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Nine awards in total for the OTE Group including top distinction of ICT Company of the Year for a second year in a row, at the Impact Business IT Excellence Awards 2020
OTE Group’s contribution to the digital transformation of businesses and society was underlined at this year’s Business IT Excellence (BITE) Awards. The Group received a total of nine awards, both for its initiatives to educate the business world on the needs of the new digital era, as well as for major telecommunications and IT projects it undertook. In that framework, the Group was honoured with the top distinction of ICT COMPANY OF THE YEAR for a second consecutive year.
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Digital transformation is essential for businesses that want to grow and stay up-to-date in the digital era. To remain competitive, they must adapt to the requirements of the digital environment. At the OTE Group, we support the digital transition by developing the network infrastructure required by the Gigabit Society, and by providing specialised telecommunication and IT solutions for every need. OTE Group’s size, know-how, and experience distinguishes it as a partner of choice for any business or Organisation that wants to maximise its flexibility and efficiency and dynamically enter the new digital era», stated the Chief Commercial Officer Business Segment of OTE Group, Mr. Grigoris Christopoulos.
COSMOTE’s #GrowYourBusiness initiative stood out, winning two gold awards in the ‘Training and Technical Support’ and ‘Digital Transformation Enabler’ categories. #GrowYourBusiness is a series of free seminars and workshops held throughout Greece for small- medium enterprises, through which more than 4,000 entrepreneurs have been trained in the trends of the new digital era and were provided with inspiration and growth ideas.
The Virtual Reality interactive training platform created by COSMOTE for the sales team of Coca-Cola Tria Epsilon, also won the gold award in the ‘New Innovative Product’ category. Through a mobile, desktop, and VR application, employees are trained in scenarios for activating new stores. Another Gold award, in the ‘Specialised Applications’ category, was awarded to the COSMOTE hoteliga application for hotel and booking management via cloud. The OTE Group and the Holy Community of Mt Athos also received the gold award in the ‘Large Scale Digital Projects’ category for the ‘Athonic Digital Ark’ project, concerning the digitisation and promotion of the cultural wealth of Mt Athos’ Monasteries. COSMOTE in collaboration with Space received the gold award in the ‘Network & Communications’ category, , for redesigning the data and voice network of the retail stores and buildings of the National Bank, while the OTE Group received the silver award for the modernisation of the telephony systems of the TITAN Group. Lastly, the OTE Group and Datasite received the bronze prize in the ‘SaaS service supplier’ category, for the implementation of sensitive data management application during sales and purchases.
The BITE awards, which highlight best IT and Communications practices in Greek businesses, are being organised for the ninth year by the Netweek magazine of Boussias Communications and the ELTRUN E-Business Research Centre of the Athens University of Economics and Business, under the auspices of SEPE. The nominations were assessed by a committee of distinguished professionals in the field and University professors.