17th February 2008 – Batelco Jordan, a subsidiary of the pioneering telecommunication and IT Company Batelco Bahrain, announced its winning of 11 awards in the ceremony held recently at Grand Hyatt Amman Hotel for the 2007 Second Jordan Website Award.
The competition was under the patronage of Minister of Information and Communication Technology and attended by experts in the field of website design and development, and sponsored by various Jordanian companies.
It is considered to be the first of its kind in Jordan and aims to honour talents and promote intellectual property rights among the workers in the field of website design and development.
The competition is the second for the organising committee and conducted with the cooperation of Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, Information Technology Association-Jordan (Intaj), Jordan Computer Society, Microsoft Middle East, and Programmes Development Union.
Batelco Jordan topped the winners as it received gold, silver and platinum awards for different categories. A total of 3 gold awards went to Batelco Jordan for the design and development of Ministry of Interior's website, Aqaba Development Corporation's website, and Radisson SAS Amman's website. Moreover, Batelco Jordan won 4 Silver awards for the following websites; Ministry Of Justice, Arab Jordan Investment Bank, Za'atara Tourism Group, and Beit Jala Company for Hygiene. As for Platinum Awards, 3 awards also went to Batelco Jordan for King Abdullah II for Physical Fitness and Health, and Amman Cairo Bank websites.
The competition included 26 categories which cover governmental, non-governmental and Economic sectors, in addition to private websites developers and designers. The awards are based on specific integrated criteria which examine creativity in concept, user-friendly, content organisation, aesthetic side, and interactivity.
"We are very proud in Batelco Jordan about what we have achieved today. Being the top winner is an empirical evidence of our professionalism and the high quality we provide to our clients" Mr. Ehab Hinnawi, CEO of Batelco Jordan said.
"I would like to extend my appreciation for the organising committee who spared no effort in making this Award a great success, and to congratulate the winners and all Batelco Jordan employees." Mr Hinnawi added.
Mr. Emad Ma'ali, Director of Marketing for Batelco Jordan said "This outstanding success achieved by Batelco Jordan reflects the company's commitment to the highest standards in the industry. Furthermore, these awards represent the coronation of our efforts in the company to be the market leader and represent a strong motivation for us to achieve our goals. It is all down to the efforts exerted by our employees at Batelco Jordan who are the real asset of the company."
Other Gold, Silver, and Platinum awards had been given to winning companies and websites in recognition of their efforts, in addition to other awards which totalled to 80.
