Released on: October 22, 2008, 10:18 pm

Press Release Author: Reliance Globalcom

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: Light Reading has determined the finalists for the fifth
annual Leading Lights Awards, which recognize top companies and their executives for
outstanding achievements in next-gen communications.



Person of the Year: Awarded to the individual that our editorial staff, with the
help of reader votes and nominations, selected as having had the most remarkable
impact on the business of next-generation communications during the past 12 months.


Press Release Body:

Monday, October 20, 2008

Light Reading has determined the finalists for the fifth annual Leading Lights
Awards, which recognize top companies and their executives for outstanding
achievements in next-gen communications.



Person of the Year: Awarded to the individual that our editorial staff, with the
help of reader votes and nominations, selected as having had the most remarkable
impact on the business of next-generation communications during the past 12 months.



Anil D. Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Communications



(The posting on the Light Reading website says...)



The telecom world order has been stood on its head during the past few years, and
Ambani, by selecting strategic international acquisitions and building up a fixed
and mobile power base in India, has been one of the protagonists, transforming
Reliance Communications into an international power house.



In the past year Ambani has further raised Reliance's profile on the international
stage, stating his ambition to make the carrier one of the top five data service
providers in the world, opening his wallet again for another business services
acquisition and further showing his intentions to grow into other emerging markets
by engaging in takeover talks with South African carrier MTN Group Ltd. (See
Reliance Unit Targets 'Complacent' Giants, Reliance Globalcom Beefs Up Its Metro,
Reliance Feud Kills MTN Deal, and Reliance Snaps Up Vanco.)



Ambani has lit a fire under the global data services market, and has the ambition,
and wherewithal, to help reshape the enterprise communications sector -- on his
terms.



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