and maintaining complete control through assertive jabs, clean counters, and airtight defence.

Preeti followed with another dominant 5:0 performance, overpowering Italy’s World Championship medallist Sirine Charrabi with relentless pressure. She repeatedly drove Charrabi into the corner, landing crisp face punches and dictating the tempo through superior footwork and sustained attacking bursts.

Arundhati Choudhary—former Youth World Champion—delivered one of the day’s most complete performances, dismantling Uzbekistan’s Aziza Zokirova with a commanding 5:0 win. Returning after 18 months, she blended sharp offence with disciplined defence, scoring heavily with decisive jabs and maintaining total tactical control across all three rounds. The gold surge continued as Nupur edged Uzbekistan’s Sotimboeva Oltinoy 3:2 in a tense, tactical showdown.In the men’s finals, India picked four silver medals. Jadumani Singh (50kg) fought with heart but fell 1:4 to Uzbekistan’s Asilbek Jalilov, while Pawan Bartwal (55kg), who had produced one of the tournament’s biggest upsets earlier in the week, went down to Samandar Olimov. Abhinash Jamwal (65kg) lost a spirited contest 1:4 to Japan’s seasoned Shion Nishiyama, and Ankush Phangal (80kg) was bested by England’s defending World Cup champion Shittu Oladimeji. World Boxing Cup Finals: Minakshi, Preeti, Arundhati, Nupur win gold as Indian women shine bright on historic final day | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com

Read More........ → November 24, 2025

First-ever Startup World Cup in India in Oct, $1 million prize money up for grabs

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Mumbai, September 15 (IANS): Digital technology industry forum India Mobile Congress (IMC) announced on Saturday that it will host the inaugural edition of the Startup World Cup India, where startups will pitch their ideas for a chance to compete in the global finale.

The event from October 8–11 at Yashobhoomi Convention Centre, New Delhi, allows local founders to compete for a chance to participate in the $1 million global finale in San Francisco, the US.

Over 300 startups have submitted applications, from which 15 startups will be shortlisted to pitch to a curated jury comprising venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders, an official statement said.

"As a key feature of the Aspire programme this year, the 'Startup World Cup' supports IMC’s larger goal: to make India a global leader in deep-tech and digital innovation," the statement said.

Hosting the Startup World Cup India for the first time, 'IMC 2025' highlights its commitment to placing Indian startups at the forefront of the global innovation economy, said Ramakrishna P., CEO of India Mobile Congress.

"With 'IMC Aspire', we are not just giving startups a platform to pitch, but a pathway to scale globally," he added.

Launched in 2023, IMC Aspire's third edition this year is set to connect over 500 startups with 300 investors, accelerators, and venture funds. The four-day 'IMC 2025' is expected to draw over 1.5 lakh visitors from more than 150 countries, showcase over 400 exhibitors, and host 800 speakers in 100 conference sessions.

The discussions span topics such as next-generation connectivity, electronics manufacturing, AI-driven solutions, IoT, and more, the release noted.

India has moved up from rank 81 to 39 in the Global Innovation Index in less than a decade.

First-ever Startup World Cup in India in Oct, $1 million prize money up for grabs | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com

Read More........ → October 10, 2025

Kylian Mbappe wins European Golden Boot

Kylian Mbappe has won the 2024/25 European Golden Boot thanks to his 31-goal haul in La Liga, leading the way with 62 points, Football Today reports.

Mbappe scored eight fewer league goals than Sporting CP’s Viktor Gyokeres, who was, however, handicapped by having his goals multiplied by a coefficient of 1.5 as opposed to Mbappe’s 2.

The 26-year-old netted a double in Real Madrid’s final game of the season on Saturday against Real Sociedad to take the lead in the Golden Boot race.

Nonetheless, he would have been looking anxiously over his shoulders earlier today with Mohamed Salah in action against Crystal Palace.

Salah needed three goals to share the award with Mbappe and four to win it outrightly, but could only find the back of the net once in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw.

A whopping six goals behind at kick-off, Robert Lewandowski was the last of Mbappe’s competitors to take to the field on Sunday and scored twice inside the opening 17 minutes to give himself a glimmer of hope.

However, the Poland international missed several opportunities to add to his tally and had been substituted off by the time Barcelona got a late penalty, which Dani Olmo converted.

Lewandowski ended the season on 27 league goals, four behind Mbappe, confirming the Frenchman’s status as winner of the European Golden Boot award.

Mbappe is the first player in football history to win the Champions League, World Cup and European Golden Boot awards, further cementing his status as one of the world’s best players.

While the season ended relatively well for Mbappe on a personal level, he would have liked more collective glory to go along with it, as Madrid could only manage to win the European Super Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.Under the tutelage of newly appointed manager Xabi Alonso, Los Blancos will be looking to go all the way in June’s Club World Cup tournament. Source Article

Read More........ → June 18, 2025

Reflections on the World Communication Awards

by Marc Anné, Chair of Judges at the World Communication Awards

Last Tuesday evening, all the shortlisted nominees as well as the Judges enjoyed the 26th anniversary of the World Communication Awards (WCA). This year, the Oscar grade gala event took place in The Marriott, Grosvenor Square, London.

