KOMTELL WINS PANASONIC’s BEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISTRIBUTOR AWARD

Komtell, the distributor for Panasonic telecom products and belonging to the Dubai based Koohiji Group, has scooped the Panasonic Best Distributor Award for 2006 for its IP based PBX (Private Branch eXchange) systems in the Middle East and Africa region. The Award represents an unanimous mandate by Panasonic’s global distributors and celebrates Komtell’s creative marketing and value added customer service initiatives.

Presenting the trophy to the vice chairman and CEO of the Koohiji Group S.S. Rajkumar and Komtell’s general manager, YCSV Prasad, Kazuyoshi Fujiyoshi, President, Panasonic Communications Company (PCC) said: “It is a matter of pride to work with a professional and dynamic company such as Komtell, who has been our key partner for the last 18 years. With its numerous initiatives in the past year for our IP based PBX systems, Komtell has helped set new benchmarks for our distributors worldwide. It has broadened their vision by providing new ideas and tools to achieve success in this relatively new, but extremely important emerging product for the IP era”.

Receiving the award, Prasad said: “Being voted ‘Best Distributor’ by our peers gives our marketing efforts a further impetus. It is our constant aim to deliver trendsetting solutions in the telecommunications market consistently.”

Commenting on the occasion, Asahiko Ono, general manager of Panasonic Marketing M.E. (PMM), the local subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Company (MEI) said: “We acknowledge Komtell’s great achievement and look forward to raise the bars continuously in line with PMM’s customer centric philosophy for this region.”


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About Koohiji Group:

The Dubai based Koohiji Group began operations in 1985 by as a trading house dealing in consumer electronics and communication products. Over time, Koohiji Group has emerged as an efficient marketing operation with a diverse portfolio of products including telecommunication & office automation products, wireless communication products HVACR equipment and auto spare parts. At present, the Koohiji Group runs its operations under four strategic business units - Komtell LLC (Telecommunication), Globalnet LLC (Wireless Communication Products), Technocare LLC (Customer Care), and Royal Gulf LLC (Air-conditioning). Digital City, the exclusive content distributors for Hungama Mobile (Mobile Content Distribution) is the fifth strategic business unit of the rapidly expanding group.

About Komtell L.L.C.

As an authorized distributor for Panasonic Telecommunication products since 1988, Komtell LLC today is clearly the largest distributor of Panasonic telecom products in the region. Komtell has contributed to Panasonic's current market leadership position in Iran. It established the first ever Panasonic Telecom Concept Centre with a state-of-the-art showroom and service centre in Iran.
For the past 4 years successively, Komtell has won the Best Panasonic Telecommunications Distributor Award for the regions CIS, Middle East and Africa.

Issued by Matrix Public Relations on behalf of the Koohiji Group. For further information on Koohiji Group or Komtell please email YCSV Prasad Prasad@koohiji.ae or Ahamed Shah Syed on ahamed@koohiji.ae

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