GSMA announces winners of 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards
18 Feb 2009
The GSM Association yesterday announced the winners of the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards at a gala dinner at the National Palace in Barcelona.
The ceremony, one of the highlights of the Mobile World Congress, the leading event for the mobile communications industry, also revealed the Global Champion of the GSMA's 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition.
Rob Conway, CEO and member of the board of the GSMA said, "More than 450 companies spanning internet, finance, advertising, music, television and gaming submitted entries for this year's Awards, reflecting the diversity and breadth and depth of our industry. Even in uncertain economic times mobile is seeing continued growth, with more than 4 billion mobile connections globally, and this growth is driven by innovation in new services, applications and ever richer mobile content. Our congratulations to the winners and all those who participated."
The Winners are:
Best mobile game
Winner: Gameloft - Real Football 2009
Highly Commended: Digital Chocolate - AvaPeeps: FlirtNation
Best mobile music or video service
Winner: BBC iPlayer on Mobile
Best mobile advertising service
Winner: Turkcell - Tonla Kazan
Best mobile TV service
Winner: MobiTV - MobiTV
Best mobile enterprise product or service
Winner: Vodafone - Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited
Best mobile internet service
Winner: Nokia - Nokia Sports Tracker
Best mobile money service
Winner: Safaricom and Vodafone - M-PESA
Best Mobile Handset or Device
Winner: INQ - INQ1
Highly Commended: Nokia - Nokia E71
Highly Commended: T-Mobile - T-Mobile G1
Best broadcast commercial
Winner: KT Freetel – 'Show is…'
Best mobile brand campaign
Winner: R/GA London - Nokia Urbanista Diaries
Best use of mobile for social and economic development
Winner: Nuance Communications - Airtel-T9 India Consumer Vernacular Messaging Campaigns
Best network technology advance
Winner: Nokia Siemens Networks - Flexi Multimode BTS Software defined HSPA/LTE
Best service delivery platform
Winner: NewBay Software - LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0
Best billing & customer care solution
Winner: Expert System - COGITO Answers
Best mobile technology breakthrough
Winner: RIM - BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen
The green mobile award
Winner: Smart Communications - Alternative power for cell sites programme
GSMA's CEO award for outstanding environmental contribution
Winner: Nokia
Government leadership award
Winner: The Government of France
GSMA chairman's award
Winner: Research in Motion (RIM)
Mobile innovation global award champion named
The EMEA leg and final stage of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition also took place this week at the Mobile World Congress, where 15 nominees competed in five categories for the chance to pitch their innovative products and services against finalists from the Asia, Americas and Virtual legs of the competition for the title of 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Champion.
Winner: Cootek, China (Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology)
Mobile innovation global award EMEA tournament
Global Finalist: Advanced Receiver Technologies, USA
Global Finalist: Intivation, Netherlands
- And the five category winners are:
- Most innovative carrier infrastructure or platform: Sunbay, Switzerland
- Most innovative mobile application in a vertical market: WorldMate, USA
- Most innovative consumer application or service: Mobile Nordic AS, Norway
- Most innovative true mobile start-up: Advanced Receiver Technologies, USA
- Most innovative wireless device-centric technology: Intivation, Netherlands
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