SLT-MOBITEL takes centrestage for innovation at Digital Transformation World 2023 Asia TM Forum Catalyst Awards

SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT Solutions Provider, received the prestigious honour of being recognised under the category of ‘Best Innovation & Future Techco’ for the Catalyst Project: ‘The Metaverse Experience: Re-inventing Telco Business - Phase II’ at the Digital Transformation World Asia 2023, TM Forum Catalyst Awards held in Bangkok, Thailand, recently.

The Catalyst awards celebrate the most successful innovations of the telecommunications industry, proof-of-concepts for industry standards, and impact on sustainability goals, SLT said in a media release.

Digital Transformation Asia 2023 is an annual conference that brings together industry leaders, experts, and stakeholders from the telecommunications and digital industries to discuss the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in digital transformation. The conference is organised by TM Forum, a global industry association that provides a platform for its members to collaborate and share knowledge on digital transformation and business innovation.

Independent judges at TM Forum's DTW Asia 2023 chose winning catalysts projects from across four categories: business impact, sustainability and impact on society, best showcase, and best innovation & future techco.

Together with SLT-MOBITEL, China Unicom, China Mobile, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) championed this award-winning catalyst project while participating with AsiaInfo, Whale Cloud, and Shenzhen Tianyuan-DIC.

This winning project, ‘The Metaverse Experience: Re-inventing Telco Business - Phase II’ demonstrated the advancement of the customer experience in the metaverse by offering personalised customization in a metaverse storefront and a metaverse conference hall. This project also aimed to build valuable use scenarios for customer avatars in the metaverse, so that Communications Service Provider (CSP) can not only upsell existing products and services but also improve operational efficiency with an immersive experience.