Globacom has emerged the best telecommunications company in the country at the 2015 edition of Beacon of ICT Awards held on Saturday night at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Globacom won in three categories including awards for Best Telecoms Company of the Year, Undersea Cable Company of the Year and Most Innovative Mobile Player of the Year.
Speaking at the event, organizers of the award and Publishers of CommunicationsWeek, stated that Globacom emerged the best telecoms company after a three-month online poll conducted between December last year and March 30, 2015, in which over 900,000 respondents participated.
According to the organizers, ‘’Globacom was voted the Best Telecoms Company of the Year because of its revolutionary role in the industry. Glo has continued to invest in new technology to boost service delivery.”
Presenting the award to Globacom, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria, , said that the company had since pioneering per second billing remained a Beacon and pride of Nigeria in the telecoms industry.
Also speaking on the on the second award, the Most Innovative Mobile Player, Communications Week stated that Globacom was chosen for pioneering most innovations in the industry.
On the third Award won by Glo, Undersea Cable Company of the Year, Beacon of ICT Awards organizers noted that the emergence of Glo 1 as a major bandwidth provider in the West Africa sub-region influenced the decision of majority of the respondents.
They equally added that Glo 1 had become the preferred bandwidth service provider for several companies in telecoms, oil and gas, construction, banking, and manufacturing and other critical sectors.
The Beacon of ICT Awards was instituted to reward the vision and enterprise of individuals and companies that have contributed to the growth of the ICT industry.
Communications Week said the objectives of the awards were to evaluate and recognize standards of excellence in the country’s quest for growth and development in the use of ICT.
The event was attended by crème de la crème of the ICT industry in Nigeria including the CEO of Zinox Technologies, Leo Stan Eko who was chairman, Chairman of Teledom International, Emmanuel Ekuwem, Chairman of Association of Licenced Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo and former President of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Chris Uwaje.
Other winners at the event were GTBank, Vodacom Business, DHL Unified Payments, and Jumia