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Winners 2025
Overall excellence
Telco of the year
(Advanced markets)
Taiwan mobile
Far EasTone
SoftBank
Singtel
SK Telecom
Telco of the year
(Small markets)
Ooredoo Maldives
Bhutan Telecom
Dhiraagu
DST
Data center company
of the year
Equinix
Adani
CtrlS
Digital Realty
ST Telemedia
Telco of the year
(Growth markets)
AIS
Bharti Airtel
IOH
Reliance Jio
Maxis
Telco to ace network transformation
SoftBank
Bharti Airtel
IOH
KDDI
Telstra
Most innovative product (Consumer)
Airtel IQ SpamShield, Bharti Airtel
ixi-O, LG U+
Adot (A.), SK Telecom
Telco of the year
(Developing markets)
Jazz (Pakistan)
Grameenphone (Bangladesh)
Ufone (Pakistan)
Veon (Kazakhstan)
Veon (Uzbekistan)
Telco to tech-co of
the year
Singtel
IOH
Reliance Jio
KT Corp
Rakuten Mobile
Tower company of the year
Edotco Group
EdgePoint Infrastructure
Indus Towers
Mitratel
Protelindo
Telco to ace fixed broadband
Reliance Jio
Bharti Airtel
AIS
Telkom Indonesia
Telekom Malaysia
Growth beyond connectivity
Telco to ace content and media
PCCW
KT Corp
NTT Docomo
SK Telecom
Starhub
Telco to ace gaming
Taiwan mobile
Globe
Telkomsel
SK Telecom
SoftBank
Telco to ace AI (Advanced markets)
SK Telecom
KDDI
KT Corp
SoftBank
Singtel
Telco to ace non-connectivity
SoftBank
KT Corp
LGU+
PCCW
Taiwan Mobile
Telco to ace AI (Growth
markets)
IOH
Bharti Airtel
CelcomDigi
Reliance Jio
Smart PLDT
Telco to ace enterprise business
Bharti Airtel
MobileOne
Singtel
SoftBank
Starhub
Telco to ace financial services
Globe
Bharti Airtel
KDDI
KT Corp
SoftBank
Stakeholder and customer experience
Telco to ace ESG
SK Telecom
KDDI
Optus
Singtel
SoftBank
Telco to ace mobile app
Telkomsel
Bharti Airtel
IOH
Reliance Jio
Optus
Telco to ace DEI
Telstra
Spark
SingTel
Taiwan Mobile
Telekom Malaysia
Telco to ace loyalty program
AIS
Bharti Airtel
HKT
Reliance Jio
Singtel
Telco to ace customer experience
IOH
Bharti Airtel
AIS
NTT Docomo
SK Telecom
Telco to ace brand
SK Telecom
Bharti Airtel
Globe
Singtel
Telkomsel
Individual Excellence
CEO of the year
Jamie Lin- CEO, Taiwan Mobile
Amar Huzaimi Md. Deris- CEO, Telekom Malaysia
Gopal Vittal- Managing Director, Bharti Airtel
Kuan Moon Yuen- Group CEO, Singtel
Somchai Lertsutiwong- CEO, AIS
Vikram Sinha- CEO, IOH
Trailblazers 2025
Late Issa Cabreira- Chief Commercial Officer, Globe
Pratthana Leelapanang- Chief Consumer Business Officer, AIS
Suk Geun SG Chung- Chief AI Global Officer, SK Telecom
Aayush Bhatnagar-Senior Vice President, Reliance Jio
Lifetime achievement award
Gopal Vittal- Managing Director, Bharti Airtel
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