Azernews.Az

Stevie Awards, a prestigious international business award, has been presented to Azerbaijan’s leading cellular operator Azercell. The presentation of the award took place at a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi on October 11, the company said.

The company was also granted a relevant certificate and a medal.

Azercell Telecom LLC was earlier included in the list of winners of Stevie Awards, which was made public in July. The jury panel defined the names of the winners as an outcome of two months long research and announced the results of the International Business Awards 2011 contest. In the conditions of staunch competition, Azercell Telecom won the award in the nomination "The Communications and the PR Campaign of the Year: Community Relations".

Azercell gained this award thanks to its corporate social responsibility projects such as Mobile Dental Clinic and Children Hotline as well as the first station operating on wind and solar energy.

The title Stevie Award is derived from Stefan (translated from Greek as the Crowned). The 16 cm high golden statuette shows a man lifting the crystal pyramid in his hands.

The aim of Stevie Award is to promote companies that gained success in countries around the world. The mission of this contest is to raise the profile of exemplary organizations and evaluate activities of individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public.