BIZ-Briefs

JKOA Service Provider Convention 2011

JKOA held its annual Service Provider Convention recently at Excel World, where service providers from all parts of Sri Lanka were invited for a performance review during the past year.

The event started off with a friendly game of bowling as a team building exercise, which was followed by a performance review presentation and the awards ceremony which recognized and rewarded the best performing service providers. System Solution was awarded the best service provider for 2011 while Copy Land Technologies was given the special award for 2011. Other awards included up and coming service provider and best service provider technician. A unique feature of this event was the sharing of winning strategies by the award winners.

Airtel's Hat‚ Kathawa shines at Effies 2011

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, yesterday announced that its Hat‚ Kathawa campaign in Sri Lanka has bagged the Silver award at the Effie Awards 2011 held in Colombo. Airtel Lanka was the only brand to be ranked as a winner in the telecommunications services industry.

Airtel Lanka Head- Brand and Communication Charith de Chickera said, "Airtel's Hat‚ Kathawa campaign reinforces our brand's focus on offering services that are innovative, affordable and relevant for the discerning mobile customer in Sri Lanka. We are thrilled that this idea and creative insight has resonated well with our youthful and 'young-at-heart' audience in the masses. Bagging a Silver at the prestigious Effies this year is an exciting acknowledgement of the success brand Airtel achieved through this campaign - and we look forward to creating many more of such opportunities to strike a chord with our customers in Sri Lanka."

Launched in mid April 2011 with a promising online campaign on Facebook and YouTube, the media plan for Airtel's Hat‚ Kathawa campaign further expanded to communication on TV, radio, print and outdoor. This was supported by BTL activities to drive the message at a trade level.

Alcatel Lucent's APAC President in town

President of Alcatel-Lucent's Asia Pacific region and a member of the management committee, Rajeev Singh-Molares, will be in Sri Lanka on a brief visit. Molares' visit to Sri Lanka is aimed at further enhancing the collaboration and partnership with the company's local customer base.

Having joined Alcatel-Lucent in 2009 as Chief Strategy Officer, he is responsible for overseeing the company's APAC business including China and India; Molares is also vice chairman of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell - a Chinese government joint venture. In 2011 he was appointed Chairman of the World Economic Forum Global ICT Agenda Council.

A long trusted partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in mobile, fixed, IP and Optics technologies, and a pioneer in applications and services. Alcatel-Lucent includes Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost centres of research and innovation in communications technology.

In Sri Lanka, Alcatel-Lucent has been engaged in deploying world class communications solutions for service providers for more than three decades.