On behalf of the Judging Panel, I hereby congratulate all the winners and finalists of this year, as well as a big thank you to all the WCA award entrants for their participation and involvement. The quality and level of this year’s submissions was once again superb. The Judges praised the DNA of the WCA, namely the diversity and quality of the entries and highlighted the integrity and impartiality of our judging process.

We are also pleased to see an increasing presence of various African, Latin America and USA players in the WCA.

This year, we broke records with 219 entries across 23 award categories, showcasing incredible innovation and excellence.

You can find the full list of Award winners here.

On behalf of the 100+ WCA Judges, I want to warmly thank all the award entrants for their participation and involvement.

So, what were some of the common trends, solutions, recurring themes and strategies that characterized the WCA submissions this year?

Key trends and topics from this year’s World Communication Awards

• As expected, the newly introduced AI Award became a popular category. 2023 saw the rise of generative AI, and 2024 proved to be the year of its integration into telecommunications. I will soon publish a dedicated LinkedIn post on AI awards trends and strategies.Enhancing customer and user experience, by leveraging foundational AI models and Large Language Models providing selfcare and trouble ticketing, was a hit.Also, the automation of various telco processes, across their operations cycle, are getting streamlined by deploying various AI solutions aiming to increase productivity. Use cases covered included the Lead to Quote cycle, preventive maintenance inspections, and invoice analytics.The AI proactive recognition of anomalous data pattern behaviors and the presentation of possible root-causes and actionable insights is leading the way towards autonomous networks.AI enhanced knowledge management systems, as well as various AI assisted energy efficiency solutions, were presented in various submissions.As well as AI innovation helps to improve fraud mitigation and eliminates artificial inflation of traffic.
• Finally, the world’s first autonomous telecom store was presented in the category of the Future Award. It integrates advanced AI, Machine Learning, sensor fusion, robotics and facial recognition technologies. Obviously 5G remains a recurring theme with lots of progressive innovations and new solutions presented in various award categories.
• 5G slicing was regularly the entries’ theme in various award categories, such as for example: differentiated connectivity with guaranteed SLA’s via committed slicing performance levels for enterprise customers.Pilots were also presented in 5G core disaster recovery networking solutions offered via a public cloud platform. The world’s largest-scale 5G Redcap low-bandwidth pilot for IOT devices did form part of the entries.Various global e-SIM connectivity solutions were also touched upon.The ‘Low Altitude Economy’ was mentioned as a Best Network Transformation initiative, aiming to optimize low altitude 5G network communications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).Another notable entry covered a smart 5G application within a dedicated network infrastructure that can withstand high temperature and vibrations in wind farms.
• Network operations based on open-source solutions and generic hardware were praised as regaining control of the operator’s networks by avoiding vendor lock ins.
• The Edge to Cloud connectivity theme gave rise to many entries such as hybrid multi-cloud solutions which aim to seamlessly move data services and application between on-premises private cloud. Even an Edge SIM was presented as a multi-cloud connection Cloud Router solution that bypasses the public internet and passes IOT traffic to a private layer 3 network.
• The Cybersecurity Award covered various zero-trust solutions. Mitigation of phishing, malware and scams was presented with real time authentication services of seamless digital identities via Open API. Also noteworthy was the premiere of a commercial quantum-secured network trial for quantum secured communication services.
• In the Beyond Connectivity Award as well as the Access Innovation Award the respective “golden” 10 or 15 seconds was touched upon: avoiding that fans switch to another provider after more than 10 seconds of poor network conditions or allowing callers to watch a video set of 15 seconds by callee while waiting the call to connect.
• In the Digital Transformation Award solutions were cited which massively improve Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and complaint handling via a central data repository, creating a single source of truth for network operations. Customers and omni-channel experiences were another area of focus as well as a human-centered digital transformation approach with for example empowered marketeers who make UX/UI changes without technical assistance.
• One of themes in the Platform Award is the monetization of 5G and deployment of new VAS services spanning across silos of systems (5G, Edge, computing, IT/BOSS, cloud, etc.). Digital ecosystems platforms aim to transform transactional approaches into relational ones.
• The new Connected Communities Award covered different types of network solutions for different types of geographies and users: the world largest overwater microwave link for King Island; the first city owned high speed fiber network in Arkansas funded without state subsidies.
• The more than justified Crises Response Award winner is the Ukrainian operator Kyivstar defeating adversity amid network attacks with a long-term investment strategy to rebuild communications in a country torn by war. Other entries in this category covered themes such as: connectivity solutions to overcome undersea avalanches of Africa’s West Coast generating outages on various subsea cable systems, as well as satellite services to recover from terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso.
• The Best Wholesale Operator Award covered entries from all parts of the world, Africa, Germany, Egypt, Indonesia, Poland, Bahrain, etc.
• The multi-orbit satellite strategy, encompassing LEO, MEO, GE, LTE/5G and Wifi, was a recurring theme in the Satellite Telecoms Award. ]This year’s themes such as the unserved, the unbanked, the digital divide and bridging digital skills were present in quite a few award categories, namely in the Best Operator in a Growth Market, the Beyond Connectivity as well as the Best Wholesale and the Platform Award.One particular entry description touched me. It presented the deployment of affordable outdoor public Wifi networks in post and bank offices, shops and schools in remote Indian villages aiming to bridge the digital divide: “Villagers earlier would often travel many kilometers to nearby towns to get digitally connected and earn income”.
• One of the telco industries awards I personally am most proud of is the Social Contribution Award. It is a merit that our industry not only exists to generate turnover and profit, but also serves many social goals, whether altruistically or otherwise. Various technologies for social goods became a widespread theme in the WCA as in mobile money platforms; earthquake detecting sensors and disaster messaging services; books reading apps in native language addressing illiteracy.Also, vulnerable populations get empowered with programs such as developing ICT schools for students and seniors, trainings for persons with disabilities and financial literacy and ICT courses for women.
• The adjacent category, the People and Culture Award, contains submissions which put forward the theme technology with a heart (“technology moves forward but no one is left behind”), fostering a culture of innovation by encouraging employees to identify critical points and propose innovative products and solutions to address the shortcomings.
• The expanding challenge of climate change is a topic that is taken seriously in our sector. The Sustainability Award proves this, not only in traditional CSR / net zero type of executive statements, but also in concrete applications and programs aiming to generate immediate results: radiative outputs of LTE base stations; optimization of CPU load of cloud servers, cooling systems and radio energy consumption when not in use; conducting positive business behavior through employee participation via sustainability programs such as planting of thousands of mangroves.
• Entries in the Total Experience Award category, representing an integrated customer, employee and partner’s approach, provide diverse solutions for a variety of shortcomings across end-to-end journey and customer touch points: estimated lead time to connect versus pre-sales estimations; issue detection accuracy; mean time to know user experience issues; average response times; billing related calls; etc.One CSP claimed to leverage more than 1 billion customer data via AI in order to enhance the 5G customer experience!
• We also notice in many different award categories that there is increasing customer satisfaction focus, as well as citing Glassdoor and Trustpilot ratings.The Net Promoter Score (NPS) is now fully established as a CX measuring instrument. Although the Judges sometimes questioned the sky high NPS results presented in some submissions: 70 to 80+ scores were no exception. In many cases, unfortunately, not sufficient context data is shared regarding the type of satisfaction survey, the total number of respondents, the type of services surveyed, etc. This may partly make it not always that credible!
• Finally, the Startup Award, perhaps the most exciting judging category, involves independent assessment of the initial entries, live presentations of the year shortlisted contestants, followed by an intensive judge meeting with Q&A’s. The entries embraced many different areas and audacious solutions: smart parking analytics; granular mobile coverage maps; autonomous networks of network etc. We do hope that some of these companies will make it from an idea at the kitchen table idea to successful quoted companies.

