Go employee lands Ericsson excellence award

Matthew Grech, a young member of Go's Broadband Access Networks team, has landed the prestigious Ericsson Award for Excellence in Telecommunications. The award is given by Ericsson's local company in Greece - Ericsson Hellas - in conjunction with the University of Malta.

A total of six theses with a mix of technology-focused papers from both graduate and post-graduate students achieved the award after being selected from a considerable amount of submissions.

The Go employee, who read for an engineering degree at the university's Communications and Computer Engineering Department, won the award by submitting his post-graduate dissertation: "Utility Meter Monitoring over a Wireless Channel" developed on an innovative consumer-based system that targets cutting costs, time and labour via telecommunications.

The Ericsson Award of Excellence scheme, running into the third year since its inception in Malta, now enjoys popularity on campus especially among students reading for degrees in communications, engineering, computer engineering and technology-related subjects. The initiative's primary aim at a local level is to recognise and reward Maltese students for their drive, creativity and business acumen in the telecommunications field.

Awarded students receive an honorary commendation as well as a cheque in symbolic recognition of their efforts. By far the most attractive incentive of the award scheme consists in a two-day visit to the Ericsson headquarters in Sweden.

"Go is indeed delighted with the success achieved by our employee, Matthew Grech and we are confident that he will benefit tremendously from the unique experience at Ericsson headquarters in direct contact with one of the leaders in the telecom industry worldwide," said Ing. Joe Bugeja who heads Go's technical operations.