Aircel customers win premium hatchback and motorcycles in iPlayiWin contest



Bollywood actress Yami Gautam felicitates winners of Aircel’s iPlayiWin Contest

March 16 2016,  15.37 PM IST || Pocket News Alert

Aircel customers win premium hatchback and motorcycles in iPlayiWin contest


 Mumbai, March 16, 2016: Aircel, one of India’s leading innovative telecom players, today felicitated the bumper prize winners of, iPlayiWin, an exciting general knowledge-based PAN-India consumer engagement contest. Bollywood actress Ms. Yami Gautam presented the bumper prize, a brand new Maruti Swift, to Mr. Shyamlal Kanojia, who scored the maximum points in this Value Added Services (VAS) contest. Among other prize winners, Mr. Ronald Joseph Rodrigues and Mr. Nitin Maheshwari won brand new motorcycles.

Mr. Arvind Singh Shekhwat, Business Head – West, Aircel, congratulated the winners and said, “At Aircel, our efforts always revolve around delighting our customers in everything we do, whether through our products and services or through our engaging contests that has seen unprecedented success in the past. iPlayiWin is a fresh concept and a disruptive innovation in its space, which has garnered tremendous response from our customers. We’re confident that with the offer of a car to be won every week along with the mega prize and attractive daily prizes, iPlayiWin will keep our customers gripped with its unique features and deepen our bond with them.”

Lauding the winners, Ms. Gautam said, “Today I am thrilled to be a part of such a wonderful contest. Aircel is known as an innovative brand and iPlayiWin is a very innovative contest that builds an instant connect with the customers. I congratulate all the winners for their success and would also encourage other customers to be a part of this wonderful contest iPlayiWin that would help them win exciting prizes."

Mr. Kanojia, winner of the Bumper Prize, said: “Winning a car in this contest was way beyond my expectations while taking part in the quiz. I’m so glad that I participated in this contest and got a chance to win my favourite car! I thank the team at Aircel for giving me this wonderful surprise and I will surely participate in all their contests as they are simple to follow and easy to win! “

iPlayiWin, a knowledge-based contest launched in 2014, was conceived to engage customers in a meaningful way, wherein customers were encouraged to subscribe to the service to be eligible to play the contest via SMS with a limitation of 20 multiple-choice questions to be played per day. Currently in its third year, iPalyiWin has successfully deepened customer engagement and created tremendous buzz among thousands of customers across the country. The contest garnered great popularity in a short span of time, as customers instantly connected with it.


About Aircel

Aircel is one of India’s leading innovative mobile service providers. The company is a pan-India 2G operator with 3G spectrum in 13 circles, BWA spectrum in 8 circles and is credited with the fastest 3G roll out ever in the Indian telecom space. As a young data led telecom player, Aircel has constantly been at the helm of introducing innovative and value for money products and services for its customers, which are industry firsts, be it the Aircel Pocket Internet, taking the first step in making 3G affordable for the masses, being the first telecom player to introduce Facebook Voice Updates on Aircel, and many more. The Smart Pocket Internet data plans by Aircel truly changed the way mobile internet was perceived and consumed. The company has been the proud recipient of coveted awards such as Voice&Data Special Leadership Recognition in ‘Customer Service’ category, ET Telecom Award 2014 for its innovative customer care research model, Aegis Graham Bell Award 2014 for ‘Innovation in Marketing Campaign’, Data Quest Award 2014 for ‘Excellence in Implementation and Use of Technology for Business Benefits’ and the Brandon Hall award in the ‘Best Leadership Development Program’ category.  For more information, please log onto our website www.aircel.com