GSMA today announced that the Etisalat Group, the leading telecommunications operator in Middle East, Africa and Asia, has been nominated for five of its prestigious Global Mobile Awards.
The nominated products and services include: Flous, for best mobile money service; Mobile Cashier, for best smart retail service; women empowerment program Weena, for best service in emerging markets; Etisalat Mobile Connect, for the best digital identity service; and C’me, for the best mobile network based product. The winners will be announced during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on the 3rd of March.
"Congratulations to all the nominees in the 20th Global Mobile Awards,” said Michael O’Hara, GSMA’s Chief Marketing Officer. “With a new record of over 800 entries, the competition has been better than ever - reflecting the dynamic pace of growth and evolution across the mobile world. We look forward to celebrating 20 years of mobile achievement and innovation with all the nominees and winners on Tuesday 3rd March, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.”
This year, Etisalat’s new commerce offering Mobile Cashier - enabling merchants to accept credit card payments directly on their mobile phones, communication platform C’me that allow users to combine multiple media channels and social platforms under one application and Mobile Connect - a Digital Identity service that improves online security – have created new opportunities for the Group to be recognised during the most important gatherings of telecoms companies in 2015.
Substantially extended in 2014, products such as Flous - the fully interoperable mWallet service as implemented across majority of the Group operations and Weena – an enablement programme designed by Etisalat to enhance the lives of resource poor women in the Middle East, Africa and Asia – are highlight’s of the Group’s commitment to deliver market relevant and transformational services through the use of technology.
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GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association) is an association of mobile operators and related companies devoted to supporting the standardizing, deployment and promotion of the GSM mobile telephone system. The GSMA was formed in 1995. For more information visit www.gsma.com
About Etisalat:
Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Etisalat Group is one of the world’s leading telecom groups in emerging markets. Since its inception almost four decades ago, Etisalat has been introducing innovative connectivity solutions for its customers across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. These cutting-edge solutions have given Etisalat the ability to expand its subscriber base to more than 182 million in the 19 international markets it operates in. Etisalat’s market cap of is 87.7 billion AED, equaling 23.8 billion USD.
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Etisalat Media Desk
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Source: http://www.etisalat.ae
