This week in Barcelona the GSMA Mobile World Congress is taking place. Other than seeing the beautiful city of Barcelona, the GSMA allows the leaders of Mobile companies around the world to come together at the worlds largest Mobile Exhibition. Some of the various industries include mobile operators, equipment vendors, internet professions as well as the folks in entertainment.
This years, about 50,000 people are expected to attend this mobile events to discuss business, reveal this years trends and shape the industry overall. This is a big year for this even as many experts are calling 2008 and 2009 the Mobile years.
Along with the exhibition itself, there are some important awards and Galas. At this years 14th Mobile Global Awards, the winners wer announced and can be found below and also at the GSMA Newsroom:
THE 2009 GLOBAL MOBILE AWARDS WINNERS
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 2009 MOBILE INNOVATION GLOBAL AWARD CHAMPION
Winner: Cootek, China (Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology)
THE 2009 MOBILE INNOVATION GLOBAL AWARD COMPETITION – EMEA TOURNAMENT
Global Finalist: Advanced Receiver Technologies, USA
Global Finalist: Intivation, Netherlands
And the five category winners are:
Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology
- Intivation, Netherlands
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
If you are interested in finding out more about the Mobile World Congress and Mobile trends in general, visit their site for a live feed during some portions of the events.