CTIA Wireless 2009

CTIA Wireless 2009 event is one of the most global mobile events that takes place in Las Vegas this between April 1- April 3.   The event will be filled many people from different . The event is the convergence of more than 1,000 exhibiting companies, dozens of industries, and over 40,000 professionals from 125 countries all working toward the common goal of revolutionizing wireless.

The even attracts from  many domains:

• Application/Software Developers & Providers
• CLECs & LECs
• Consultants
• Content Providers/Aggregators
• Dealers/Retailers
• Distributors/Resellers/VARs
• Engineers
• Enterprise/Corporate/SOHO End-Users
• Entertainment
• Field Sales & Service
• Internet Service Providers – ISPs
• Manufacturers
• OEMs
• System Integrators
• Wireless Service Providers (Narrow/ Broadband PCS, Cellular, CDPD, ESMR)

KeyNote Sessions will include:

1. Steve Largent(President & CEO CTIA–The Wireless Association
2. Robert Dotson (2009 CTIA Chairman, President & CEO,T-Mobile USA )
3. Mike Lazaridis (President & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Research In Motion)
4. Ivan Seidenberg (Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications
5. Robert Bach (President, Entertainment & Devices Division Microsoft Corporation
6. Benjamin Wolff (Co-Chairman, Clearwire Corporation)
7. Eric J. Topol, M.D. (Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute, Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health)
8. The honorable AL GORE (45th Vice President of the United States)

The speaker all look very interesting and we (Plastic Mobile Agency) are looking forward to this great event that allows the world to come together and share mobile innovation.

See you all there!

- Melody Adhami

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.