Nominations open for Middle East’s most prestigious telecom and finance awards

Jan. 18, 2012 - PRLog -- The nomination categories for the 4th annual TMT Finance Middle East 2012 Awards celebrating the outstanding achievements of telecom and technology companies and their investment banking and legal advisers have been released today. www.tmtfinance.com/awards/

The winners of the Awards, which recognise exceptional leadership, innovation, merger and acquisition activity and financing, will be announced at the official Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the Mina A’ Salaam, Madinat Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai on the evening of May 2.  The prestigious ceremony is part of the two day TMT Finance and Investment Middle East 2012 conference (www.tmtfinance.com/me ), the largest gathering of senior executives from telecoms, media and technology, with investment bankers, investors and advisers in the region in 2012.

TMT Ventures, which produces the TMTFinance.com news portal and the TMT Finance and Investment series of international conferences is organizing the awards, which will be judged by a panel of leading telecom investors and advisers. Dominic Lowndes, the Managing Director of TMT Ventures, who has over a decade of experience in the TMT financing sector globally, will co-ordinate the judging panel.

“Telecom and technology companies and their partners from the Middle East region have shown outstanding commitment to growth, innovation and investment over the past year, both within and outside the region” said Lowndes. “Through intelligent M&A activity, inspirational leadership and astute financing and strategy initiatives, the companies nominated for these awards are leading the next wave of growth.”

The categories of the 2012 awards are: 1. Telecom Deal of the Year; 2. Mobile Operator; 3. Telecom M&A Adviser; 4. Outstanding TMT Leader (CEO); 5. Emerging Markets Growth Story; 6.Telecom Debt Bank; 7.Broadband Operator;  8. Telecom Law Firm 9. Technology Provider; 10. Content Solution Provider.

The deadline for online nominations is 7th March, 2012.  Submit your company or CEO nomination at http://www.tmtfinance.com/awards/awards-nominations
The TMT Finance and Investment Middle East 2012 Conference gathers leading telecom, media and technology executives, senior investment bankers, legal advisers, private and public equity investors to debate the latest opportunities for growth internationally. Programme details are available at www.tmtfinance.com/middleeast

For this year’s conference, STC (Saudi Telecom Company) Group is Main Event Sponsor, Clifford Chance is the M&A Adviser Panel Sponsor, and Capital MS&L is PR Partner. More sponsors and partners will be announced in the coming weeks.
For more information on sponsorship or speaking opportunities, contact enquiries@tmtfinance.com

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