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DiGi celebrates Internet for All with the WWWoW Awards
DiGi WWWoW Awards to pay tribute to Malaysian favourites on the Internet

SHAH ALAM, 21 APRIL 2011: DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd ("DiGi") launched the DiGi WWWOW Awards today, the first people's choice Internet awards for Malaysians by Malaysians. A collaborative project with ASTRO, Era.fm, Hitz.fm, Google, Yahoo! MSN, Mudah.my, Nuffnang bloggers, Lowyat.net, Malaysia Airlines, Flickr, Karangkraf and the Malaysian Digital Association (MDA), winners will be nominated and voted for by Malaysian Netizens.

Running from 21 April - 20 June 2011, the DiGi WWWoW Awards pays tribute to ordinary Malaysians who are doing extraordinary things online - from publishing their own opinions, producing their own TV shows, starting new businesses, or mobilising the power of the Internet for good causes.

According to DiGi's Head of Marketing Services, Sulin Lau, "Malaysians are a creative bunch and the collaborative power of the Internet has allowed them to share ideas, exchange opinions, and meet potential collaborators easily, which has resulted in the creation of amazing, new and original content. Hence, it is DiGi's mission this year to offer more, better and wallet-friendly ways for people to connect online. We believe that the Internet is for all and that Malaysia is ready for something like the WWWoW Awards."

"The DiGi WWWoW Awards is a concerted effort by DiGi and our project partners to spotlight Malaysians who are already making waves online and deserve to be acknowledged for their wonderful ideas and amazing creativity," explained Sulin.

Malaysians can vote for their favourites on WWWoW.my. There are sixteen awards up for grabs:

Top Makan Makan Expert Award
Top Kay Poh Award
Fave Tech Head Award
Online Shop of The Year Award
Blogger of the Year Award
Video of the Year Award
Must Follow Personality Award
Picture of the Year Award
Top LOL (humour) Award
Best Internet for Good Award
Fave Malaysian Male Online Celebrity Award
Fave Malaysian Female Online Celebrity Award
Fave Person over 40 Award
Fave Person under 15 Award
Online Story of the Year Award
Best Internet For All Idea/Campaign Award

Overseeing the planning of the categories and rules is the WWWoW committee comprising representatives from DiGi, ASTRO, Lowyat.net, Yahoo!, Google, MSN Malaysia, Starcom Worldwide, Malaysian Digital Association, Rapp Malaysia and Nuffnang as well as local celebrities, Farish Aziz and Juliana Evans. However, in contrast to other media awards, the DiGi WWWoW Awards are judged by the voting public who will cast their votes on wwwow.my.

The winners of all 16 awards will be announced during a yellow carpet gala award event on 12 July 2011. They will take home with them the first ever DiGi WWWoW Award Trophy and RM5,000 worth of prizes from the sponsors.

For more information, log on to www.wwwow.my.

* More information can be found in the factsheet

About DiGi
Established in 1995, DiGi is listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and is part of the global telecommunications provider, Telenor Group. DiGi focuses on making it easy, keeping it relevant and providing the best deals to ensure excellent customer experience in mobile and internet services. Through its corporate initiative, Deep Green, DiGi is committed to a sustainable business that is financially and ecologically responsible to all stakeholders.

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