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Press Releases: GSMA Announces Winners of 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
The GSMA announced the winners of the 15th annual Global Mobile Awards at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This year the new two-part format comprised an afternoon awards presentation hosted by writer, actor and self-confessed technophile Stephen Fry, followed by an evening celebration party hosted by INQ, where winners were entertained with a showcase set from one of the world’s most famous and successful bands, Duran Duran.
The awards presentation included the winners of 19 categories, covering Mobile Marketing and Advertising, Best Mobile Contribution to Social and Economic Development, the Green Mobile Awards, Mobile Personality of the Year, Mobile Innovation and Mobile Entertainment. At the evening event, two highlight awards were presented, the Best Mobile Handset and the Chairman’s Award for outstanding contribution to the growth and success of the mobile industry.
Congratulations to our 2010 Global Mobile Award Winners:
Best Mobile Game Winner: Iricom - The Last City - Fight For Your Life!
Best Mobile Music Service Winner: Odyssey Music Group - Deezer
Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing Winner: CLANMO GmbH and OgilvyOne - The IKEA PS Mobile Interior Planning Tool
Best Mobile TV Service Winner: CBS Mobile - TV.com
Best Mobile Location Based Advertising Campaign Winner: R/GA - Nokia viNe
Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service Winner: Research In Motion - BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0
Best Mobile Internet Service Winner: adaffix Gmbh - YELLIX
Best Mobile Money Service Winner: Safaricom - M-PESA (bulk payment & utility bill) extension to service
Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development Winner: Grameen Foundation, MTN Uganda, and Google - The Grameen Foundation Application Laboratory (AppLab)
Best Mobile Money for the Unbanked Service Winner: Zain Bahrain B.S.C - ZAP
The Green Mobile Award for Best Green Programme, Product or Initiative Winner: VNL - VNL’s solar-powered GSM base station
Green Network Award Winner: Mocambique Celular S.A.R.L (mcel) - Eco Naturalmente (Naturally Thinking Green)
Best Network Technology Advance Winner: SkyCross Inc - SkyCross iMAT (isolated mode antenna technology) Antennas
Best Service Delivery Platform Winner: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd - Huawei SDP solution
Best Billing & Customer Care Solution Winner: Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) - You Individual Optimal Tariff Plan
Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough Winner: Orange - Mobile High Definition (HD) Voice
Best Mobile Handset or Device Winner: HTC - HTC Hero
Best Mobile Connected Device (non-handsets) Winner: Novatel Wireless Inc. - MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot
Government Leadership Award Winner: Kenya
GSMA Chairman's Award Winner: Carl-Henric Svanberg, Former CEO of Ericsson and currently Chairman of BP
Mobile Industry Personality of the Year as Voted for by the Media Winner: Steve Jobs, Co-Founder and CEO Apple
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