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2nd Mobility Award Night Concluded Successfully The 2nd Mobility Excellence Award 2015 concluded on grand scale. The event held in New Delhi on 4th March 2016 has been meant to felicitate the achievers of mobility industry for their outstanding performances in 2015 in different segments of mobility industry - covering mobile handsets, apps and accessories. The event was attended by representatives from many brands, channel partners and other guests. About 70 awards were given away to the deserving winners under different categories. It was exciting to see many bigwigs from the Mobility congregating under one umbrella. Compared to the 1st Mobility Award Night, this event witnessed the presence of a higher number of winners, brand and visitors. All the leading and upcoming telecom vendors and channel partners, such as ZOPO, Adcom, Samsung, Videocon, Panasonic, Intex, Xolo, m-tech, RV Solutions, WOWSOME, DOEL, Karbonn, Lava, Champion, AXL, etc were present. The recent and new entrants like ZOPO, TP-Link (neffos) and Usha Shriram announced their innovative products.
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On behalf of Mobility, I particularly thank the Partners who actively supported the event, congratulate the winners and thank all the visitors who all made the event a grand success. As a major driver of the Mobility industry, the Mobility magazine will continue to conduct this Annual Awards event every year with the support and encouragement from our esteemed partners.
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The 2nd Mobility Excellence Awards 2015 event attracted a record congregation of more than 500 guests and representatives cutting across the verticals of the telecom industry, including Vendors, Corporate, Distributors and Re-sellers from India and overseas. This year, in addition to the already existing award categories, such as Mobility Excellence Awards, Special Category Awards and Editor’s Choice Awards, more categories like Make in India Award and an increased number of awards have been added.
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obility, India’s leading mobile technology magazine, held its 2nd edition of Mobility Excellence Awards Night on 4th March 2016, at Hotel Suryaa, New Friends Colony, in New Delhi, to felicitate the achievers of mobility industry for their outstanding performances in 2015 in different segments of mobility industry - covering mobile handsets, apps, accessories and other services. The 1st Mobility Excellence Awards Night held in January 2015 was a grand success with representatives
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from top brands, top distributors, partners, etc attending and participating in the event. After receiving an overwhelming support and encouragement from the mobility industry, Mobility has decided to continue with the annual awards ceremony this year too. The Mobility Excellence Awards ceremony has been a unique event intended to provide all the leading and upcoming telecom vendors and channel partners an interactive and informative platform to cement their old relationships and form new associations with different
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telecom industry players. The 2nd Mobility Excellence Awards 2015 event attracted a record congregation of more than 500 guests and representatives cutting across the verticals of the telecom industry, including Vendors, Corporate, Distributors and Re-sellers from India and overseas. This year, in addition to the already existing award categories, such as Mobility Excellence Awards, Special Category Awards and Editor’s Choice Awards, more categories like Make in India Award and an increased number of awards have been added. Commenting at the event, Swapan Roy, Publisher and Editor, Mobility, said, “This Mobility Excellence Awards ceremony is specially designed to recognize the achievers, such as brands, vendors, distributors and re-sellers, in the telecom industry for their immense and game-changing contributions. This event has emerged as one of the promising platforms for the players of Mobility industry to network, share and exchange valuable knowledge and ideas with the eminent guests. Being in the media industry since 1999, we, at Mobility
magazine, felt it is our moral responsibility to recognize the achievers in the Mobility industry and play our part of the role to encourage the outstanding players and drive the industry forward. We have already been successfully conducting NCN Awards Nights for the past 8 years, on behalf of our NCN, the IT magazine.� The selection criterion for the awards has been designed to be rigorous and comprehensive. The products are selected on the basis of nominations and online polling. Then the selection panel comprising eminent personalities from the industry evaluates each product on the basis of multitude of parameters. This is to ensure that the best brands, models, etc will be selected for the awards and also ensure utmost transparency and credibility of the awards function. Mobility team specially acknowledges the support and encouragement given by the Presenting Partner zopo and their distributor Adcom (Silver partner); Platinum Partners: USHA SHRIRAM, Gold Partners:
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TP-Link neffos and XOLO: Silver Partner: Panasonic, Champion; Supporting Partners: m-tech, RV Solutions, AXL from Modi Infotech; App Partner: WOWSOME; Power Partner: DOEL; and Media Patner: Advent. Mobility team also thanks all the Guests of Honor and all the Guests who attended the event to make it grand and successful.