In terms of entry format and presentation, the Judges are pleased to see increasingly personalized entrants’ video’s, which are embedded in the various on-line submissions. In these video pitches, executives are doing their utmost to convince the Judges why their contribution should win the respective award. A convincing visual testimonial sometimes makes the ultimate difference between winning or losing.        We wish our industry a successful, innovative, and peaceful year ahead! Reflections on the World Communication Awards | Total Telecom

Read More........ → January 03, 2025

Sharapova, Bryan brothers elected to Tennis Hall of Fame

NEW YORK - Former world number one Maria Sharapova and the US doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan were announced as 2025 inductees to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, is among only 10 women to have achieved a career singles Grand Slam. She was atop the world rankings five times in a WTA career that spanned from 2001-2020.

The Bryan brothers teamed to win 16 major doubles titles and became the ATP's most successful duo, with a record 438 weeks atop the ATP doubles rankings.

Induction ceremonies will be conducted at the Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, on August 21-23 -- just ahead of the start of next year's US Open.

Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004, the US Open in 2006, the Australian Open in 2008 and the French Open in 2012 and 2014.

"In retirement, you very seldomly get to reflect on your past, because you move on so quickly with life's responsibilities," Sharapova said.

"This is an incredible recognition. Thank you so much. I'm so grateful to the Hall of Fame and grateful to the voters."

Hall of Fame members, historians, journalists and fans voted in the selection process.

The Bryans, 2012 London Olympic men's doubles champions, combined for 119 tour-level titles and 1,109 match wins and helped the US team win the 2007 Davis Cup.

