The GSMA announced the winners of the 17th Annual Global Mobile awards in a ceremony hosted by comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin. We don’t even want you to know his bad jokes, but we’ll rather go straight to the point. So the winners of the 2012 Global Mobile Awards are:
- Best Mobile App for Consumers: Rovio Entertainment Ltd. – Angry Birds Rio
- Best Mobile App for Enterprise: Citrix Systems – Citrix Receiver
- Judges Choice – Best Overall Mobile App: WhatsApp Inc. – WhatsApp
- Most Innovative Mobile App: SwiftKey
- Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign: Brandtone – Carling Black Label “Be the Coach”
- Innovation in Mobile Advertising: Google – Google Wallet
- Mobile Marketing & Advertising Agency of the Year: [am.o.bee]
- Best Enterprise Mobile Service: Fiberlink – MaaS360
- Best Consumer Mobile Service: Google – Google Maps for Android
- Best Network Product or Solution for Serving Customers: Turkcell – Turkcell TiklaKonus
- Best Product, Initiative or Service for Underserved Segments: Safaricom – Grundfos
- mWomen Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets: Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby
- Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations: UBL Omni – transparent and efficient Cash Disbursement service after the 2009 IDPs Crisis and the 2010 Flood Crisis
- The Green Mobile Award: Flexenclosure – E-site
- Best Mobile Health Innovation: Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby
- Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning: OnPoint Digital – CellCast Solution
- Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive, Transport or Utilities: Ford Motor Company Ltd. – Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance
- Best Mobile Money Innovation: Etisalat, MasterCard and Oberthur Technologies – Etisalat Commerce
- Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing: Financial Times and Assanka – The Financial Times Web App
- Best Smartphone: Samsung – Samsung Galaxy S II
- Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone: Nokia – Nokia C3-00
- Device Manufacturer of the Year: Samsung
- Best Mobile Tablet: Apple – Apple iPad 2
- Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non-Handsets): AT&T – Garmin GTU 10
- Best Mobile Broadband Technology: KT – KT’s Premium WiFi Solution
- Best Infrastructure Technology: Alcatel-Lucent – lightRadio Network
- Best Technology Breakthrough: Vodafone Group PLC – Quad Rate Technology: an evolved path doubling the efficiency of mobile voice
- Best Cloud Based Technology: Appcelerator – Titanium Integrated Development Platform
- Best Technology Product or Solution for Safeguarding and Empowering Customers: Cloudmark – Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Suite
- GSMA Chairman’s Award: Joint winners – KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SOFTBANK MOBILE
- Government Leadership Award: Government of the Republic of Colombia
And in case you wonder, more than 170 independent analysts, journalists, academics and subject matter experts and 16 representatives from mobile operators throughout the world participated in the judging of the 2012 awards. The full list of winners and finalist is available from here.