PTA, Telenor contesting in GSM Awards

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KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Telenor Pakistan have entered the race of Global Mobile Awards 2011. This will be 16th Annual Global Mobile Awards to be held on Feb 15.

It is the most prestigious contest called as Oscar Award of the mobile phone and telecommunication world organised by GSM Association.

Officials said the telecom authority has submitted its nomination recently for the category of Outstanding Achievement Awards including Best GSMA Chairman’s Award and Government Leadership Award

PTA top-brass leadership seems confident to win the contest since it has won two titles recently PTA and its chief were awarded the titles of Best Most Progressive Telecom Regulator in South Asia for the year and Best Telecom Regulatory Leader of the Year by South Asian, Middle Eastern and North African (SAMENA) Telecommunication Council.

Telenor Pakistan with its product Easypaisa has entered the race of the Global Mobile Awards 2011 for the first time to record a landmark milestone achievement in its history.

The Norwegian cellular operator seems confident in contesting for two following categories-Social and Economic Development and Best Mobile Business and Enterprises. Telenor Pakistan has won Mobile Money Transfer Award in November 2010 for its mobile-banking services ‘Easypaisa’.

The Easypaisa services transacted Rs 10 billion in a single year with the total transaction carried recorded six million mark till October 2010. Starting with 2,200 outlets at the launch, service has been extended to more than 11,000 outlets in 700 urban and rural areas across Pakistan. The spread is even greater than the number of bank branches in Pakistan, which are more than 8,000. staff report

via: DailyTimes
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