Viom Networks Wins Infrastructure Excellence Award

- Named Innovative Infrastructure Company of the Year New Delhi, April 20, 2011: Viom Networks, Indias leading telecom infrastructure company, has won the prestigious Infrastructure Excellence Awards presented by Essar Steel in association with CNBC TV18, in the category Innovative Infrastructure Company of the Year. The award was presented by Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Honble Union Minister of Power to Mr. Arun Kapur, CEO- Viom Networks, at a gala function held at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. The prestigious Award, which is now in its third year, is organized to highlight the critical and important role played by infrastructure companies. The Award acknowledges the achievements of the nation builders and exhorts them to perform even better. The Awards are designed to showcase exceptional projects and recognize companies for their contribution in the field of infrastructure development. They are the only Infrastructure Awards in the country to be given on the basis of excellence in execution of projects and its overall impact. Speaking after receiving the coveted award, Mr. Arun Kapur said, The award recognizes the business philosophy of Viom Customer affection through Customer centricity and Innovation and salutes the spirit of innovation. I am confident that such landmarks will keep the fire burning inside each Viomite and help us realize our vision - To be the most admired telecom infrastructure company globally. Viom has won the award Innovative Infrastructure Company of the Year for its project featuring Under Ground Heat Exchanger in Rajasthan. The project was conceptualized and implemented by the Rajasthan Circle under the guidance of the then Circle Head Dharmraj Singh (now Circle Head - Bihar & Jharkhand). This innovative project leverages the power of underground heat transfer to maintain the required temperature inside BTS shelter thus eliminating the use of an air conditioner and resulting in huge energy savings. The project highlights Vioms commitment to the environment and the various activities being undertaken by the company to effectively leverage alternate energy sources to reduce the carbon footprint. As a responsible corporate, Viom has undertaken various initiatives to conserve energy and the environment. Viom has made sizeable investments in R&D activities to tap alternate energy sources such as solar energy, wind energy, bio-mass based gensets, fuel saver catalysts, fuel cells, CNG and Energy Storage Platforms. Viom has also become the first telecom infra company to successfully conduct electrolysis based fuel cells trials. For the high Opex sites facing recurrent power problems, Viom has successfully used solar energy and is currently in the process of wide scale implementation of the same. While the company has successfully conducted the trials of wind mills at some sites, Viom is also exploring the possibility of using PNG (piped natural gas) to run its sites. The company is also looking at a large scale implementation of free cooling units and fuel catalysts to reduce diesel consumption, thus contributing to the cause of environment.