NII Holdings, Inc.

Awards + Recognition 2007/2010

Mar '10

  • In recognition of the National Quality Award that Nextel Argentina received for a second time, the company was honored with a commemorative gift from the Cellular Division of BGH, an Argentine company that has offered telecommunications solutions to Nextel Argentina since the start of its operations in the country in 1998.

Jan '10

  • NII Holdings was featured in SmartCEO’s Future 50 list, which celebrates the fastest growing companies in the Greater Washington area.

Dec '09

  • Nextel Mexico ranked 40th among the 50 Mexican companies recognized by Expansión magazine as “Super Companies to launch your career.”
  • Nextel Brazil was honored by the 2009 Outstanding Marketing Awards from the Brazilian Marketing and Business Association (ABMN).

Nov '09

  • Nextel Argentina is part of the 10 Argentinean companies distinguished among the 50 “Best Places to Work” in the country. Clarín newspaper published a study from the Great Place to Work Institute.
  • Nextel Mexico was included in Expansion magazine’s CSR Special edition.

Oct '09

  • Nextel Argentina was honored with the National Quality Award.

Sept '09

  • NII Holdings ranked among 50 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in Washington D.C. by the Washington Business Journal.
  • NII Holdings ranked #409 among the 500 largest U.S. companies recognized by Newsweek’s green ranking. For more than a year, the magazine worked with leading environmental researchers to rank these leading companies based on their actual environmental performance, policies and reputation.
  • NII Executive Chairman Steven Shindler selected as key power player in Latin America by Latin Business Chronicle. Shindler made the list this year with $4.0 billion in annual sales.
  • NII Holding’s CEO, Steven Dussek, is part of an exclusive group of 19 business leaders selected by America Economia magazine. Dussek was recognized and featured in a Special “Excellence” Edition published in September.

Aug '09

  • Nextel Brazil ranked 1st among the “Best Places to Work” in the telecommunications sector in Brazil, according to Exame/Você S.A. magazine’s ranking.
  • Nextel Brazil was awarded the Diversity São Paulo Stamp in recognition of the company’s work with diversity in the workplace.

July '09

  • Nextel Brazil’s advertising campaign Welcome to the Club was recognized by the International Business Awards as a finalist in the category of “Best Marketing Campaign of the Year.”
  • Nextel’s i-Alarm service was recognized by the International Business Awards as a finalist in the category of “Best Product or Service of the Year.”
  • Nextel Mexico ranked #200 among the “500 Most Important Companies in Latin America” published by America Economia magazine.
  • Nextel Mexico ranked 77th among in Expansion magazine’s list of “500 Most Important Companies” in the world.

June '09

  • NII Holdings ranked 69th among Latin America's 500 Largest Companies as published by Latin Business Chronicle, a leading source on Latin America's business, technology and politics.
  • Nextel Argentina is part of the 10 Argentinean companies distinguished among the “100 Best Places to Work” in Latin America by the Great Place to Work Institute, published by Clarín newspaper.
  • Nextel Brazil’s advertising campaign Welcome to the Club was recognized at the Abril Advertising Awards. The company won the award for “Best Use of Magazines.”
  • Nextel Brazil was recognized by the Ser Humano Oswaldo Checchia Awards (an award from the Brazilian Association of Human Resources). The company ranked 2nd among three finalists in the category of Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility.
  • Nextel Brazil was recognized by Fundacao Abrinq as a Company friend of the Children
  • Nextel Mexico’s VP’s were included in Expansion magazine’s list of “100 Most Influential Women in Mexico”. Ana Candini Sanchez ranked #36 and Gabriela Soriano ranked #74.

April '09

  • Nextel Mexico was ranked #49 in the “Best Places to Work” according to a study from the Great Place to Work Institute published by Reforma newspaper.

Mar '09

  • Nextel Argentina was ranked 42nd among the “100 Companies with the Best Image” in the country as published by Apertura magazine.

Jan '09

  • Nextel Mexico was ranked #81 among the “100 Most Important Employers” in the country as published by Mundo Ejecutivo Magazine.
  • NII Holdings was selected to SmartCEO’s Future 50 list celebrating the fastest growing companies in the Baltimore and Washington metro market.

Dec '08

  • Nextel Brazil was recognized by About Magazine with “Client Promotions of the Year” for actions relating to the Stock Car Nextel Cup and Big Cell tactic.
  • NII Holdings was ranked #488 in the "Deloitte Technology Fast 500” published by SmartCEO magazine.
  • Nextel Mexico was ranked #140 of the “1,000 Most Important Companies” as published by Mundo Ejecutivo Magazine.
  • Nextel Peru awarded as Best Communications Company for Business Men for the second year by Lima Chamber of Commerce.
  • Nextel Argentina received the IDEA 2008 Boost Award.

Nov '08

  • Nextel Brazil was included in CIEE´s (Center of Integration Business-School) ranking of the 50 Best Companies for Internships.
  • Nextel Argentina was ranked #1 in the cellular telephony category of the “Olympus of Brands” list published by Mercado magazine.
  • Nextel Argentina was ranked #3 in the list of “Best Places to Work in Argentina 2008,” by the Great Place to Work Institute®.
  • NII Holdings was ranked #489 in the "Deloitte 2008 Technology Fast 500,” placing among the top 20 companies according to revenue.
  • Nextel Brazil was ranked #7 in Jornal Telecom newspaper’s list of fastest growing telecomm companies.

