Manama, Bahrain, 18 March 2015: VIVA, the Kingdom's most innovative telecom provider, was presented with the 'Best Application for Smart Devices' award at the eGovernment Excellence Award 2015 held recently in Bahrain. 

The 'Best Application for Smart Devices' award was given in recognition for the successful deployment and launch of VIVA's innovative mobile self-care app, VIVA BH. The app offers customers unrestricted freedom to access and manage their accounts and stay connected with VIVA's latest product and service offerings and enables them to do everything on the move - from paying bills and viewing mobile usage to consumption and locating their nearest stores.

The VIVA app garnered overwhelming response from its subscribers with over 62,000 downloads within nine months of its launch combined with positive 5-star rating for its Blackberry version, 4+ and 4.1 star rating for iOS and Android versions respectively. Moreover, with 516 downloads per day with a total of more than 40,000 downloads by Android users, the iOS download version of the VIVA app reached over 22,000 with a daily average of 100 downloads. Additionally, its customer-friendly features including Quick pay, Account details, Support channel, Products & Services were well-received by VIVA customers.

Commenting on the award, Eng. Ulaiyan Al Wetaid, VIVA CEO said, "VIVA is committed to offering products that extend our web self-service capabilities to mobile and enhances our customers' experience with innovative digital services such as the VIVA app that allows them unlimited access to our services."

Adding further, Mr. Al Wetaid said, "The award is a recognition of our continuous efforts to innovate and introduce latest technologies to our customers' growing digital needs through an array of support channels."

VIVA subscribers can get the app on their phone for free via the Google play and Apple app stores, or by visiting the following link: www.viva.com.bh/app. VIVA customers can also access their mobile account through the self-care portal in viva.com.bh.

For more information please contact:
Latifa Al-Shakar: 17561725, latifa.alshakar@ogilvy.com

Pooja Rekhi Sharma: 1756 1723, Pooja.Sharma@ogilvy.com

© Press Release 2015