"It has been a great ride, the career, doing it together," Bob Bryan said. Sharapova, Bryan brothers elected to Tennis Hall of Fame

Read More........ → November 27, 2024

Ravichandran Ashwin becomes No.1 ranked Test bowler replacing Anderson

Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday jumped to the top of the latest ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, replacing England pacer James Anderson. Ashwin gained two places after taking six wickets in India's emphatic victory over Australia in the second Test in New Delhi. Anderson dropped to second place after England's stunning loss to New Zealand in the Wellington Test. The 36-year-old Ashwin first claimed the top honour among Test bowlers in 2015, and has returned to the top spot on several occasions since then. Ashwin bagged big wickets in India's win in Dehli, removing Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the same over of the first innings before returning to pick up Alex Carey for a duck. The off-spinner was at it again in the second innings, picking up three of the top five while his spin-bowling accomplice Ravindra Jadeja rattled through the rest of the Australia batters from the other end. Ashwin has an opportunity to extend his latest stay in the No.1 spot in India's remaining two Tests on home soil in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy Ashwin is the third No.1 Test bowler in as many weeks, after Anderson replaced Australia captain Pat Cummins at the summit last time around. The trio continue to make up the top three bowlers in the latest rankings. Anderson is now five rating points behind Ashwin, who remains on 864 points. Jadeja's 10 wickets in the second Test against Australia also sees him move up the bowling rankings into eighth spot, Jadeja and Ashwin occupy the top two positions in Test All-Rounder Rankings. England's Joe Root is the other big mover in the all-rounder rankings, up two spots to eighth. Root's return to top form in Wellington also sees him leapfrog Travis Head and Babar Azam into third position in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Batting Rankings. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith remain first and second respectively among Test batters. New Zealander Tom Blundell is a new arrival in the top 10, rising four places to seventh after he helped the Black Caps to their famous follow-on victory by one run in the second Test against England. England young gun Harry Brook continues his meteoric rise up the batting rankings after another superb century, climbing 15 places to draw level with Virat Kohli in 16th. Copyright © Jammu Links News Source: Jammu Links News

Read More........ → March 07, 2023

Lionel Messi, Alexia Putellas voted best players at FIFA awards again

FEB 28, 2023 NEW DELHI: World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbapp again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday. The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straight year. After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbapp 's France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote against Mbapp and Karim Benzema to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years. The three players made the final shortlist in voting by a global panel of national team captains and coaches, selected journalists in each of FIFA's 211 member countries, plus fans online. The 35-year-old Messi also beat Mbapp who was seeking his first best player award from FIFA to the Golden Ball trophy awarded by FIFA for the World Cup's best player. Putellas won her award from Alex Morgan of the United States and Beth Mead, who led England to the European Championship title in 2022. Barcelona playmaker Putellas made the top three again despite being injured days before the Euro and missing the tournament. Mead was the joint top scorer at the Euro, and was named the tournament's best player. She sustained a serious knee injury in November while playing for Arsenal and could miss the Women's World Cup in July in Australia and New Zealand. Morgan, who was second in the 2019 vote to teammate Megan Rapinoe, was player of the tournament when the U.S. won the CONCACAF W Championship last year. She was also the joint top scorer. Earlier, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni was voted FIFA men's coach of the year after leading his team to the World Cup title in December. The women's coach award went to Sarina Wiegman, who led the England to the title at the Women's European Championship. Scaloni took over Argentina at the end of 2018 on an interim basis, and was widely criticized for lacking experience as he had never coached a professional team. Earlier Monday, his contract as the national team coach was extended to the end of the 2026 World Cup. The other coaches on the shortlist were Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola. The women's goalkeeper award was given to Euro winner Mary Earps of England, and the best men's goalkeeper was Argentina's World Cup winner Emiliano Mart nez. The event in Paris was marked by tributes to Pel , who died late last year at age 82 following a battle with colon cancer. Pel 's wife, Marcia Aoki, received a trophy honoring the soccer great from the hands of former Brazil striker Ronaldo. "I have three words to say to God, who gave us Edson, to Edson, who gave us Pel , and to the world, who received them so well: Grateful, grateful and grateful,'" she said. (AP) Copyright © Jammu Links News Source: Jammu Links News

Read More........ → February 28, 2023

Indian expat in UAE bags Guinness World Record with 8.2 sq mt giant pop-up greeting card

JAN 02, 2021 DUBAI: An Indian expatriate in the UAE has entered the Guinness World Records for the 19th time, after he unveiled a 8.2 square metre giant pop-up greeting card, commemorating the 15th Accession Day of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, according to a media report on Saturday. Ramkumar Sarangapani, a Dubai resident, now holds the most number of world records by an individual in the UAE and India, the Gulf News reported. Sarangapani''s pop up greetings card is 100 times larger than the regular pop-up cards. Inside, it has a collage of Sheikh Mohammed''s paintings created by Dubai-based artist Akbar Saheb, the newspaper said. While the pop-up card dedicated to Sheikh Mohammed has a closed surface area of 8.20 square metres, the previous record, which was set in Hong Kong, was of 6.729 square metres. Sarangapani''s card has dimensions of 4 metres in length and 2.05 metres in width. The card''s outer cover is the winning bid of Expo 2020, the daily reported. Speaking to Gulf News, Sarangapani said, "I had been working on this for the last six months and was waiting for the most opportune time to break this record to make it very special for the nation. And there couldn''t have been a more auspicious occasion than the 15th Accession Day of Sheikh Mohammed while I also dedicate this to the 50th anniversary year of the UAE''s formation." The card will be exhibited at Doha centre here from January 4 to 18, as part of the UAE''s National Day celebrations. COVID-19 precautionary measures will be in place at the exhibition centre, officials said. The other records held by Sarangapani include the largest sentence made using magnets, largest word using magnets, largest electronic greeting card, smallest pack of playing cards, among others. Sarangapani, who shifted from Chennai to Dubai 17 years ago, specially thanked artist Saheb for his contributions to the pop-up greeting card. Copyright © Jammu Links News, Source: Jammu Links News

