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Beyon Receives Three MEA Business Technology Achievement Awards

by: BTM - Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Beyon was announced as the winner of three awards at the recent MEA Business Technology Achievement Awards which took place in Dubai. The annual awards organised by MEA Business recognises organisations for their exceptional innovation, leadership, and excellence in technology in the Middle East and Africa region.

Beyon was awarded the ‘ESG Excellence Achievement Award’ for its numerous sustainability milestones which are being implemented across the group. Meanwhile, Batelco, part of the Beyon group, and Bahrain’s leading telecommunications company, received a ‘Groundbreaking Products & Services Achievement Award’ for its innovative Contactless Fingerprint technology and an ‘Exceptional Products & Services Achievement Award’ for its fixed Broadband services.

A celebratory event was held at Beyon Headquarters to mark the occasion with Batelco CEO, Maitham Abdulla, Beyon Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, Shaikh Bader bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Batelco General Manager Consumer, Aseel Mattar, and Batelco Chief Technology Officer, Rashid Mohamed, joined by members of their teams.

Beyon’s key milestones for Sustainability Excellence include a significant reduction in carbon footprint achieved by Beyon’s Solar Park through powering one of the company’s Tier III Data Centres, and the introduction of dry robotic cleaning for over 6,300 solar panels daily, with no need for human intervention.