It’s the last day of the Mobile World Congress and it’s time to announce the winners of the 14th annual Global Mobile Awards. The ceremony, which unfortunately we haven’t attended, was held at a gala dinner at the National Palace in Barcelona, and hosted by the rising star of comedy, Michael McIntyre. Black Eyed Peas’ frontman, will.i.am, and award-winning jazz artist, Jamie Cullum, were also there, in addition to all the mobile industry folks. Along with announcing the winners, GSMA also revealed the Global Champion of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition.
Finally, the GSMA’s Mobile Innovation initiative launched a new Awards format as part of the 2010 Global Mobile Awards, with the idea to showcase promising entrepreneurs from small and medium-sized companies. The “first leg” of the competition, the EMEA Tournament, will take place at the World Innovation Summit in Barcelona in June.
And the list of winners follows after the break.
The 2009 Global Mobile Awards Winners:
- Best Mobile Game: 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: Turkcell – Tonla Kazan
- Best Mobile TV Service: MobiTV – MobiTV
- Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service: Vodafone – Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited
- Best Mobile Internet Service: Nokia – Nokia Sports Tracker
- Best Mobile Money Service: Safaricom and Vodafone – M-PESA
- Best Mobile Handset or Device: INQ – INQ1 / Highly Commended: Nokia E71, T-Mobile G1
- Best Broadcast Commercial: KT Freetel – “Show is…”
- Best Mobile Brand Campaign: R/GA London – Nokia Urbanista Diaries
- Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development: Nuance Communications – Airtel-T9 India Consumer Vernacular Messaging Campaigns
- Best Network Technology Advance: Nokia Siemens Networks – Flexi Multimode BTS Software defined HSPA/LTE
- Best Service Delivery Platform: NewBay Software – LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0
- Best Billing & Customer Care Solution: Expert System – COGITO Answers
- Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough: RIM – BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen
- The Green Mobile Award: Smart Communications – Alternative Power for Cell Sites program
- GSMA’s CEO Award for Outstanding Environmental Contribution: Nokia
- Government Leadership Award: The Government of France
- GSMA Chairman’s Award: Research in Motion (RIM)
- The 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Champion: 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
More information about the GSMA Global Mobile Awards is available from a dedicated website.