Batelco Chief Executive Peter Kaliaropoulos presented 11 staff members with certificates and cash prizes for their contribution to the Company’s A’ara’A scheme, at an award ceremony held at Batelco Hamala Headquarters recently.
A’ara’A is a Batelco programme designed to encourage staff to contribute constructive and creative suggestions and ideas with the aim of improving the products and services provided to customers and/or increase Batelco’s operational effectiveness and efficiency.
All suggestions are considered by Batelco’s Human Resource Unit, with winning suggestions that are selected on a quarterly basis, being implemented throughout the Company. The winning suggestions are categorized as Platinum, Gold or Silver with the staff members responsible being given cash awards accordingly and certificates of appreciation.
“Batelco designed the A’ara’A scheme to encourage staff take part in the business improvement and decision making process of the Company,” said Batelco Corporate Affairs General Manager Ahmed Al Janahi.
“All suggestions and ideas that bring value to our business are welcomed with a large number being selected and put into practice each year.”
The winners for the last quarter of 2006 are:-
Husain Al-Fardan, Ahmed Mohd Abdulla, Hasan Al-Saegh, Aref Murad, Olive Wagstaff, Mahmood A. Majeed, Essam Al-Mashoor, Hameed Saleh, Sama Al-Alawi, Abeer Al-Mahmeed, Ahmed Zainal.
Caption:
1. The winners with Mr. Kaliaropoulos, left, and Shaikh Ahmed, 5th from right
2. Mr. Kaliaropoulos presents an award to Ahmed Mohd Abdulla in the presence of Shaikh Ahmed
About Batelco
Batelco is proud to be celebrating its 25th Anniversary as Bahrain’s leading Telecommunication Company. Serving both the corporate and consumer markets in the most liberalised and competitive market in the Middle East, Batelco is committed to delivering cutting-edge telecommunications to its customers in Bahrain and MENA. Batelco is driven by an enthusiasm for delivering the best customer experience based on innovation, affordability and reliability of products and services.
With significant operations in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt, the Batelco Group provides voice and data services over fixed, wireless, and internet platforms, systems integration and enterprise solutions to Government and Corporate clients.
Batelco’s specialised services cover the full spectrum of telecommunications solutions for residential and business customers and spans a comprehensive array of mobile services, international roaming, high speed Internet connections, WiFi, MPLS IP-VPN network provisioning and management, Datacoms services and high-tech, reliable fixed line services. Batelco is currently migrating to an all IP network as part of its ‘Broadband Bahrain’ national project. This major investment reflects Batelco’s commitment for excellence which has reinforced Bahrain’s position as a leading communication hub. The Company’s shares are listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. In September 2006, Batelco had a total capitalization of approx US$ 3.3 billion.
