COMVIVA WINS THE GOLDEN PEACOCK INNOVATION AWARD 2010
· The company wins its fifth Golden Peacock Award for Innovation
· Awarded for Comviva’s Mobile Internet Gateway
New Delhi, January 19, 2010 – Comviva, the leading provider of mobile VAS solutions in emerging markets, has won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Innovation for its Mobile Internet gateway (MIG) platform. The award was presented by Shri Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble Minister for Corporate Affairs at the award ceremony in the presence of business and political leaders on Saturday, January 16, 2010 in Bangalore.
Comviva launched the MIG platform in 2009 and has deployed the solution with major operators in India, as well as in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Comviva’s Mobile Internet Gateway (MIG) accelerates the delivery of web pages to any mobile device, whether legacy or high-end devices, adapting content and functionality from sites that contain advanced rich web technologies for each individual’s handset. It deploys a unique combination of network, user and application-specific variables to improve overall performance and deliver an optimal customer experience.
Commenting on the award, Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Comviva said, “We are honoured to receive the Golden Peacock Award for Innovation for our MIG solution. This award is a testament to our commitment to innovation which is ingrained in our company’s DNA. Our drive to innovate is led by our vision of changing lives for people across emerging markets – be that in India, Asia or Africa. It is gratifying to see the transformative role that our products have played in the lives of millions of people in emerging markets. Recognition such as this helps further strengthen our resolve.”
The Golden Peacock Innovation Award is a bi-annual award, which was introduced by India’s Institute of Directors in 1991. The Golden Peacock Awards are now considered the greatest recognition of corporate excellence in areas of innovation, quality, training, governance, environment management and corporate social responsibility. This year’s jury was under the Chairmanship of Justice P N Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of India and Member, UN Human Rights Commission.
The previous Golden peacock awards were presented to Comviva for its mobiquity™ mobile banking and its mobiquity™ mobile money solutions, its Hub Technology solution and its Virtual SIM solution.
About Comviva
Comviva is the leading provider of mobile VAS solutions in emerging markets. Comviva has deployed solutions for operator customers in over 80 countries worldwide and its solutions help power services to over 500 million mobile subscribers globally. With an extensive portfolio that easily integrates into the operator’s business environment and includes mobile financial solutions, mobile music and video applications, messaging and business support systems, Comviva’s solutions reach one in three mobile users in the emerging markets of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.comviva.com