Converge ICT Wins Two Honors at Asian Telecom Awards 2022
By Stephen Las Marias
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has won two awards—Broadband Telecom Company of the Year and Marketing & Brand Initiative of the Year—at the recent Asian Telecom Awards 2022.
Organized by the Asian Business Review, the Asian Telecom Awards 2022 recognizes the extraordinary organizations in the Asia Pacific that showed resilience and outstanding performance amid the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and honors these companies who were able to navigate their way despite various challenges in the market while providing relevant and award-winning products and services to their clients.
Tracing its heritage from Asian Mobile News which started in 2003, the awards program aims to honor top telco companies that pioneered ground-breaking products and solutions in the past year. Telco companies were invited to nominate their organizations in the following categories: Carrier, Customer Initiative, Technology Initiative, Operations, Executive/CEO of the Year.
The awards were handed via digital presentations to the winners during the second and third week of March. Candidates were given the chance to share their journey via interviews and article features on the Asian Business Review website, social media, and other online platforms.
Industry leaders were invited to judge the entries and select winners. Comprising the awards’ elite panel of judges were Darren Yong, Head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Head of Clients & Markets Development at KPMG Asia Pacific; Joongshik Wang, EY-Parthenon Asean Leader and EY Asean Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications Sector Market Segment Leader at EY; Wilson Chow, Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry Leader at PwC China; Michinori Sato, Asia Pacific Telecom, Media, and Entertainment Sector Leader at Deloitte.
The following is the complete list of all the winners at the Asian Telecom Awards 2022:
Advanced Info Service (AIS) PLC
Mobile Operator of the Year – Thailand
Telecom Company of the Year – Thailand
Digital Initiative of the Year – Thailand
Allo Technology Sdn Bhd
Broadband Telecom Company of the Year – Malaysia
Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
Broadband Telecom Company of the Year – Philippines
Marketing & Brand Initiative of the Year – Philippines
DZS with Rakuten Mobile
Infrastructure Initiative of the Year – Korea
Eager Communications Group Co., Ltd
Digital Initiative of the Year – Myanmar
Infrastructure Initiative of the Year – Myanmar
Infinix Mobility. Ltd
Technology Innovation of the Year – China
Marketing & Brand Initiative of the Year – China
Kacific Broadband Satellites Ltd
Satellite Telecom Company of the Year – Singapore
KDDI Digital Life Corporation
Telecom Company of the Year – Japan
Monty Holding
International A2P SMS Monetization of the Year – Indonesia
International A2P SMS Monetization of the Year – Sri Lanka
Technology Innovation of the Year – Indonesia
Ncell Axiata Limited
Telecom Company of the Year – Nepal
Infrastructure Initiative of the Year – Nepal
OCK
Telecom Network Services Provider of the Year – Malaysia
PLINTRON
Cloud Initiative of the Year – India
Progresif Sdn Bhd
Mobile Operator of the Year – Brunei Darussalam
Marketing & Brand Initiative of the Year – Brunei Darussalam
RedOne
Digital Initiative of the Year – Malaysia
Singtel
B2B Client Initiative of the Year – Singapore
Cybersecurity Initiative of the Year – Singapore
Cloud Initiative of the Year – Singapore
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
Technology Innovation of the Year- Singapore
smartfren. BUSINESS
B2B Client Initiative of the Year – Indonesia
IOT Initiative of the Year – Indonesia
Telkom Indonesia (Persero), Tbk.
Digital Initiative of the Year – Indonesia
Mobile App of the Year – Indonesia
Tune Talk
Mobile Virtual Network Operator of the Year – Malaysia
Mobile App of the Year – Malaysia
Christian Patouraux, Kacific Broadband Satellites Ltd
CEO of the Year