Read More........ → January 03, 2021

Ronaldo named best player of 21st century at Globe Soccer Awards

Cristiano Ronaldo was handed over the best footballer of the 21st century award at the Globe Soccer Awards on Sunday night; Photo: Collected

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the best footballer of the 21st century at the Globe Soccer Awards. Lionel Messi, Mohamed Salah and Ronaldinho were in contention to win the award.

The Portuguese star was handed the award for the best footballer of the 21st century from 2001 to 2020 in a glittering ceremony in Dubai on Sunday night.

Cristiano Ronaldo, 35, has won five UEFA Champions League titles between 2001 to 2020. He also won the Euro and UEFA Nations League for Portugal and won three English Premier League titles for Manchester United. Besides, he won two La Liga titles for Real Madrid and won two Italian Serie A titles for Juventus. 

He also scored the highest 134 goals in the history of the UEFA Champions League and won Ballon d’Or five times. With all these, Cristiano Ronaldo has been selected as the best footballer of the 21st century.The Footballer of the Year has been selected at the Globe Soccer Awards since 2011. Ronaldo won the award for the fourth time in a row and for the sixth time in total. This year, he got bigger recognition on the same stage. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com

Read More........ → December 29, 2020

Trump awards America's highest military decoration to Modi

US President Donald Trump has presented America's highest military decoration, The Legion of Merit, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his personal leadership that "accelerated India's emergence as a global power" and "elevated the strategic partnership between the US and India".

Official sources said, The Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, bestowed on Prime Minister Modi on behalf of the President, is a rarely-awarded, prestigious decoration that can only be bestowed by Trump, typically to heads of state or heads of government of other countries.

India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, accepted the award on behalf of the Prime Minister from the US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien at the White House.

The citation with the award states: "For exceptionally meritorious service as the Prime Minister of the Republic of India from May 2014 to August 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's steadfast leadership and vision have accelerated India's emergence as a global power and elevated the strategic partnership between the US and India to address global challenges. Prime Minister Modi's personal engagement expanded US-India ties across all facets of the relationship, helping to establish a strong foundation for an enduring partnership that is based on shared commitment to freedom, democratic principles, the equal treatment of all citizens, and the rule of law.

"India is a key partner for the US in the Indo-Pacific, where the two countries are increasing collaboration to ensure freedom of the seas, open and transparent investment and infrastructure development, secure and reliable digital networks, and good governance."

In a glowing tribute, the citation adds: "Prime Minister Modi's personal initiative strengthened the defence partnership between the United States and India, enhancing the US' ability to secure joint military cooperation that addressed shared challenges. His efforts to expand India's economic cooperation with the US has advanced prosperity, investment and job creation in both countries.

"Prime Minister Modi's superior effort, personal leadership, and unwavering commitment to advancing strategic cooperation between the United States and India and promoting global peace and prosperity reflect great credit upon himself, the Indian armed forces, and his country."

The Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander is a domed five-pointed American white star plaque of heraldic form bordered in purplish-red enamel 215/16 inches circumscribing diameter with 13 white stars on a blue field emerging from a circle of clouds; backing the star, a laurel wreath with pierced, crossed arrows pointing outward between each arm of the star and the wreath. The reverse is engraved with the words 'United States of America'.

In September this year, after a very long gap, President Donald Trump awarded the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait.

The decoration was last awarded in 1991. Source: r

Read More........ → December 22, 2020

ICC ODI ranking: Kohli and Rohit occupy top two spots, Bumrah third in bowlers' list

