Informa Media & Telecoms, organisers of the AfricaCom Awards and AfricaCom Congress 2011, hailed the winners of this year's leaders in the ICT, media and telecoms industry from the African continent.
"The quality and number of entries in this year's awards has been exceptional," said Emily Martyr, Conference Manager, Informa Telecoms & Media.
"It has been difficult judging the submissions in 2011 as the continent has evolved to such an extent that the competition is fierce."
MTN South Africa scooped an award for Best Network Improvement (for their LTE pilot test) and for Best Marketing Campaign (MTN Zone).
Another big winner was SafariCom, winning an award for Best ICT Solution Provider for Enterprise Markets and the Changing Lives Award.
Other award recipients include: Orange (Best New Service), Helios Towers Africa (Best Cost Efficiency Initiative), Ericsson (Rural Telecoms Award), Huawei Technologies (Best Backhaul Solution), Gateway Communications (Customer Service Excellence), SkyVision (Satellite Service Provider of the Year) and Seacom/Main One (Best Pan-African Initiative).
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