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Digital Winners 2015 invites app developers to
innovate for India
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Theme of contest is “Education” to enable education
for all
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Winner to represent India at the Digital Winners
Conference at Oslo, Norway
Uninor today launched the India chapter of
Digital Winners (DW) 2015 – a platform to enable youth in India to innovate
mobile internet based solutions for Indian consumers. Under
this programme, the company is inviting mobile application developers to
showcase their mobile apps that can impact the society and have a potential to
change lives of mass market consumers.
The
theme for this year’s contest is ‘Education’. Participation is open to budding entrepreneurs and app developers,to
submit innovative apps that have the potential to build a platform for mass
education. The contest will identify cool apps that have the potential to lead
us into an informed and educated world, transforming and empowering societies
through mobile internet solution.
“Digital Winners is an opportunity for Indian
app developers to contribute towards social change. It is our endeavour to
contribute towards Digital India and bridge the gap between the tech world and
masses, enabling solutions for India by India. We hope to see some
path-breaking apps that helps to provide education for all,”said Vivek Sood, CEO, Telewings Communications
Services Pvt. Limited (Uninor).
Uninor
is committed to transform India into a knowledge economy by taking affordable
mobile services to the masses. With Digital Winners the company has taken a
targeted approach to foster innovation in the mobile Internet space to enhance
education and skill development especially in the rural
areas. This is in line with the Digital India mission by the Honourable Prime
Minister of India.
“Through this
programme, we expect to see breakthrough ideas and innovations that will solve
some of the education relatedchallenges and also helpin fosteringentrepreneurship
and innovation in India,” said Vivek.
The winner of Digital Winners will get an opportunity to
represent India at the prestigiousDigital Winners Conference at Oslo in October
2015. He will participate in the “Best App in Asia” contest along with
representatives from other Asian markets of Telenor and stand a chance to win
cash prize of Nok 100,000.
Srinath
Kotian, Circle Business Head – Telangana & Andhra Pradesh, Telewings
Communications Services Pvt. Limited
(Uninor) said, “Digital Winners is an initiative to take forward
our mission of ‘Internet for all’.It is a testimony to our commitment to
innovation and relevant services that really matter to the customers. Through
this initiative Uninor aims to
recognize tech
innovators and encourage entrepreneurship in the country.”
This
is the second consecutive year of the contest.
In 2014, Raghavendra Kanchustambham, Founder & CEO,
Concept Waves represented India at Oslo and had won the “Best App in Asia
Award” for his application (Livelihood 360). Raghavendra’s
app works on feature phones to help farmers with agriculture related
information.
The
registrationfor this year’s programme will start from July 8th, 2015 and will
close on August 10, 2015. The top 10 shortlisted candidates’ ideas will be
judged by a panel of industry experts, technology professionals, journalists
and mentorson August 31, 2015.
About Telewings Communications Services Pvt.
Limited (Uninor): Telewings Communications Services Pvt. Limited
(Uninor) is a group company of Norway-based Telenor Group – an international
provider of telecom, data and media communication services. Uninor’s pre-paid GSM mobile services are
commercially available in the six circles of UP (West), UP (East), Bihar
(including Jharkhand), Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Together, these
circles account for more than 50% of India’s population giving Uninor the
ability to serve every second person in India.
Uninor's three-pillar
strategy of being the best in basic services, mass-market distribution and low
cost operations has helped the company grow to the 4th position in customer
market share in its operational six circles. In 2013, the company achieved the
fastest break-even in just 4 years of launching its operations in India. The
‘Sabse Sasta’ (affordable) tariffs of Uninor empower 47.7 million subscribers
to enjoy the benefits of wireless voice and Internet services.
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