Swapon Roy, Publisher & Editor, Mobility Dear Guests of Honor, Partners, and honorable guests AND Mobility team members, Welcome to everybody! I thank you all for sparing your valuable to time to attend and make this 2nd Mobility Excellence Awards event a memorable and productive one. Last year we conducted our 1st Mobility Excellence Awards here in a grand manner with the support of our partners and well-wishers. I particularly thank our esteemed industry partners who supported this event wholeheartedly. This year Mobility industry is upbeat with growth prospects with India overtaking USA to become the 2nd largest market for Smart Phones. Today India is the destination for all the entrepreneurs. Another remarkable development in the country last year is several Mobility industry vendors have started their plants in India under Prime Minister’s Make in India program. This is expected to boost employment opportunities to the Indian youth, besides preventing the flight of foreign currency outwards. I congratulate all the winners and thank all the nominees, online voters and the guests present hear. I hope and wish better times for the industry. I WISH EVERYONE HERE AN EXCITING AND FUN-FILLED EVENING!
2nd Mobility Awards Night as the Trend Driver Today, India is the 2nd largest smartphone user after overtaking USA. Easy availability, decreasing prices & operational costs, and increasing number of features and functionalities, all are driving this mobile revolution. Today mobile phones are replacing PCs for several activities. With Bring Your Own Device (also known as BOYD) gaining increasing acceptance among corporates, there is an exponential growth of mobile phones and tablets even in the official activities. With the increasing purchases via mobiles, e-tailing is shifting towards m-tailing. A considerable portion of the Indian population has already shifted from the use of feature phones to smart phones. Of the 6 billion mobile phone users in the world, over 30% reside only in China and India. With many people are about to move to smart phones in the coming years, India is on the verge of a vast business upheaval. Today, even in rural areas, where basic amenities find it hard to pave in, mobile phones are pervading. Of the 200 million present Internet connections in India, over 50% are mobile Internet connections. UndoubtedMobility MARCH 2016
ly, mobile phone has become the easiest way to connect with all kinds of audience, belonging to all age-groups, demographic areas, cultural backgrounds, etc and 3G and 4G are further accelerating the process. India, being in the initial stages of this mobile revolution, gives a huge window of opportunities where you can take your business to unimaginable heights.
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About Roymediative and Mobility Magazine RoyMediative Group, founded in 1999, is a reputed publishing company based in New Delhi. The Group publishes three established trade magazines, namely, Mobility (to promote the info related to mobile gadgets and accessories), NCN (to promote the info related to IT industry) and Imaging Solution (to promote the info related to printing & imaging industry). Roymediative has been successfully conducting NCN Awards Nights for the past 8 years and Imaging Solution Awards Nights for the past 5 years. This year, in line with the RoyMediative’s tradition, the 2nd Mobility Excellence Award Night has been conducted to recognize and reward top performers of the Mobility industry and act as a driver of the industry. With over 500 attendees, including Guests of Honor, Company and Brand representatives who came to receive the awards, other Vendors, Distributors, Retail-
ers, the event was exciting and trend-setting. The whole program had been interspersed with enchanting entertainment breaks to excite the guests and was followed by Dinner & Cocktail. The following were the Guests of Honor: Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India, Telecom Equipment & Service Export Promotion council, Govt. of India, Mr. Sanjeev Bhatia, Founder & Director, ADCOM, Mr. Kumar Deep, Head-External Communication, Vodafone India, Mr. Bill Ye, Director & Country Manager, TP-Link, Mr. Satnam S. Sandhu, Sr. VP-Sales & Marketing, Usha Shriram, Mr. Gaurav Mathur, MD (Sales), Rivacase
AtFor Last the successful conclusion of 2nd Mobility Award Night credit must goes to Zopo, Intex, Usha Shriram, Xolo, TP-Link neffos, Panasonic, ,Champion,, AdCom,, mTech,RV Solution, AXL, Wowsome and Doel who whole-heartedly supported the Mobility Award Night. Every invitee praised the event and expected big event in next year also. In future, Roymediative and Mobility will continue to celebrate the Mobility Awards Nights every year with the invaluable support and blessings of our esteemed partners and well-wishers. ONCE AGAIN MOBILITY MAGAZINE CONVEYS ITS HEARTIEST THANKS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL THE PARTNERS AND ATTENDEES OF THE EVENT!
