Chandigarh, June 2nd 2016: Connect Broadband market leader in broadband and fixed line segment has won a prestigious award at an International operator’s conference held at Lisbon, Portugal last week. The Company was awarded the best strategic campaign for its CSR initiative “Connect Net Champs”.
The conference titled, Species 2016, was organized by Finland based leading security and privacy organization, F secure. The annual operator conference is held every year where companies from around the world participate. Broadband operators from across 20 countries participated this year. There were entries from France, England, Poland, Belgium and the USA for this title. Connect Broadband was declared the winner through a voting process amongst 150 delegates present at the forum.
Talking about the recognition that Connect Net Champs received at this International Conference, Mr Arvind Bali, Director and CEO, Connect Broadband & Videocon Telecommunications Limited, said, “I am very happy and proud that Net champs, CSR initiative by Connect Broadband has won accolades at the International forum. The seamless effort and welcoming response from the society has resulted in grand success of this program. This achievement has motivated us to take this initiative to new heights”.
The journey of Net Champs started in September 2015. The Program entered the school classrooms to impart training on internet etiquettes, making it an ideal platform to provide technical know-how to children, parents and teachers. To address the concern on how fast the growing internet revolution is impacting young minds, Connect Net Champs conducted a series of seminars in more than hundred Schools in Punjab followed by a thrilling Quiz contest for students. Four candidates from each School were shortlisted for the next round. More than fifty thousand students attended the seminars.
Children were educated on the advantages of the internet and what children could do offline and online. Information on the potential risks related to internet and how to avoid such risks was also imparted. The potential risks such as exposure to inappropriate content, harassment and bullying, physical molestation, legal and financial scams, viruses and hacking threats were explained to the children. Additionally, important guidelines were imparted on how children can avoid online risks and rules for online safety and how to be a smart internet user.
In the next phase Connect Broadband is taking Net Champs to digital platform. The company is developing an app through which anyone can access the information related to safe and secure browsing on the internet. In this regard Connect has tied up with international operators. The idea behind this is to take this initiative across the globe, so that more and more people learn about internet etiquettes.
About Net Champs
Net Champs is a program to engage children with the purpose of educating them on the nuances of the World Wide Web and how to utilize their potential with information available just a click away. The program is structured in three very interesting tiers; First round is the school round, followed by the second round which is the city round and the third round is the Grand finale. In each round, there are exciting prizes to be won. This year, Connect Broadband is in search of a ‘Net Champ’ via conducting a Chandigarh-Punjab wide mega contest.
About CONNECT
CONNECT is a part of 10 Billion US$ Videocon Group and is a pan India ISP Licensee with market leadership in Punjab Telecom Circle, which consists of Punjab, the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Panchkula. The Company also provides a full gamut of telecommunication services, which includes voice telephony, both Wireline and fixed wireless, Internet services, broadband data services and a range of value added service viz., Centrex, leased lines, voice mail and video conferencing. Connect has recently expanded its coverage footprint with launch of data services in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
What more? CONNECT also provides Wireless Broadband service across Punjab. Offering high speed internet through a wireless medium, CONNECT Wireless Broadband enables users to access internet through their Laptops, PCs, Tablets, Wi-Fi enabled phones in the wireless vicinity & FTTH which is a Broadband telecommunications system based on fiber-optic cables and associated optical electronics. The technology reaches the boundary of the living space, such as a box on the outside wall of a home. Quadruple play of high-speed broadband, high-definition video, unlimited 'anywhere' telephony, and real-time surveillance are a few key take-aways for users.