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Nominees 2025
Overall excellence
Telco of the year
(Advanced markets)
Far EasTone
SoftBank
Singtel
SK Telecom
Taiwan mobile
Telco of the year
(Growth markets)
Airtel
AIS
IOH
Jio
Maxis
Telco of the year
(Developing markets)
Grameenphone (Bangladesh)
Jazz (Pakistan)
Ufone (Pakistan)
Veon (Kazakhstan)
Veon (Uzbekistan)
Telco of the year
(Small markets)
Bhutan Telecom
Dhiraagu
DST
Ooredoo Maldives
Telco to ace network transformation
Airtel
IOH
KDDI
SoftBank
Telstra
Telco to tech-co of
the year
IOH
Jio
KT Corp
Rakuten Mobile
Singtel
Data center company
of the year
Adani
Ctrl S
Digital Realty
Equinix
ST Telemedia
Most innovative product (Consumer)
Spam control, Airtel
ixi-O, LG U+
Adot (A.), SK Telecom
Tower company of the year
Edotco Group (Axiata Group)
EdgePoint Infrastructure
Indus Towers (India)
Mitratel (Indonesia)
Protelindo (Sarana Menara) (Indonesia)
Telco to ace fixed broadband
Airtel
AIS
Jio
Telekom Indonesia
Telekom Malaysia
Growth beyond connectivity
Telco to ace content and media
KT Corp
NTT Docomo
PCCW
SK Telecom
Starhub
Telco to ace AI advanced markets
KDDI
KT Corp
SoftBank
Singtel
Telco to ace AI growth
markets
Airtel
CelcomDigi
IOH
Jio
Smart PLDT
SK Telecom
Telco to ace gaming
Globe
Telkomsel
Taiwan mobile
SK Telecom
SoftBank
Telco to ace non-connectivity
KT Corp
LGU+
PCCW
SoftBank
Taiwan Mobile
Telco to ace enterprise business
Airtel
MobileOne
Singtel
SoftBank
Starhub
Telco to ace financial services
Airtel
Globe
KDDI
KT Corp
SoftBank
Stakeholder and customer experience
Telco to ace ESG
KDDI
Optus
SK Telecom
Singtel
SoftBank
Telco to ace mobile app
Airtel
IOH
Jio
Optus
Telkomsel
Telco to ace DEI
Spark
SingTel
Taiwan Mobile
Telekom Malaysia
Telstra
Telco to ace loyalty program
AIS
Airtel
HKT
Jio
Singtel
Telco to ace customer experience
Airtel
AIS
IOH
NTT Docomo
SK Telecom
Telco to ace brand experience
Airtel
Globe
Singtel
SK Telecom
Telkomsel
Individual Excellence
CEO of the year
Amar Huzaimi Md. Deris- Telekom Malaysia
Gopal Vittal- Managing Director, Airtel
Jamie Lin- CEO, Taiwan Mobile
Kuan Moon Yuen- Group CEO, Singtel
Somchai Lertsutiwong- CEO, AIS
Vikram Sinha- CEO, IOH
Trailblazers 2025
To be announced at the
awards banquet
Lifetime achievement award
To be announced at the
awards banquet
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