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Best Flagship Smartphone of the Year: Samsung
Best Value Smartphone of the Year (Under 10K): Panasonic (P55 NOVO 2GB)
Mr. Pankaj Rana, Business Head,
Best Mid Range Smartphone of the Year (Under 20k): ASUS
Mr.Peter Chang, Region Head – South Asia & Country Manager for ASUS India. “We feel privileged to have received this award and would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to Mobility India for their continuous support and recognition over the years. This award is testament to the fact that we, at ASUS, are constantly striving to ensure that our products set us apart in the global smartphone industry. We would also like to congratulate the publication on the completion of the second edition of their Mobility Excellence Awards and wish them continued success.” Mobility MARCH 2016
Mobility Division, Panasonic India
“On behalf of Panasonic India, we are delighted to win these awards for our commitment towards innovation in technology. We are grateful to the jury for acknowledging our versatility in innovating devices from white goods to enterprise solutions. We at Panasonic continuously aspire to offer a comprehensive range of efficient and smart solutions to our consumers, such as in the case of the Eluga Icon, in which we have attempted to grant users cutting-edge mobility without compromising on their budgets. Accolades like the Mobility Excellence Awards celebrate the excellence in the industry and motivate us to reach new heights.”
Best Affordable 4G Smartphone of the Year: Swipe (Elite 2) Mr. Sripal Gandhi “I am deeply honored to accept the “Most Affordable 4G Product – 2015” award on behalf of my team, whose efforts have made us the winners. I thank Mobility India from the bottom of my heart for selecting “Swipe Elite 2” as the winner in the category. Trust me when I say the team Swipe has worked hard enough to deserve this coveted recognition.
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Best Phablet of the Year: Micromax
Best Camera Phone of the Year: Lenovo Mr. Rajesh Agarwal, Co-Founder, Micromax Informatics.
“At Micromax, we have always worked towards democratizing technology for the masses, by keeping consumers at the very core of all our offerings. It is indeed very encouraging and humbling at the same time to receive this award. The recognition further motivates us to keep delighting the Indian consumer with innovative products powered by relevant services.”
Best Feature Phone of the Year: Intex
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Kalirona,
Mobile Business Head, Intex Technologies.
“Keeping in mind the innumerable mobile phone models coming up everyday, It gives immense pleasure that Intex mobile phone, Turbo S5 has been awarded as the Feature phone of the Year. Intex has always ensured superior quality products for consumers at appealing prices. Turbo S5 is one of our finest products and is a perfect blend of brilliant configuration and stylish looks, which the consumer would love to flaunt.”
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Best Fitness Band of the Year: FitBit
Most Gorgeous Product of the Year: ZTE Mr. Cao Kai, CEO, ZTE Terminal, India “On behalf of ZTE, I express my heartiest acknowledgement to Mobility India for choosing Nubia Z9 mini as the Gorgeous Product of the Year. Nubia Z9 mini has an excellent feature-rich camera and ample manual controls for the photographer. It was an overwhelming experience to be a part of the event and we look forward to such associations and appreciations in the near future.”
