Singapore, 19 June 2008 – Maxis Communications Berhad (“Maxis”) clinched the award for Mobile Operator of the Year Malaysia for the third time at the Asian Mobile News Awards 2008, based on its sustained service excellence, business performance and innovation leadership in 2007.
Maxis COO Jon Eddy Abdullah (right) receiving the award from Tim Charlton (left)
This year’s award builds on Maxis’ reputation as Malaysia’s consistent top-performing mobile operator. At last year’s Asian Mobile News Awards, Maxis was named Mobile Operator of the Year Malaysia as well as Asian Mobile Operator of the Year. In 2005, Maxis also won the Mobile Operator of the Year Malaysia.
In its fifth year, the prestigious Asian Mobile News Awards 2008, held in Singapore on June 19, crowned the finest of Asia’s telecommunications industry.
Receiving the award on behalf of Maxis at the awards ceremony was its Chief Operating Officer Jon Eddy Abdullah. He said, “There are many reasons why a company wins awards. For us in Maxis, it is our base of 10 million customers that spurs us on to meet their very high expectations. Our customers are the main motivating force that compels Maxis to keep moving up the bar for innovation, service excellence and creativity. Therefore, I must thank our customers – because without them, Maxis would not have won this award tonight.”
Maxis closed the year in 2007 as the market leader with a 41.7% share of the total Malaysian mobile subscriber base. Its net new subscriber acquisitions in 2007 alone were over 1.6 million, representing 43% of Malaysia’s total net mobile subscriber acquisitions. Maxis was also the only operator who gained market share in both the prepaid and postpaid segments for the year. The impressive performance came on the back of simplified tariffs, quality network and customer service, as well as innovative products and services.
Joining Asian Mobile News Publisher Tim Charlton, who hosted the awards dinner at Singapore’s Shangri-La Hotel, were 60 representatives from leading telecommunications companies from India, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Japan and the United Kingdom.
This year’s winners were chosen after a stringent judging process by a panel of experts headed by Commsday CEO Grahame Lynch, Tony Poulos, Contributing Editor of Asian Mobile News and Tim Charlton.
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