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Nawras honoured for excellence in brand marketing at CMO Asia Awards
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Muscat, 2 August 2010: Adding to a year of exciting achievements, Nawras is honoured to have picked up further international recognition for its excellence in brand leadership during the recent CMO Asia Awards held in Singapore. Nawras was thrilled to take home prestigious awards for 'Excellence in Branding and Marketing' as well as 'Asia's Best Employer Brand Award'.
Tariq Al-Barwani, Nawras head of corporate affairs received the awards and congratulations from panel representatives including Bhaskar Chatterjee, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Public Enterprises and Donovan Neale-May, Executive Director of the CMO Council--an organisation dedicated to high-level knowledge exchange and thought leadership in the field of marketing.
Judging criteria recognised Nawras' ability to undertake and fulfil aggressive business management goals, implement team-orientation programmes as well as maintain its strong focus on customers and their positive interaction with the brand. Supported by the World Brand Congress and in alliance with the international CMO Council, the event attracted hundreds of attendees representing a worldwide network of distinguished marketing managers.
Speaking after the ceremony, Al-Barwani described the pleasingly different approach taken by the Nawras marketing team in building a 360° brand platform. "It is a great honour to be acknowledged by our international peers for bringing creative innovations to our customers and for striving to be employer of choice in Oman," said Al-Barwani. "We offer our customers the latest telecom technology with pleasingly different sales and after-sales support. Our dedicated team is composed of talented individuals who consistently take our brand to new and exciting heights in order to continuously delight our customers."
The first CMO Asia Awards ceremony was held to recognise organisations, chief marketing officers and professionals who have shown leadership in building brands combined with consistent innovation and strategic marketing. The CMO Council is a peer powered network dedicated to professional excellence, building personal relationships among nearly 5,000 senior marketing decision makers controlling more than $150 billion in annual marketing spend worldwide.
Within the last few years, Nawras--a Qtel Group company--has reliably delivered great value as well as many firsts for customers in Oman. With trendsetting achievements and pleasingly different service, Nawras has picked up a stream of local, regional and global awards for business excellence including 'Leader in Telecommunications' at the Arab Achievement Awards, 'Customer Service Provider of the Year - Middle East and Africa' from CommsMEA and Middle East Call Centre of the Year from INSIGHTS.
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About Nawras:
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOC was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. It launched its service in March 2005 as the second mobile operator in Oman operating under the name Nawras. Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOC is majority owned by the Qtel Group, the leading telecommunications provider in Qatar and one of the world's leading telecommunications companies. Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOC also has a number of significant Omani shareholders which ensures that the company is strongly integrated into the Omani society. In 2009, Nawras was awarded the second fixed licence in Oman and became a full service provider with the launch of its fixed services in mid 2010. Nawras has won a number of awards including Leader in Telecommunications at the Arab Achievement Awards in May 2010, Customer Service Provider of the Year 2009 and Middle East Mobile Operator of the Year 2007 from CommsMEA, Above and Beyond the Call of Duty at the World BSS Awards and Best Telecom Brand Oman in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Business Today, a leading local business magazine.
For more information about our pleasingly different services, visit us at www.nawras.om.
About the Qtel Group:
The Qtel Group is a diversified telecommunications company with a presence in 17 countries, providing voice and data services to people and businesses, and bringing advanced technology to more than 60 million customers. We are committed to expansion in the MENA region, where we are the largest telecommunications company by number of operations, and South East Asia. Our vision is to be among the top 20 telecommunications companies in the world by 2020.
Julie Amann
Press Manager, Nawras
M: +968 9510 3669
Email: julie.amann@nawras.om
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