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2nd Mobility Excellence Awards 2015 Mr Rajesh Doshi, Director, Zebronics India pvt ltd. “Thank you mobility for such recognition for Zebronics bluetooth range of speakers. It really reflects the commitment we have towards our products and motivates us to create more such products for consumers. Mobility is doing great work in educating the channel about new technologies and products.”
Best Headphones of the Year: Kingston Best Smart-watch of the Year: IRIST (Intex)
Mr. Vishal Parekh, Marketing Director, Kingston Technology – India
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Mobile Business Head, Intex Technologies.
“Wearable segment is the next big thing and with iRist launched last year, we entered the segment with an innovative offering, the first androidbased smart watch by Indian player fulfilling the aspirations of consumers. It is heart whelming to see that the wearable industry has accepted brand Intex, with iRrist being awarded by such a reputed platform.”
Best Bluetooth Speaker of the Year: Zebronics;
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“We are elated to have won in the Best Headset category and we thank team Mobility India for giving us this honor. It is motivating for us to see the consumers, channel partners, media and enthusiasts choosing us as the best in this category. This is a very good platform to have won on, where the whole of India sees our prowess and that definitely helps strengthen confidence in our brand. Mobility India has set high expectations and we hope to see them grow exponentially with more amazing articles and events.”
Best Innovative App of the Year: Wowsome
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Mr. Vishal Reddy, CEO, WOWSOME “The recognition honoured upon us by Mobility Excellence Awards encouraged an innovative yet mass media based technology like ours to expand our service to the amazing network of mobile phone and hardware equipment manufacturers in the country. Thank you and best wishes to all the winners!”
prestigious award. Our win is a testament of the fact that innovation is etched deep in our system and we are going extra miles to launch unique storage devices for the growing storage needs of consumers worldwide. This recognition encourages us to do better each day. ”
Best innovative mobile Accessories of the Year: STK Accessories
Best Powerbank of the Year: ERD
Mr.Sanjeev Bhardwaj, CMD, ERD I would like to extend my thanks to M/s.Mobility India for organising the ‘Mobility awards distribution Night’ & inviting ERD Group to participate in the Power Bank category. It was indeed memorable event and getting award was a moment of great pleasure and honour for us.
Best Portable Storage for Mobile Devices of year: SanDisk
Mr. Puneet Gupta, Head India & SAARC, STK Accessories.
“We are extremely happy that STK has been awarded the ‘Best innovative Mobile accessories’ category at the 2nd Mobility excellence awards. Recognition like this encourages a Mobiles accessories brand like us to continue our efforts to provide the most innovative products to our customers. On behalf of our entire team, I thank Mobility India for honouring us with this award and wish them many more successful years.”
Best Home Automation of the Year: TP-Link
Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Country Manager, India & SAARC, SanDisk Corporation
“It is a matter of great pride for the entire team at SanDisk, for receiving the award in the ‘Portable Storage in Mobile Devices’ category at 2nd Mobility Excellence Awards. We are highly elated as our latest innovation - SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick has received wide recognition at the
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“Roy Mediative team has worked determinedly to re-define the customer experience and partner business perception. We look on the guys
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at Roy Mediative as part of our family and know they are as passionate & committed to their target audience as we are. Hence we have nourished this alliance continuously for past years. They have seen progressive growth from last year, and TP-LINK is honored to be its supporting partner and we wish them with a glorious success in coming future.”
Best Service Provider of the Year: Vodafone
Mr. Atul Gaur, Executive MD, Mobility India, Ingram Micro
“I am extremely thankful to ‘MOBILITY’ for having conferred the prestigious award for the BEST MOBILITY DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR to Ingram Micro . I would want to reassure all our vendors and customers that Ingram would continue to endeavor to excel in adding value to the distribution, thereby benefitting the end consumers of the technology.”
Best Indian Mobile Brand of the Year: Micromax
Best Distributor of the Year (Mobility): Ingram Micro Mr. Rajesh Agarwal, Co-Founder, Micromax Informatics.
“At Micromax, we have always worked towards democratizing technology for the masses, by keeping consumers at the very core of all our offerings. It is indeed very encouraging and humbling at the same time to receive this award. The recognition further motivates us to keep delighting the Indian consumer with innovative products powered by relevant services.”
