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From left: Etisalat Lanka CTIO Chandana Gunasekera, Etisalat Lanka CEO Wail Salman, Etisalat Group Chief Digital Services Officer Khalifa Al Shamsi, Etisalat Lanka CCO Janaka Jayalath, Etisalat Group Chief Commercial Officer Rainer Rathgeber and Etisalat Lanka DCEO/CFO Riyaaz Rasheed with the two awards
Receiving the awards on stage (from left): Awards show presenter and actor John Cleese, Etisalat Group Chief Digital Services Officer Khalifa Al Shamsi, Etisalat Group Vice President Commerce George Held, Etisalat Group Corporate Communications Senior Vice President Ahmed bin Ali and GSMA Chairman and Telenor Group President/CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas
Etisalat, the leading telecommunications operator in emerging markets has continued its recent history of success at the industry’s most prestigious annual awards ceremony, the GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2015. Etisalat came out on top of strong global competition to claim two highly sought-after awards of innovation in the categories of ‘The Best Use of Mobile Retail, Brands & Commerce’ and ‘The Mobile Connect Award for Best Authentication & Identity Solution’.
Following the verdicts by a board of independent and highly respected industry experts, the winners were announced at a glamorous ceremony during the Mobile World Congress 2015 held in Barcelona, Spain. This achievement at the annual GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2015 brings Etisalat to winning a flush of six awards in the last three years.
Remarking on this achievement, Etisalat Lanka Chief Executive Officer Wail Salman stated, “It is a magnificent honour to be a part of a telecommunication network that has made justice at a key event in the global telecom calendar. We at Etisalat take great pride in receiving these awards as it is recognition of our commitment and core missions to continue to innovate and introduce products, services and technologies which enable societies consisting of a multitude of businesses and communities to advance confidently to the future.”
“It’s tremendous to be honoured at the most important event in the global telecoms calendar,” said Etisalat Group CEO Ahmad Julfar. “Innovation is key in today’s dynamic telecommunications sector and Etisalat is at the cutting-edge of finding solutions for all our customers. These awards recognise our commitment to keep innovating and introducing products that give businesses and communities the technology that enables their economies – and, therefore, societies – to progress, which is one of our core missions and winning this a global appreciation is a sign that we’re on the right track.”
“Our warmest congratulations to all the winners of the 20th Global Mobile Awards,” said GSMA Ltd CEO John Hoffman. “Our winners are in the esteemed company of the mobile innovators, pioneers and leaders that have won these coveted awards over the last two decades, many of whom have been game-changers in transforming the way that the world communicates.”
The award winning communication solutions by Etisalat enables customers to perform business transactions such as credit card payments on their mobile while managing their digital identity and protecting their online privacy. A member of the judging panel said the winning Etisalat products represented ‘a stand-out entry in terms of the scale of deployment and comprehensive suite of commerce offerings across so many countries and different verticals’.
In today’s dynamic and rapidly evolving telecommunications sector, Etisalat is at the cutting edge of finding solutions for all customers and businesses. Thus, winning this significant global award of appreciation is a sign and depiction that Etisalat is on the right track as they continue to strongly empower the people of the nation to do more, achieve more and turn ambitions into reality.
