Case Study — Introduce Open Ran private networks to media in ASEAN : EASTWEST Public Relations

US-based Telcom Mavenir sought an agency in SE Asia to reach out to regional media with one point of contact.

The was aim to introduce Mavenir and 5G technology.

This was achieved through a focused and strategic communications outreach programme, targeting key stakeholders, in SEA with focusing on Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Coverage Summary from Press Release distribution

EASTWEST has secured a total of 55 pieces of coverage across the region from the press release distribution, twelve (12) coverage from Thailand, thirty-three (33) pieces of coverage from Indonesia and ten (10) pieces of coverage from the rest of the other countries in this part of the region.

Notable coverage included those top tier with huge readers online media included Thansettakij, MSN Thai, Todayhighlight, Telecom Lover, Indo Telko, Antara News, Techbiz, Yahoo Indo, Rctiplus, mmIndustri, The Fast mode, Enterprise IT world, DigiconAsia etc

Mavenir is building the future of networks and is a pioneer in advanced technology, focusing on the vision of a single, software-based automated network that runs on any cloud.

As the industry’s only end-to-end, cloud-native network software provider, Mavenir is focused on transforming the way the world connects, accelerating software network transformation for 250+ Communications Service Providers in over 120 countries, which serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers.

Mavenir had a big campaign that kicked off in March with their local Thailand partner, 5GCT. They had showcased the 5G Smart City and had a launch event with 200 invited guests. Mavenir is looking to leverage this launch event and 5G Smart City at Ban Chang, to build brand awareness across APAC.

The Approach

• EASTWEST arranged and facilitated a virtual media briefing (with 17 media attendees) for Mavenir’ s spokespeople.
• EASTWEST translated and disseminated a press release (into Thai and Bahasa Melayu) in South-East Asia, focusing on Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
• EASTWEST provided the media attendees with the transcript of the event and summarized the key highlights, translated them into local languages local media, and followed up to ensure coverage.

The session ran on time, the technical aspects were well managed, and all the spokespeople delivered the key messages well. Media who attended the event had feedback that the session became more interesting with the delivery of several case studies by Ben Patullo. And the video screening on the session played smoothly to help to illustrate the points that the spokesperson wanted to deliver on the presentation.

Media who in our RSVP list for a glance as below:

EASTWEST has also successfully reached out to a total of twenty (20) media from this part of the region to do RSVP before the event. However, due to some unforeseen and uncontrollable issues (electricity break out in few places), the final number of attendees to the webinar event was seventeen (17) media from seventeen (17) media outlets.

Images from the Media event: Jim James hosted the event

Coverage from Press release distribution :

EASTWEST secured a total of 13 pieces of coverage across the region from the press release from the press event.

Notable coverage included those top tier such as Krungtep Turakij, MGR 360, The Reporter, Matichon, Mobileteckno, Selular, CIO world, WFTV, Kompas etc.

Coverage generated from the media event :

Originally published at https://eastwestpr.com on August 18, 2021.