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MAKE IN INDIA AWARDS
In a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ initiative, many Indian vendors started the manufacturing activities in India under the inspiration of our PM who take the initiative of Make in India with an aim to give the Indian economy global recognition. The government has given a big push to the Make in India campaign, the centrepiece of its plan to create jobs through domestic manufacturing, with a raft of tax incentives and proposals that make it easier to do business. Mobility has selected some ideal Indian Brands for MAKE IN INDIA AWARDS
Intex
Mr. Keshav Bansal,
Director, Intex Technologies.
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Adcom
“We are privileged to receive the Make in India Initiative Award. This special award is recognition of Intex’s efforts towards unleashing India’s manufacturing prowess and making it self-reliant. Intex has been into domestic manufacturing for over a decade and such an acknowledgement will only boost our determinations towards future plans.”
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Videocon,
Mr. Vineet Mahajan, Product Business Head, Videocon Mobile Phones
“It is a moment of pride for us that Videocon Mobile Phones has won “Make in India” award at 2nd edition of Mobility Excellence Awards 2016. We are thankful to Mobility for giving us this opportunity to be a part of these prestigious awards. Mobility Excellence Awards offers a great platform for mobile players to come to-
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2nd Mobility Excellence Awards 2015 10 years, which will entail an investment of Rs. 2,615 crore generating employment for 55000 people. Lava also has plans to ramp up its R&D with an investment of Rs 200 crore over the next five years. We are extremely pleased to have received this honor and it will motivate the entire team at Lava to achieve greater milestones.”
Karbonn gether and discuss technology, trends and future associations. Being and Indian Manufacturer, Videocon Mobile Phones strongly supports the ‘Make in India’ initiative of Indian Government. Manufacturing domestically will create manufacturing capacity which will reduce cost of production and also encourage high end product manufacturing which at present being imported. The industry holds potential to grow manifold with Make in India.”
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Mr. Shashin Devsare,
Executive Director, Karbonn
“We are extremely delighted and humbled by this honour bestowed upon us. It has been our vision to bring the most advanced and yet simplified mobile technology solutions to customers across spectrums irrespective of their language and digital proficiency. This award commemorates our efforts in this direction and encourages us to continue delivering the best mobile phone experience to today’s discerning customer-base.”
Lava
Mr. Sanjeev Agarwal,
Chief Manufacturing Officer, Lava International Ltd.
“Within 7 years of Inception, Lava International Limited has become one of India’s leading mobile handset companies. At our core we believe in making valuable technologies accessible to the people around the world through high quality products. We are committed towards the Government’s ‘Make In India’ initiative and plan to ramp up the production capacity to 216 million units annually in the next seven to Mobility MARCH 2016
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Mr. Md Gyasuddin,
MD, Hitech Cellphone Pvt. Ltd
Being one of the pioneer in Indian Mobile revolution, we are in the forefront of the ongoing “Make in India” program. Our state of the art 55,000 sq ft mobile assembling plant is not only the first Greenfield integrated mobile factory in East India but also a symbol of nation’s progress. We will treasure this coveted “Make in India” award that you have conferred in the second edition of Mobility Excellence Award Ceremony.
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AWARDS Best Upcoming Brand of China, Zopo
ZOPO is one of the major global mobile phone brands from China-based ZOPO Communicationsequipment Limited. The mission of ZOPO is to bring customers a great delight thru intelligent technology and its core values of innovation, dream and credibility. Continuous innovation in products will answer customers’ higher demands. The zopo Speed 8 is the world’s fastest smartphone that runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with little to no customizations. “It doesn’t matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special, as ADCOM & ZOPO get total 5awards so it is very special award night for us “
Most Popular Indian Brand, Intex
Intex Technologies is a trusted name in the industry and is one of the fastest growing brands. The company has a state-of-the-art R&D and manufacturing facilities in India and China which are well-equipped with latest infrastructure headed by highly qualified and experienced professionals. Mr. Keshav Bansal, Director, Intex Technologies. “Intex is honoured to receive one of the most prominent industry award, Mobility Award 2016 for being the Most Popular Indian Brand. Being bestowed with this award is a vindication of our customer centric approach and the belief that we understand our consumers. Brand Intex has grown phenomenally well in the last few years and such acknowledgments and accomplishment will surely inspire domestic players.”
