Softbank Mobile, CSL and Axiata Group win Asia's top telecom prizes

Japanese wireless operator Softbank Mobile, Hong Kong's CSL and the Axiata Group clinched the top awards in the 14th Telecom Asia Awards the evening of April 12.

Softbank Mobile, a division the Softbank Group, won the trophy for the Best Asian Telecom Carrier for a second year in a row while CSL won the Best Mobile Carrier category, both carriers impressing the judges for "driving change" in two very competitive markets.

XL Axiata's CEO Hasnul Suhaimi was voted Telecom CEO of the Year for his performance at the helm of the Axiata subsidiary, which claimed Best Emerging Market Carrier, while its parent company Axiata won the Best Regional Mobile Group for the second straight year -- for its operational excellence in multiple Asian markets.

Executives from 10 award-winning companies from across the Asia-Pacific region were presented with their trophies in a ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel, Singapore.

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The annual Telecom Asia Awards, now in their 14th year, are the region's longest-running and most prestigious telecom industry awards.

The awards include an executive-level conference - the Telco Strategies Conference - which brings together leading thinkers from Asia's telecommunication operators for a day of knowledge exchange and networking.