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RCOM wins Symantec CIO Luminary Award, 2010 for Leadership and Innovation in IT Infrastructure
Mumbai, November 06, 2010: Reliance Communications (BSE: RCOM), India's largest integrated telecom operator, bagged the prestigious CIO 'Luminary Award' instituted by global security solutions provider Symantec Corporation. The award is a recognition of RCOM's leadership and continuous
innovation in IT Infrastructure Services, which has helped the company pioneer the data storage and
security space in India.
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The Luminary Awards 2010 were announced at Vision 2010, Mumbai and Symantec's technical
conference for customers and partners. These awards recognise IT leaders, across locations
and sectors, for their innovative use of products and services to deliver business benefits to their
organisations. RCOM has won this prestigious award for creating a state-of-the-art in-house
environment of trust for simple and secure access to their information, anytime from anywhere.
"This award is also a testimony of our commitment towards providing clients with superior service
backed by unmatched technology and quality advice," said Alpna J. Doshi, Chief Information Officer,
who accepted the award on behalf of RCOM. "We have been able to maximize efficiency, drive down
costs and deliver services to our customers effectively.
To secure and manage its critical business information and infrastructure, Reliance Communications
(RCOM) has been instrumental in its effective usage of IT. RCOM successfully deployed Symantec’s
enterprise security, availability and information management technology. The Luminary Award will add
to the image of the already strong Reliance Communications brand in India.
Bill Robbins, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Symantec, said, "The future is about people
and information, not just about devices or platforms. Symantec envisions a world that is secure and
well managed. We are honored to recognize the Luminary Award winners and celebrate the tangible
results they have achieved through the exemplary use of technology for security and management of
information."
About Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the
flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 64,000 crore (US$ 13.6 billion), cash flows of Rs.
13,000 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,400 crore (US $ 1.8 billion).
Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service
provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 124 million including over 2.5 million
individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 4 Telecom companies in the world by
number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes
2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and
wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-
class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and
600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation
IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 277,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable
systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
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