New Arrival Brand: Neffos TP-LINK, the famous global provider of networking products, now forayed into mobile market by announcing its smart phone brand neffos. neffos C5 Series presents smartphones with high running speed, large storage space, smart multithreaded background program and powerful camera to offer a balanced and joyful experience for users. neffos is a new journey for TPLINK to bring users the best smartphones. Driven by TPLink’s global reputation and the philosophy of ‘Smart&
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OPPO is a China-based global electronics and technology service provider that delivers the latest and most exquisite mobile electronic devices in over 20 countries. OPPO is dedicated to deliver customers with the most extraordinary mobile experience through meticulous designs and smart technology. OPPO strives to bring its users the best smartphone experience thru beautiful products-inside and out, the latest technology and the highest hardware quality standards. Since its foray into the mobile phone market in 2008, OPPO is today present in 21 markets worldwide. Sky Li OPPO Global VP, MD of International Mobile Business and President of OPPO India.
Simple’ neffos is all set to become a smash hit in the “It is a great honor for me to receive Indian mobile market. this award. I am sincerely grateful for this nomination and I am pleased to New Arrival Brand: USHA Shriram receive the award for Most aggresUsha Shriram, one of the most trusted Consumer sive Chinese brand by 2nd Mobility Durables brand with a Pan-India presence, has anExcellence Awards. I want to thank nounced its ambitious plan to venture into the fast growall who worked with me to make this ing Mobile Handsets market with an exclusive range of a success. Their dedication and excellence earned this honor for our company.”
Most Affordable Brand, Adcom ADCOM, the short form of ‘Advantage Computers,’ is a part of the Advantage Group, one of the pioneers among IT & technology products, tablets, mobile phones, IT and Mobile peripherals and accessories.
GSM, CDMA Feature and Smart Phones. Continuing with its commitment of providing exceptional services, the company has planned to provide outstanding After Sales Services through a chain of 500 exclusive service centers.
Most Aggressive Chinese Brand, Oppo Adcom is known in the Industry for launching various innovative products at competitive prices and excellent service support, way ahead of its competitors. The New Delhi-based company has a product R&D centre and manufacturing facilities near Delhi consisting of trained qualified engineers. Adcom develops and tests all products keeping in mind the quality, latest specifications and customer-friendly technology.
Most Versatile Brand, Panasonic Panasonic is a well-known provider of consumer electronics and durables including home appliances like LCD & Plasma TVs, DVD players, Home Theatre
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2nd Mobility Excellence Awards 2015 lutions. We at Panasonic continuously aspire to offer a comprehensive range of efficient and smart solutions to our consumers, such as in the case of the Eluga Icon, in which we have attempted to grant users cutting-edge mobility without compromising on their budgets. Accolades like the Mobility Excellence Awards celebrate the excellence in the industry and motivate us to reach new heights.”
Most Innovative Accessories Brand, Lapcare Systems, Car Audio Systems, Washing Machines, Refrigerators, etc. Panasonic Mobile offers a wide range of communication devices and solutions like Mobile Phones, High Definition Videoconferencing, Professional Audio Video products like Broadcast Cameras, etc. Panasonic provides stylish and feature-rich smart phones and feature phones supported with top class after-sales-support. Mr. Pankaj Rana, Business Head, Mobility Division, Panasonic India “On behalf of Panasonic India, we are delighted to win these awards for our commitment towards innovation in technology. We are grateful to the jury for acknowledging our versatility in innovating devices from white goods to enterprise soIt felt really great to be selected as the “Editor’s Choice for the Best After Sales Service Solution Provider “ Thank You Mobility for the honour.