DEC 10, 2020 DUBAI: India skipper Virat Kohli cemented his place at the top of the ICC ODI rankings after scoring two half-centuries in the recently concluded three-match series against Australia. Limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma sits at the second spot despite missing the recent ODIs against Australia. In the ranking for bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah sits on the third spot. Players from India and Australia have made significant gains in the latest rankings issued on Thursday. During the first ODI of India's tour of Australia in Sydney, India all-rounder Hardik Pandya missed out on becoming the third batsman to score a century in the match following the likes of Australia captain Aaron Finch and batsman Steven Smith. Playing his first ODI since the 2019 World Cup, Pandya struck 90 in the first game and 92 not out in the third to make his first appearance in the top-50 for batsmen by occupying the 49th place with a career-best 553 points. From the Australian camp, captain Finch's innings of 114 in the first ODI, followed by 60 and 75 helped him up to a career-best tally of 791 points and fifth place. Steve Smith's pair of 62-ball centuries in the first two matches enabled him to move back into the top-20 for the first time since 2018. He is currently at number fifteen with 707 points. Glenn Maxwell's 167 runs in the series came at a strike rate of 194.18 and featured two half-centuries, to push him back up to 20th in the rankings. This is the first time he has been in the top-20 since February 2017. In a series dominated by batsmen, Adam Zampa made a big impact with the ball, enabling him an entry in the top-20 ODI bowlers for the very first time. Zampa's seven wickets at 23 took him to the fourteenth position with a career-best 623 points. Josh Hazlewood took six wickets and moved up a place to the sixth rank Copyright © Jammu Links News, Source: Jammu Links News

Read More........ → December 20, 2020

Biden-Kamala named Time’s Person of the Year

Newly elected United States President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris have been named 2020’s Person of the Year in the influential US magazine Time.

According to the US media CNN, Time magazine jointly announced the names of the two as the best personalities of 2020 on Thursday evening local time.

Front fighters in the Covid-19 fight include doctors, nurses, delivery boys, store workers, emergency services personnel and others who have worked at risk during the epidemic, as well as immunologist Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, were in the possible discussion for the recognition of the Time magazine this year.

The Anti-Apartheid Movement across the United States and President Donald Trump were also shortlisted. Biden and Kamala were also on the list. 

However, Biden was elected the Person of the Year after defeating incumbent President Donald Trump in the US election. Kamala has also been given this honor along with him. She is the first woman in US history and the first vice president of African descent.

The COVID Fighters was ahead as the best of the year in the readers’ vote. However, in the eyes of Time, the names of Biden and Kamala came up for this recognition.

Time magazine published a list of the most discussed and important persons of the year in their final edition. In that edition, reports or biographies of one or more individuals, groups, organizations, doctrines or events are presented. The US magazine has been promoting Person of the Year since 1927. Charles Lindbergh of the United States was the first to receive this recognition. He was a pilot, engineer and Pulitzer Prize winner. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com

Read More........ → December 12, 2020

WFP wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP) for helping the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger.

“WFP has awarded the Peace Prize its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, after revealing the names of Nobel Peace Prize on Friday around 3:00 pm at the Nobel Institute in Oslo.

According to the statement of The Nobel Prize, World Food Programme contributes daily to advancing the fraternity of nations referred to in Alfred Nobel’s will. As the UN’s largest specialized agency, WFP is a modern version of the peace congresses that intended to promote the Nobel Peace Prize.

WFP plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace and has made a strong contribution towards mobilizing the UN Member States to combat the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, WFP has demonstrated an impressive ability to intensify its efforts that contributed to a strong upsurge in the number of victims of hunger in the world, The Nobel Prize further said. 

This year, 318 nominees were known to be under consideration, including 211 individuals and 107 organizations. However, the names on the list are kept secret for 50 years – making predictions difficult. 

The four women crowned so far this year with a Nobel is more than usual, closing in on 2009’s record of five female winners.

On Thursday, American poet Louise Gluck won the literature prize, Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the US shared the chemistry prize for developing a genome editing method on Wednesday, and Andrea Ghez of the US shared the physics prize with two male colleagues on Tuesday.

Besides, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus”. They made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/

Read More........ → October 11, 2020

AMU students win NASA Space App Challenge award

An unintended but welcome consequence of the lockdown to contain the coronavirus has been improved air quality, according to a presentation of ALTAIR, a team of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students led by first-year MBBS student Ayesha Samdani, which won the the Judges Choice Award in the International NASA Space App Challenge-2020 for presenting a solution in response to NASA's challenge, 'One Health Approach'.

Ayesha and her team members, Mohd Zakir Husain (MBBS), Aman Ahmad Khan (MBBS), Faisal Jamil (BTech) and Abdullah Samdani (BA LLB) gave an analysis on air quality of the pre and post lockdown periods in the Indo Gangetic region of northern India. Their study gave details about how an improvement in the air quality benefited the health of the people.

For the presentation, the ALTAIR members also coded an Air Quality Index (AQI) calculator to measure AQI of a certain region, which is helpful in giving health and cautionary statements and providing guidance to common people on pollution-related health issues.

Congratulating the students on the achievement, Shahid Ali Siddiqui, Principal, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) of the university, and Shakeel Samdani, Dean, Faculty of Law, said that the work of the students is formative as it provides a clear comparison of average concentration levels during the months before the lockdown and the time period during the lockdown restrictions, showing a reduction in SO2 level. The event was judged by ISRO and NASA scientists, Source:https://southasiamonitor.org/

Read More........ → October 06, 2020

Nobel prize cash increased

The prestigious Nobel prizes money will be increased this year from nine to 10 million kronor ($1.1 million), the head of the Nobel Foundation said Thursday. 

