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Nominees 2025
Overall excellence
Telco of the year advanced markets
SoftBank
Singtel
SK Telecom
Taiwan mobile
Far EasTone
Telco of the year growth markets
Airtel
AIS
IOH
Jio
Maxis
Developing markets telco of the year
Jazz (Pakistan)
Grameenphone (Bangladesh)
Ufone (Pakistan)
Veon - Kazakhstan
Veon - Uzbekistan
Small markets telco of the year
Dhiraagu
Ooredoo Maldives
Bhutan Telecom
DST
Telco to ace brand
Airtel
Globe
Singtel
SK Telecom
Telkomsel
Telco to tech-co of the year
IOH
Jio
KT Corp
Rakuten Mobile
Singtel
Telco to ace network transformation
Singtel
Telstra
Airtel
IOH
KDDI
Most innovative product - consumer
Spam control, Airtel
Adot (A.), SK Telecom
ixi-O, LG U+
Most innovative product - enterprise
AI healthcare, SoftBank
Smart Clinic, Airtel
Equinix fabric, Equinix
Telco to ace fixed broadband
Jio
Airtel
AIS
Telekom Indonesia
Telekom Malaysia
Tower company of the year
edotco Group (Axiata Group) (Pan-Asia)
EdgePoint Infrastructure
Indus Towers (India)
Mitratel (Indonesia)
Protelindo (Sarana Menara) (Indonesia)
Data center company of the year
Equinix
ST Telemedia
Adani
Ctrl S
SoftbanDigital Realtyk Mobile
Regulator of the Year
China - Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
Japan - Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
India - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
South Korea - Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
Singapore - Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
Growth beyond connectivity
Telco to ace content and media
PCCW
KT Corp
NTT Docomo
SK Telecom
Starhub
Telco to ace AI
SK Telecom
SoftBank
IOH
KDDI
Singtel
Telco to ace financial services
Airtel
Globe
KDDI
KT Corp
SoftBank
Telco to ace gaming
Telkomsel
Taiwan mobile
Globe
SK Telecom
SoftBank
Telco to ace non-connectivity
SoftBank
KT Corp
LGU+
PCCW
Taiwan Mobile
Telco to ace enterprise business
Airtel
MobileOne
Singtel
SoftBank
Starhub
Stakeholder and customer experience
Telco to ace ESG
SK Telecom
KDDI
Optus
Singtel
SoftBank
Telco to ace DEI
Spark
SingTel
Taiwan Mobile
Telkom Malaysia
Telstra
Telco to ace mobile app
Telkomsel
Airtel
IOH
Jio
Optus
Telco to ace loyalty program
AIS
Airtel
HKT
Jio
Singtel
Telco to ace customer experience
Airtel
IOH
AIS
NTT Docomo
SK Telecom
Individual Excellence
CEO of the year
Vikram Sinha- CEO, IOH
Jamie Lin- CEO, Taiwan Mobile
Kuan Moon Yuen- Group CEO, Singtel
Somchai Lertsutiwong- CEO, AIS
Gopal Vittal- Managing Director, Airtel
Trailblazers 2025
To be announced at the awards banquet
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