GSMA
Announces Winners of Global Mobile Awards
Mobile industry association GSMA has announced the winners of the 14th
Annual Global Mobile Awards. The awards covered various mobile
categories including mobile games, music, video, advertising service,
and others.
The
2009 Global Mobile Awards 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
program
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)
The
GSMA's Mobile Innovation initiative has launched a new Awards format as
part of the 2010 Global Mobile Awards. The Mobile Innovation 'Grand
Prix' will showcase promising entrepreneurs from small and medium-sized
companies developing and introducing innovative products and services
that seek industry support to achieve market deployment. The first leg
of the competition, the EMEA Tournament, will take place at the World
Innovation Summit in Barcelona in June, and entry opens on Feb. 25,
2009.
The
GSMA operations cover 219 countries, as it has over 750 of the world's
mobile operators, as well as 200 companies in the broader mobile
ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment
providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment
organizations.