“The decision has been made due to the fact that our costs and capital are in a stable relation in a completely different way than previously,” head of the Nobel Foundation Lars Heikensten told the daily Dagens Industri. 

This year’s prizes in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics will be announced during the week of October 5.

The prize sum was reduced from 10 to eight million Swedish kronor in 2011, when the foundation launched a programme to improve its finances.

Since the beginning of 2012, its investment capital has risen from just under three billion kronor to 4.6 billion, while the return has been close to nine percent per year thanks to a generally good market performance and good results from the foundation’s own asset management, it said.

Prize creator Alfred Nobel, an inventor and scholar who made a vast fortune from his invention of dynamite in 1866, decreed in his 1895 will that the bulk of his estate - about 31.5 million Swedish kronor, equivalent today to about 2.2 billion kronor ($222 million, 203 million euros) - be invested to fund the prizes.

The Nobel Foundation has previously announced that the traditional award ceremony and banquet in Stockholm have been cancelled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, replaced by a televised event with laureates receiving their prizes in their home countries.

The Peace Prize ceremony, which takes place in Oslo, will go ahead albeit in a scaled-back version - with the traditional banquet cancelled. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/

Read More........ → October 04, 2020

Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

After US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday.

According to TASS, a group of Russian public figures led by writer Sergey Komkov submitted the nomination, which was sent to Oslo on September 10. 

It is thought that Kremlin is behind on Putin's nomination. However, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin’s administration was not behind the nomination.

In a statement, he claimed that the Russian administration had nothing to do with the people who nominated President Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize, including Sergey Komkov.

Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize at a time when he is blamed for the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny, the country's opposition leader.

Putin is being criticized in various countries around the world, including Europe, over the incident. However, the Kremlin has categorically denied poisoning Navalny Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com

Read More........ → September 30, 2020

Qatar Rails Doha Metro project wins the CIHT International Award 2020

QNA/Doha: Qatar Rail was recognized internationally on Saturday after the Doha Metro received the Chartered Institute of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) International Award 2020, which recognises outstanding examples of highways and transportation infrastructure or services from outside the UK and Ireland.

The company said the project won after being shortlisted alongside mega projects in USA, Africa, Asia, the Balkans. The established and long running CIHT awards opened their doors to international projects for the first time last year making Qatar Rails Doha Metro the first project in the region to win this prestigious award.

A panel of impartial expert judges with a diversity of experience and opinion recognised Doha Metros outstanding achievement by looking for excellence from the start of the project through to implementation and execution. In particular judged valued the State of Qatar clearly articulated vision for an integrated transport network and Qatar Rails well thought out planning and design, effective engagement and communication with stakeholders and successful delivery on performance measures.

With regard to the project infrastructure, the judged awarded the Doha Metro for its originality and innovation, for the use of environmental and sustainable practices, for the demonstrable employee and user safety standards and for the demonstrable benefits to the industry and society. The judges were also impressed with the quality of execution, with the architectural design and the use of materials and technologies, with the speediness of project delivery, and with the overall positive internal and external feedback, the project has received.

Since inception, Qatar Rail has been the proud recipient of many awards celebrating its dedication to achieving the highest standards in architectural design, technology, safety, environment, and sustainability. This award is further affirmation from an esteemed jury of the true magnitude of its achievements and dedication to delivery at the highest international standards. The Doha Metro is a state-of-the art, best in class automated rail network. Doha metro forms the backbone of Qatars integrated public transport system promoting usage of public transport system in the country and a key ingredient in the accomplishment of the Qatar National Vision 2030. It is set to revolutionise the way people move around Doha and its suburbs. Sustainable design, construction and operations has been incorporated throughout the metro network achieving industry leading GSAS 5-Star and LEED Gold awards. This achievement compliments previously awarded accreditation and it is testament to Qatar Rail ongoing commitment toward providing a world-class railway system in Qatar.

Founded in 1930, The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation is a non-profit organisation, UK based with internal affiliations. The Qatar Group, founded in January 2012 is the focus of CIHT in the Middle East Region. CIHT is the leading voice of the highways and transportation infrastructure profession. It is the prime source of advice for UK national and local government and other strategic stakeholders when seeking technical expertise and knowledge to guide future policy and investment. The Institution is the natural home for all people working in transport infrastructure who are seeking education, professional qualifications, and technical guidance. (QNA)  Source: https://www.gulf-times.com

Read More........ → July 18, 2020

Madhya Pradesh: 15-Yr-Old Girl Who Cycles 24 Km Every Day To School, Gets 98.5 Percent In Tenth Board

