About the Awards

The robust growth witnessed by the Indian telecom sector has made it necessary to build a balanced ecosystem and ensure that R&D, innovation and manufacturing grow together to help sustain this growth. Along with this, the need to promote quality and excellence has also become imperative as a means to provide telecom stakeholders with the necessary impetus and encouragement to continue with their valuable contribution to the sector. As part of its mandate of promoting innovation and manufacturing in the Indian telecom sector, TCOE India has instituted a National Award, the “TCOE Award of Excellence”, in association with the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) - Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India , Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). This award will be presented each year during the ‘India Telecom’ event with KPMG as the Knowledge Partner and TelecomWatch as the Online Media Partner. Since these awards are from a platform involving all telecom stakeholders in India, they bring with them vital peer recognition and an esteemed certificate of excellence.

The First Annual TCOE Awards of Excellence held on 7th December 2011

Amidst the CEO’s and top Government officials of the Telecom fraternity, the Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE) India presented the first set of national awards showcasing unprecedented recognition to specific industry players for their outstanding contribution to the Indian telecom sector. Guided by the vision of promoting quality and excellence in the telecom sector, the TCOE India intends to make this series of National Awards an annual event in association with the DOT, COAI, AUSPI and FICCI.

The TCOE Awards of Excellence 2011 were presented by the Honourable Union Ministers of State, Communications and Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot and Shri Milind Deora on 7th December 2011.

TCOE India takes immense pleasure in presenting this year’s Awards in six categories to the following enterprises/institutions:

The nominations across various categories were received and evaluated by a panel of jury members from the Government, the academia, the telecom industry and various industry associations. Our Knowledge Partner for this year, KPMG, devised a scientific and transparent methodology for soliciting the nominations and arriving at the results.

About the Event

In 2012, the Awards will be held along with India Telecom 2012 during 20 - 22 December 2011. The details will be published soon.