Award Ceremony Held
Batelco is delighted to announce that all 16 candidates participating in a six month CCNA course at Batelco's Cisco Academy completed the programme with high marks. Along with 12 Batelco staff members, the group includes four unemployed girls nominated by the Ministry of Labour who were offered scholarships by Batelco.
A ceremony was held March 18th at the Academy to award the successful participants. Present on the occasion were Batelco Group General Manager Human Resources Shaikh Ahmed Al Khalifa, Batelco General Manager Networks Ebraihim Zainal and Batelco Senior Manager Human Resources Development Kamal Bahrani. Also in attendance were Ministry of Labour & Directorate of Human Resources Development Supervisor Training Projects, Saeed Al Fardan, and Bahrain Training Institute Deputy Director General Training Fadel A. Rabea.
Shaikh Ahmed congratulated the successful students and wished them well for their future careers.
"We are very proud of this achievement and also delighted to be helping young Bahrainis to attain their career goals by offering scholarships," he said.
Mr. Al-Fardan said that the Ministry appreciated what Batelco had achieved through the programme.
"We thank Batelco for their great efforts. We hope the programme will continue to grow and meet with further success in the future," he said.
"I am very happy to have been present to witness the first batch graduate from this excellent programme established through the cooperation of Batelco, Cisco and the BTI," said Mr. Rabea.
"I am really proud of the success of the partnership and would like to see it grow to offer higher level courses in the future," he added.
The Cisco Academy, located at Batelco's Hamala Headquarters was opened last year following the signing of an agreement between Batelco, Cisco and BTI. The Academy aims to boost the networking skills of a large number of trainees each year and provide fully qualified local talent with CCNA qualifications, to support the telecom and networking industry in Bahrain.
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About Batelco
Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) is the leading integrated communications provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain and an emerging force among the regions key telecommunications players.
Batelco serves both the corporate and consumer markets in the most liberalised and competitive environment in the Middle East, and remains committed to delivering cutting-edge telecommunications to its customers in Bahrain and the MENA region. The Company's management and staff are driven by an enthusiasm for delivering the best customer experience based on innovation, affordability and reliability of products and services.
Batelco's specialised services cover the full spectrum of telecommunications solutions for residential and business customers and span a comprehensive range of mobile services, international roaming, high-speed Internet connections, satellite services, WiFi, MPLS IP-VPN network provisioning and management, Datacoms services over fixed, wireless and internet platforms, managed services, systems integration and enterprise solutions.
Batelco has invested US$1.4 billion in Bahrain's telecom infrastructure over the past 26 years, including significant investment in Next Generation Networks infrastructure which has reinforced the Kingdom's position as a leading communications hub. The Company's shares are listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange with a total capitalization of approx US$ 3.2 billion as of February 2008.
With an ongoing strategy to grow overseas, the Batelco Group incorporates joint venture operations in Jordan, Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
For more information, please contact:
Ahmed Al Janahi
Batelco Corporate Affairs General Manager
Tel: +973 1788 4337
Email: cf@btc.com.bh
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