Direct Release: Ooredoo Celebrates Multiple Award Wins in Asia

‘maymay’, Myanmar’s Mobile Maternal Healthcare App, Achieves Success Across the Board

Doha, Qatar

Ooredoo was awarded a series of wins in the recent GTB Innovation, Telecom Asia, Asia Communication Awards and Asia Pacific Stevie Awards held in London, Jakarta, Singapore and Shanghai respectively.  Ooredoo was singled out as having achieved particular success in the Asia Communication Awards as the only entrant to be recognised in three categories.

The honours, listed below, are tremendous recognition of the innovative, community-focused solutions Ooredoo is bringing to people in Myanmar and, along with group member Indosat, Indonesia.

The initiatives were each recognised for the practical solutions they provide to real challenges faced by communities in these markets every day, validating the company’s efforts to deliver its vision of using the very latest in mobile technology to enrich people’s lives.

 

GTB Innovation

Consumer Service Innovation Award – MayMay

 

Telecom Asia Awards

Best Mobile Payment Service Award – Dompetku

Best Community Telecom Project – MayMay

 

Asia Communication Awards

Connected Asia Award – MayMay

Social Contribution Award – INSPERA

Emerging Market Initiative Award – Ideabox

 

Asia Pacific Stevie Awards

Gold Stevie Winner

Best New Service of the Year_Telecommunications – MayMay

 

Silver Stevie Winner

CSR Campaign of the Year – Mobile Health Clinics

Best New Product of the Year_Telecommunications  – Ideabox

 

Bronze Stevie Winner

Most Innovative Company of the Year – Indosat

Best New Product of the Year_Telecommunications – Indosat Google Play Carrier Billing

 

Dr. Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, Ooredoo, said: “We are honoured to receive such recognition from across our industry. As we strive to support our customers in this age of disruptive innovation, I am proud of the recognition our Asian operations have received for their efforts to develop initiatives that reach out to our customers in such a compelling way. Many of these initiatives are relevant to other markets across our group and these awards provide great encouragement to explore how more of our customers can benefit from them.”

Myanmar maternal healthcare app, ‘maymay’, celebrated success across the board. The app was singled out for the innovative way in which it bridges the mobile and health sectors to help ensure that useful maternal, child health and wellness information is readily available to women across the country both during and after pregnancy. This is of particular importance in Myanmar given the number of issues around maternal health which exist, including high infant mortality rates and challenging levels of baby malnutrition. The app currently has over 11,000 users.

Recognised for its work to create a vibrant digital ecosystem in Indonesia, Indosat swept to success at the Asia Pacific Stevies collecting four awards, including an honour in the Most Innovative Company of the Year category. Reflecting a common focus for Ooredoo across all of its operations, Indosat’s creative approach to providing excellent home-grown digital solutions also saw INSPERA, Dompetku, Google Carrier Billing and ideabox achieve recognition across a variety of categories.

As Indosat positions itself as a major part of the digital future of Indonesia’s communities, IdeaBox, a start-up accelerator backed by Ooredoo, Indosat and Mountain Partners was rewarded for its efforts to enable skills development, enhance youth employability, and also to stimulate local mobile innovation. The startup incubator takes startups from ideas to fruition, offering seed funding, office space, resources and mentoring to mobile technology start-ups along the way.