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eChannelling PLC has won the prestigious South Asia mBillionth award 2018 in ‘Health and Wellbeing’ as the ‘Best Digital Health Care Platform’. The awards ceremony was held in New Delhi, India recently in recognition of its excellence in mobile innovations for development.
Organised by Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), India, the South Asia mBillionth award witnessed participation from South Asian countries. DEF is one of the world’s leading practitioners in the field of information and communication technology for development.
Led by the belief ‘Inform, Communicate and Empower,’ DEF finds sustainable digital interventions to overcome information poverty in rural and remote locations of India, and empower communities with digital literacy, digital tools and last mile connectivity. It is a proud moment for eChannelling PLC to emerge as the company providing the Best digital health platform amongst all the South Asian countries to bridge the digital divide.
The mBillionth Awards 2018 evaluated eChannelling across various parameters such as Content & Services, Impact & Sustainability, Functionality/Navigation, Interface & Visual Design USP & Strategic Value, Execution & Implementation, Accessibility and Overall Experience – all factors on which eChannelling scored the highest in the South Asian region in its category.
The industry-driven and peer-acknowledged mBillionth Awards acknowledge South Asia as a key hub of the world’s mobile and telecom market in terms of penetration and innovation. The region, however, suffers from a significant digital divide. These Awards recognise that at the moment, mobile phones are surpassing all other media in terms of penetration in the region.
Mobile platforms are becoming the natural choice for smashing the information barrier and extending essential and innovative digital services to the broadest section of the population. The awards, therefore, seek to not only reward all those who are taking initiatives to bridge the digital divide, empower people and bring about greater socio-economic equality but also create an ecosystem and network of such innovators and developers so that they can learn from each other, collaborate and scale up. eChannelling is the pioneering network for channelling doctors in Sri Lanka.
Boasting a network of 200+ recognised hospitals, more than 5,500+ doctors, over 2,000+ outlets and coverage of any telecommunication network, eChannelling is the easiest way to channel a doctor; dial 225 from anywhere at any time.
eChannelling PLC is a subsidiary of Mobitel Ltd. and the pioneer software developer and ICT service provider to the healthcare industry in the country. eChannelling is the first company in Sri Lanka to offer a complete e-commerce based service in the health sector and the first public quoted Technology Company in the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Mobitel, the National Mobile Service Provider, has taken digital healthcare to the next level by adding eChannelling to its portfolio and strengthening its position in the country’s telecommunications industry.