Oct '08

  • NII Holdings was nominated in Light Reading's 2008 Leading Lights Awards for Best Investment Potential
  • The agency Loducca was recognized by Best Use of Magazine Media in Prêmio Maximídia Grupo RBS 2008 on the campaign that presented to Nextel Brazil
  • Nextel Mexico was ranked #32 of the country's "Top 50 Most Socially Responsible Companies" by Mundo Ejecutivo magazine

Sep '08

  • Nextel Brazil was included in Você S/A — Exame magazine's ranking of the 150 Best Companies to Work for in Brazil
  • NII Holdings was ranked #47 in the "Deloitte Virginia Technology Fast 50", the annual award program ranking technology companies located in Virginia by revenue growth

Aug '08

  • NII Holdings was selected as one of The Washington Business Journal’s 2008 Fastest Growing Companies
  • Nextel Mexico was named one of The Most Innovative Companies in Mexico by InformationWeek Mexico
  • Nextel Brazil was included in Exame magazine's ranking of the 500 Greatest and Largest companies in Brazil (500 Melhores e Maiores)
  • Nextel Brazil was included in the Info 200 Largest IT Companies list
  • Nextel Brazil was included in Valor Economico newspaper´s ranking of the 1000 Largest companies in Brazil

Jul '08

  • Nextel Mexico and Nextel Brazil were included in AmericaEconomia's list of the 500 Largest Companies in Latin America
  • Nextel Mexico was recognized by local business publication Gestion as one of the 100 Leading Companies in the country

Jun '08

  • Nextel Mexico's President Peter Foyo won the International Business Award (also known as the Stevie award) in the category of Best Executive in South America
  • The Nextel Mexico Senior Management Team was recognized as a finalist by the International Business Awards (also known as the Stevie awards) in the Best Management Team category
  • Nextel Brazil was an International Business Award (also known as the Stevie award) finalist in the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program in South America category for its Commitment to Educational Development for the Underprivileged in Brazil
  • Nextel Argentina ranked 87th in the 1000 companies with more sales in the country — Mercado Magazine

May '08

  • NII Holdings included in Washington Post’s ‘Post 200’ as a Top 100 Public Company - Washington Post

Apr '08

  • Nextel Mexico recognized as a Top Company in Mexico by Expansion Magazine’s Super Company 2008 listing - Expansion

Mar '08

  • Nextel Mexico recognized as a Great Place to Work by the Great Place to Work Institute - Infoworld

Feb '08

  • NII Holdings ranked 21st among Forbes’ Top 25 Tech Profit list - Forbes

Jan '08

  • NII Holdings given the spotlight award for Fastest Revenue Growth - Smart CEO
  • Nextel Peru awarded as Best Communications Company for Business Men - Lima Chamber of Commerce
  • NII Holdings ranked in the Future 50 - Smart CEO
  • NII Holdings ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in the greater Washington area - Washington CEO

Dec '07

  • NII Holdings named one of Americas Best Managed Companies - Forbes
  • Nextel Mexico’s CEO, Peter Foyo, is named a Top CEO - Mundo Ejecutivo
  • Nextel Mexico is named as one of the Top 1,000 Companies in Mexico - Mundo Ejecutivo

Nov '07

  • Nextel Brazil ranked second for Best Human Resources Management Team among companies with 2000-4000 employees - Valor Economico
  • Nextel Argentina ranks as one of the highest earning and highest grossing companies in the country - Prensa Economica

Oct '07

  • NII Holdings named one of the Top Media Companies - CRO Magazine
  • Nextel Mexico´s VP´s, Susana Candini and Gabriela Soriano, two of the Top Business Women- Expansion

Sep '07

  • Nextel Mexico named as one of the Ten Brands Every Company Should Have - Lideres Mexicanos

Jul '07

  • NII Holdings listed among the Information Technology 100 - BusinessWeek
  • Nextel Mexico named as one of the Top 500 Companies in Latin America - Latin Trade
  • NII Holdings receives the Maryland & Virginia Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award

Jun '07

  • NII Holdings and Steve Shindler recognized in TEN’s Hall of Fame - a publication of Business News Americas
  • Nextel Argentina named one of The Best 100 Companies to Work For in Latin America - Mundo Ejecutivo
  • Nextel Mexico named as One of the Best Companies to Work For in the 2007 Super Companies - Expansion
  • Nextel Brazil Alejandro Raposo named Best Customer Service Executive by the International Business Awards

May '07

  • Nextel Mexico recognized for its Corporate Social Responsibility efforts by AliaRSE and the Foundation of Philanthropy

Apr '07

  • NII Holdings was indexed in the Fortune 500 Listings where it ranked 17th out of 18 companies total in the Telecom List
  • NII Holdings ranked in the Fortune 1000
  • NII Holdings ranked in Global 2000 Superstars - Forbes

Feb '07

  • NII Holdings named one of the 25 Fast Growing Tech Companies - Forbes

Jan '07

  • NII Holdings ranked as a positive investment for 2007 - BusinessWeek
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Since its inception in 2005, NII's Social Responsibility Committee has been dedicated to helping a variety of non-partisan, non-profit, non-religious, and non- political charitable organizations.

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