Vivek Gupta, Business Head Mobile Service at RV Solutions Our Endeavour has always been to provide exceptional service to the Brands across the 400+
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LAPCARE is a specialized brand in laptop peripherals and accessories for all premium brands of laptops. Lapcare was founded in 1997 and entered the Indian market in 2007, partnering with Rx Infotech Pvt Limited. Lapcare is committed in its efforts for delivering quality products at highly affordable pricing. Lapcare’s product offering includes various compatible laptop spares to all major laptop brands, accessories and mobility solutions backed with high quality standards and warranty that equates closely to original laptop products but at a much affordable prices. With a dealership network of over 6000 across India, Lapcare is currently present in almost all major cities of India and is rapidly expanding its network base to reach out to its customers. touch points in the country, we have a dedicated team who is involved in making sure that a great quality of service is provided across our service points. This award from mobility magazine only affirms our belief in enriching customer experience. Thanks to all the people who voted in for us –
Aditya Padman, Head Business Development and New Initiatives RV Solutions
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EDITOR’s CHOICE AWARDS
Best User-friendly brand, Champion
Best Affordable Premium Handset (Speed 7 plus): zopo
Competitive Chinese Brand of the year, vivo Champion Computers Pvt Ltd is a New Delhi-based, 25-year old company that provides a wide range of IT and telecom products under the brand name ‘Champion’. Champion’s product portfolio includes smart phones, feature phones, tablets, PC peripherals, monitors, motherboards and wireless products, among others. Champion has a strong nationwide distribution network. Champion’s strong commitment to quality and customer satisfaction has won then the Best Value Award from CHIP and Excellence Award from WD.
Most Emerging Brand, m-tech
Mtech Mobile Telecommunications is a Kolkatabased provider of mobile phones (feature and smart phones) under the brand name m-tech. In 2015, M-Tech launched a smartphone called ‘Jazbaa’ in association with the film Jazbaa which was a grand success. In the coming months m-tech plans to launch 4G handsets with smarter selfie cams. m-tech has market presence in 20 states in India and is one of the pioneers of Prime Minister’s Make in India program with their own two manufacturing plants in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. In the coming years, m-tech aims to be among top 5 cell phone providers in India.
Vivo Electronics Corp, founded in 2009, is a prominent global mobile phone brand. Vivo India Pvt Ltd operates from its office located in NCR and provides affordable and mid-range Android phones loaded with latest features. vivo India brings the revolutionary vivo smartphones using innovative FunTouch OS with truly smart features that offer a Hi-Fi & smart phone experience. Vivo’s current flagship phone, the vivo Xplay3S, is the world’s first smartphone with a Quad HD display and features high quality voice and audio.
Best Android Security Solution Provider, Sophos
Recently, Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, has received the 2015 AV-TEST Best Android Security Award for Best Protection. Over a 12-month period and during six independent tests, Sophos Mobile Security for Android consistently achieved a perfect score for malware and threat detecMobility MARCH 2016
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tion. Sophos Mobile Security, which is a free app developed by Sophos for all Android users, demonstrated a consistent detection rate of 100 percent in each of the six test rounds during 2015. In each test, the product was required to scan, detect and remove nearly 3000 dangerous apps.
Most Quality Personified Brand (Powerbank), DOEL
batteries to various brands since the last two decades. With their production plant in Himachal Pradesh, today AIPL provides high quality power products and various accessories for the mobiles market which at affordable prices offer maximum satisfaction to the customers. Advents always strives to be in the forefront by offering products with premium quality, latest models every month, timely delivery of consignments, prompt customer service and cost effectiveness.
Best After Sales Service Solution Provider, RV Solutions
Doel International Pvt Ltd is a Delhi-based Consultancy & Distribution Company founded in 2015 and focused on IT & CE products and services. Within a year of its existence, DOEL has signed up consultancy and distribution contracts with some of the top global companies. DOEL has recently launched its own branded powerbanks to offer the best back-up to mobile devices at affordable prices.
