FIEO Telcom awards 2011:

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FIEO Telcom awards 2011:Vice President of FIEO welcomed Dr Rahul Khullar,the Chief Guest Dr Anup K Pujari,DG of Foreign trade and award winners on the maiden FIEO Telecom Awards 2011 at Le Meridian Hotel New Delhi on 12 May 2011:To acknowledge the contribution by outstanding companies in the telecom sector, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) organized the first "FIEO Telecom Technology Awards 2011" on Thursday at New Delhi. Dr Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary presented the awards to companies who have excelled on various parameters within the ambit of telecommunication services and equipment sector. Dr Anup K Pujari, Director General of Foreign Trade was the Guest of Honour on this occasion. Dr Khullar during his address said that telecommunications is one of the sectors which has witnessed the most fundamental structural and institutional reforms. Today, telecom is the second major sector attracting FDI inflows after computer software sector. He said that the domestic telecom equipment manufacturing has not been able to keep pace with the growing demand leading to the imports as the only option for telecom operators. J K Jain, Vice President FIEO mentioned that FIEO also has a mandate to promote India's services sector and the institution of these awards are a step in this direction. He said that sector has great potential and can easily contribute to USD 10 Billion by 2014. He also emphasized on the rising demand for a wide range of telecom equipment, particularly in the area of mobile telecommunication which provides excellent opportunities to domestic and foreign investors in the manufacturing sector. Jain observed that India is a net importer of telecom items and the growth of the sector offers opportunities for industry to strengthen domestic manufacturing for import neutralization and pave way to encourage exports of this sector. The awards were organized in association with Connexpo India while Hay Consultants India Pvt Ltd was the knowledge partner. The recipient of various award categories included companies like Beetel for encouraging manufacturing and exports, Ericson for adoption of green technology, Tejas for product design, Alcatel ICE3 for health safe handset, KSRTC for new mobile services , Aarogyam for social media initiatives and E-Parisara for e-waste management etc.
Other companies who were presented awards were Micromax Informatics Ltd, Spice Mobility Ltd, Handygo Technologies Pvt Ltd, Terracom Ltd, Aircel Ltd. Dell Inida, Lenovo India Pvt Ltd, Lava International Ltd, One 97 Communications Ltd, Maxx Mobilink Pvt Ltd, Telecomwatch and Redd Communications Pvt Ltd.
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