Mumbai, March 13, 2015: Vodafone Business Services, the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, today announced the 10 winners of the Ready for the Big League, (RFTBL) comprising medium-sized businesses with a turnover between INR 50 crores and INR 500 crores. Ready for the Big League is a unique and innovative customer engagement platform aimed at connecting and catalysing the growth of medium-sized enterprises (MEs) from all over the country.
Ankur Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd., Chem Process Systems Pvt Ltd., Global Advertisers, Midas Care Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd., Sevenseas Global Express Logistics Pvt Ltd., Satkar Logistics Pvt Ltd., Kaar Technologies, Detection Instruments (India) Pvt Ltd., Smaat India Pvt Ltd. and 4G Identity Solutions Pvt Ltd. emerged as the winners of the Vodafone Ready for the Big League after a rigorous two months stringent process of elimination. These 10 winners now have the opportunity to showcase their businesses to the country over national media – both print and television. This nationwide exposure will help businesses showcase their products and services to the entire country and create new business opportunities for them.
The shortlisted 10 businesses got a unique chance to get their business plans vetted and evaluated by a top notch and distinguished jury panel and McKinsey.
Announcing the winners of the Vodafone Ready for the Big League, Naveen Chopra, Director, Vodafone Business Services, said, “Vodafone Ready for the Big League is a platform for Medium Enterprises to effectively manage their rapid growth challenges and cater to their evolving needs. The initiative provides national exposure to these businesses and has helped Vodafone Business Service to better understand the goals and challeges of medium sized businesses. These 10 shortlisted businesses from the Ready for The Big League will set an example for other businesses and help in enhancing their business efficiencies through the adoption of emerging technologies, business agility, superior work-force productivity and higher customer engagement”
About Vodafone India:
Vodafone India is a 100% fully owned subsidiary of the Vodafone Group Plc. with operations across the country serving around 180 million customers. Commencing operations in 2007, Vodafone in its long-term commitment to India, has built a robust business in a highly competitive and price sensitive market. Vodafone India has been providing innovative, customer friendly and reliable products and services by continuously differentiating itself with a strong brand, best quality network, unique distribution and great customer service. This has been acknowledged at several prestigious forums where Vodafone India has won awards and recognition across different segments consistently.
Serving the needs of businesses, Vodafone Business Services provides total telecommunications (Voice and Data) solutions across mobility and wireline platforms. With the advantage of global expertise and experience and the knowledge of local markets, the business is run through the following verticals – Vodafone Global Enterprise (VGE), National Corporate (NC), Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and a dedicated vertical for Government customers. Vodafone Business Services has steadily taken leadership position and is currently providing both mobile and wireline services to global and national businesses equipped with a robust and superior network infrastructure and a 24×7 NOC.
M-Pesa is a unique and innovative money transfer service from Vodafone. Serving the needs of the unbanked and under-banked customers, Vodafone M-Pesa is a safe, fast and convenient way of bringing bank to the mobile. With a pan India distribution network of 85,000 agents and with more than 2.5mn customers, M-Pesa is the largest banking business correspondent in the country. M-Pesa today plays a vital role in enabling financial inclusion and m-commerce.
As a value based organization, Vodafone is committed to achieving the highest standards of Health, Safety and Well-being not only for its employees but also for all its partners. At Vodafone, sustainability is an integral part of the company’s mission and strategy, shaping the conduct of business every day. ‘Vodafone Cares’ is a platform to showcase all the good that Vodafone does for the society and has championed several projects and initiatives under the three pillars of Education, Environment and Empowerment. The Vodafone Foundation in India is committed to leverage the potential of mobile technology to address some of India’s most pressing challenges relating to education, health, equality and access. Its activities focus on the 4Ms of empowering individuals – m Health, m Education, m Agriculture and m Women.
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