Best of contemporary mobile devices (ICON4), Adcom
RV Solutions Pvt Ltd is an NCR-based ISO certified company offering a range of services and solutions related to IT infrastructure. RV Solutions through its efficient technical resources provides remarkable services for a company’s dynamic telecom and IT set-up with the help of their esteemed and experienced teams manned by dedicated and committed engineers, IT professionals, business analysts and production managers. Their teams are specialized in developing solutions tailormade to the clients’ needs. RV Solutions’ employees and state-of-the art technical department aims to ensure maximum client satisfaction.
Best Stylish Powerbank, AXL
Best Largest Mobile Battery Manufacturers, Adit Infratel
Adit Infratel Pvt Ltd also known as AIPL is an NCRbased company which has been a supplier of mobile AXL, providing mobile accessories, is a brand of Modi Infosol Pvt Ltd, a prominent Delhi-based distributor of ICT and telecom products and solutions. AXL provides new generation mobile accessories that redefine life in every way. At AXL, experts configure each and every product using latest technologies and durable chips in a professional manner to implement latest updates. AXL offers efficient after sales service and never leaves a stone unturned when it comes to serve the customers in the most skilful way. Mobility MARCH 2016
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2nd Mobility Excellence Awards 2015
BEST MOBILE PARTNER AWARDS
BEST RETAIL PARTNER AWARDS
Delhi: Delhi Vision Distribution
North: IVR Mr. Akshay Kher – COO MW.
Haryana: SPG
We are grateful for the honor bestowed upon us as the Best Retail Partner Award – North by Mobility Magazine during their 2nd mobility excellence award ceremony held earlier this month. Mobility Magazine is a cutting edge publication in the arena and we are proud to be partners with them and thank the magazine for considering us worthy of the award”.
Rajasthan: Delta Mr. Dilip Kalra First of all, I would like to give a heartiest thanks to Mobility Family to organize such an event like “2nd Mobility Excellence Awards”. You all are really doing great work. We are feeling honored for being a part of that event.“Mobility Excellence Awards” is a great platform by Mobility India magazine. The awards felicitate the mobile industry players for their forward-looking business approach and innovations in different segments. The mobility would encourage us further to continue with our endeavors in bringing relevant mobile technologies to the Indian customers.
East: Lalani Infotech Mr. K. L. Lalani “First of all I appreciate for honouring our mobile store as best mobile channel store. Roy Meditative contributed a lot in Indian IT industry through there NCN publication now contributing a lot in mobile industry through MOBILITY increasing awareness, updating about new technology which is changing our life style with every new launch,encouraging new entrant & recognising entrepreneurs who creates waive in indusries . Thank you Mobility, Mr. Swapan Roy & his team.”
Mumbai: Priyanka Telecom
West: Planet M Retail
5. Karnataka: Sangeetha Mobiles
South: Shwetha Mobiles
“I, on behalf of Mobility magazine, thank you all for sparing valuable time for attending and making this 2nd Mobility Excellence Awards event a memorable and motivating occasion. I particularly thank our Partners who are the driving force behind this event who gave their staunch support and morale boosting encouragement to make this event a grand success. Last year we conducted our 1st Mobility Excellence Awards here in a grand manner with the support of our partners and well-wishers. And today’s 2nd Awards Night has been Grander than the last year’s event. The credit goes to our esteemed industry partners who supported and energized this event. I congratulate all the winners of the awards and thank the nominees and online voters. I wish the winners will be motivated to perform better to drive the mobility industry further. I congratulate Zopo for announcing their world’s fastest smart phone Zopo Speed 8 and also congratulate the new entrants, TP-Link and USHA SHRIRAM, into the smartphones segment with their innovative offerings. I wish them all a great and grand success. We wish to make the next event even more exciting with your support and blessings.” Manoj Jha, Editor-in-Chief, Mobility Magazine
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Date of Pub: 10th March, 2016 | Postal Dt.: 27th & 28th of same Month/ Posted at NDPSO
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