A 15-year-old girl from a village in Madhya Pradesh secured the eighth position by scoring 98.75 percent in class 10th board examinations. Roshni Bhadauria surmounted all odds to achieve this rare feat. Her willpower and determination towards her studies made her cycle 24 kilometres every day to school. She lives in Ajnol village of Bhind district and encouraged by her marks, and now wants to pursue a career in civil services. "I was given a bicycle by the government which I used well, I used to study around four and a half hours every day. I want to prepare for IAS in the future," One India quoted Roshni. Roshni's father, Purushottam Bhadouriya, is a farmer by occupation who has two sons and was proud of his daughter's achievements. Reportedly, he said that he would now arrange for a vehicle for his daughter to go to school. "Till the 8th, her daughter was in another school where there was a bus facility but after that Roshni was admitted to a government school in Mehgaon, which is 12 km from Ajnol. Due to lack of vehicle facilities, Roshni had to go by bicycle to reach the school," he said "All my children are good students, but this girl has made everyone proud. No one in these parts has ever scored such high marks," he told IndiaTimes. Narrating her experience, Roshni said that it was difficult to ride a bicycle to school but she used to cycle 60 to 70 days in a year. At times, she had to spend nights at her relatives' house and it would be days before she returned home. Source:https://thelogicalindian.com

Read More........ → July 07, 2020

Samsung Electronics Awarded 'Community Care Company of the Year' at 2016 Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability

Students learning essential skills required in the digital age at one of the Smart Learning Centres in Thailand (Source:PENDING)

BY DANIEL YOO (INFO@KOREAITTIMES.COM): SINGAPORE, Nov. 18, 2016 -- Samsung Electronics has been named "Community Care Company of the Year" at the 2016 Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability (ACES) Awards. Samsung has clinched the highest accolade in this award category, in recognition of its excellence in community outreach and sustainability efforts -- a testament to Samsung's continued commitment as a global citizen to inspire and create a positive difference around the world.

Students learning essential skills required in the digital age at one of the Smart Learning Centres in Thailand

"Samsung is honoured to be recognised for our community care efforts once again and it gives us tremendous pride to be awarded the highest accolade for this category this year. We strongly believe that success goes beyond tangible business achievements, and giving back to the communities that we operate in has always been an integral part of our brand philosophy. Over the years, we have established scalable and sustainable Citizenship programmes across the region, with education being at the core of how we serve our community. We look forward to continuing our efforts to improve the quality of life for all," said Irene Ng , Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Samsung Electronics Southeast Asia & Oceania.

The Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability (ACES) Awards recognises outstanding companies and individuals across two domains; leadership and corporate social responsibility. The Top Community Care Companies category celebrates companies who have enriched communities through various outreach initiatives. Recipients of this award category demonstrate exemplary citizenship efforts in caring for and promoting the wellbeing of communities at large.

"The ACES Awards champions companies in Asia that have exhibited revolutionary leadership and sustainability. Winners of the Top Community Care Companies in Asia category have demonstrated active citizenship in promoting the well-being of society at large and Samsung has emerged top of that category," said Dr Jayanthi Desan , Jury Panel of ACES Awards.

Education as the Seed of Innovation: 

Across Southeast Asia and Oceania, Samsung has established more than 160 Smart Schools and Libraries to bridge the digital divide and to help students take a smarter approach to education. By collaborating with government bodies and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the Samsung Smart Schools and Libraries harness technology to create immersive learning opportunities for the students, through tailored edu

Beyond the pursuit in the education, Samsung alcation programmes, as well as enrichment and infotainment content. To date, the Smart Schools and Libraries in the region span across nine countries -- Australia, Singapore , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Thailand , Vietnam , New Zealand and Taiwan .

Additionally, 20 Samsung Tech Institutes have also been developed to nurture talent across the region, providing youths with opportunities for a better future, while simultaneously addressing the industry shortage of technical talents. The Samsung Tech Institutes in Malaysia , Singapore , Laos , Cambodia , Myanmar , Philippines and Indonesia continue to work with educational partners to ensure that youths are given the best-in-class training environment and practical lessons, equipping them with the necessary skills that prepare them for the workforce.

Empowering Communities beyond Education: 

Beyond the pursuit in the education, Samsung also recognises the need to tackle other key issues. The Samsung SONO Schools in Vietnam , Malaysia , Indonesia , Thailand and the Philippines support hospitals and medical facilities as a technology partner, providing equipment such as ultrasound systems, electronic boards and large-format displays (LFD). In partnership with local medical associations and institutions, the SONO Schools also feature customised training curricula for medical students, with a focus on ultrasound diagnosis, obstetrics and gynaecology.

Aspiring to enhance the meaningful engagement with local communities, Samsung has also launched its flagship regional citizenship programme, Culture.Connect, which celebrates the distinct aspects of the culture and heritage of each market, across a variety of cultural passion points -- including Food, Arts & Culture, Music and Landscapes & Landmarks.

Aspiring to enhance the meaningful engagement with local communities, Samsung has also launched its flagship regional citizenship programme, Culture.Connect, which celebrates the distinct aspects of the culture and heritage of each market, across a variety of cultural passion points -- including Food, Arts & Culture, Music and Landscapes & Landmarks. Source: http://www.koreaittimes.com/

Read More........ → December 31, 2016