StarNet received the gold medal together with the Year's Favorite title at the awards gala of the 2011 Trademark of the Year contest on Thursday, March 2, the ICT company said in a press release. “We are honored and extremely pleased by this distinction offered by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. We had a year full of events, promotions, launches, transformations and initiatives, in a word, a continuous effort to make our clients happy. Today the efforts of this beautiful and diligent team called StarNet have been appreciated. This award means we've managed to reach out to our clients and become an important element of our country's economy. We have further ambitious plans and we will continue to provide the best and most innovative electronic communications solutions in Moldova”, said StarNet director Alexandru Machedon. StarNet, which received the Trademark of the Year's top distinctions in the last two years, continues to develop and confirm its leading positions on the Moldovan ICT market, being the country's largest provider of broadband Internet services. In eight years since inception the company has seen a rapid growth, both organically, by opening 15 outlets in Chisinau and other major towns and employing a staff of over 500 people, and strategically, by making investments in infrastructure, state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, innovative services, and smart applications. The year 2011 was extremely dynamic for StarNet and its clients. The company expanded its metropolitan Wi-Fi network to cover over 100 km, launched revolutionary interactive media applications, including YouTube TV and Constructor TV, and kicked off its ambitious project to achieve nationwide coverage. As of late 2011, StarNet operated 15 outlets, including 5 in Chisinau and others in Ungheni, Soroca, Edinet, Singerei, Comrat, Cahul, Hincesti, Falesti, Calarasi and Cimislia, and served 60,000 individual clients and over 2,000 corporate clients. The Trademark of the Year Awards are offered in recognition of the most renowned brands and of the most effective promotion campaigns and marketing strategies behind them.