{"id":8116,"date":"2024-10-23T16:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/?p=8116"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:17:18","slug":"the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With over 200 independent judges and&nbsp;33 awards across seven categories, the GLOMOs continue to honor the best of the best within our ecosystem and beyond, celebrating three decades of excellence in the mobile and digital industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwcbarcelona.com\/mobile-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards<\/a> are the industry\u2019s most prestigious accolade, judged by the sector\u2019s most prominent subject matter experts.\u00a0For 30 years, being shortlisted for a GLOMO Award has signified recognition as a serious contender, a brand to watch closely in the tech sector. Winning a GLOMO Award represents the highest honor, acknowledging unparalleled achievement by your peers across the entire digital landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwcbarcelona.com\/mobile-awards\/categories-and-awards?name=1-g-5g-industry-partnership-award&amp;id=59686&amp;type=glomos#category-mobile-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foundry Innovation Award<\/a>&nbsp;celebrates a dynamic hub for cross-industry collaboration and business development. Our mission is to connect companies with the right stakeholders, driving their projects forward. Covering sectors such as 5G, AI, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs), and more, we foster collaboration to speed up network development. This award spotlights impactful projects, providing companies with an opportunity for industry recognition. Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GSMA Foundry<\/a> to rapidly develop real-world solutions, nurture new ideas, and scale proven solutions globally to shape our digital future&nbsp;and make a significant impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eligibility-criteria-for-the-foundry-innovation-awards\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria for The Foundry Innovation Awards:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Collaborative Excellence:<\/strong> Projects must demonstrate strong collaboration, showcasing the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders, partners, or teams to achieve shared objectives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Swift Delivery:<\/strong> Projects should be completed within 12 months, reflecting outstanding efficiency in execution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Real-Life Challenge Resolution:<\/strong> Submissions must address or solve a tangible real-world challenge, emphasising their practical relevance to the industry or society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tangible Impact:<\/strong> Entries should include concrete evidence of measurable results or impacts achieved, such as data illustrating improvements, advancements, or contributions to the field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Projects must be a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>GSMA Foundry<\/strong><\/a><strong> project<\/strong> at time of award submission, either in progress or delivered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Projects that meet these criteria will be considered for the GSMA Foundry Award, where exceptional collaborations with meaningful, real-world impacts are celebrated and recognised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-dates\">Key dates: <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Submission Deadline<\/strong>: 22nd November 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shortlist Announcement<\/strong>: 10th February 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Awards Ceremony<\/strong>: 5th March 2025 onsite at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwcbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MWC Barcelona 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find out more about the criteria for submissions and the GLOMO Awards&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwcbarcelona.com\/mobile-awards\/categories-and-awards\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 200 independent judges and&nbsp;33 awards across seven categories, the GLOMOs continue to honor the best of the best within our ecosystem and beyond, celebrating three decades of excellence in the mobile and digital industry. The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards are the industry\u2019s most prestigious accolade, judged by the sector\u2019s most prominent subject matter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[],"class_list":["post-8116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025 - GSMA Foundry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With over 200 independent judges and&nbsp;33 awards across seven categories, the GLOMOs continue to honor the best of the best within our ecosystem and beyond, celebrating three decades of excellence in the mobile and digital industry. The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards are the industry\u2019s most prestigious accolade, judged by the sector\u2019s most prominent subject matter [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GSMA Foundry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-23T16:32:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T16:17:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLOMOs-GSMA-Foundry-Innovation-Award-1024x576.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"inikolaou\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gsma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gsma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"inikolaou\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025 - GSMA Foundry","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025","og_description":"With over 200 independent judges and&nbsp;33 awards across seven categories, the GLOMOs continue to honor the best of the best within our ecosystem and beyond, celebrating three decades of excellence in the mobile and digital industry. The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards are the industry\u2019s most prestigious accolade, judged by the sector\u2019s most prominent subject matter [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/","og_site_name":"GSMA Foundry","article_published_time":"2024-10-23T16:32:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-21T16:17:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLOMOs-GSMA-Foundry-Innovation-Award-1024x576.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"inikolaou","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gsma","twitter_site":"@gsma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"inikolaou","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"inikolaou","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#\/schema\/person\/09135c2616f82ebb75bda0e903064d5e"},"headline":"The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025","datePublished":"2024-10-23T16:32:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-21T16:17:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/"},"wordCount":363,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLOMOs-GSMA-Foundry-Innovation-Award.png","articleSection":["General"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/","name":"The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025 - GSMA Foundry","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLOMOs-GSMA-Foundry-Innovation-Award.png","datePublished":"2024-10-23T16:32:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-21T16:17:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLOMOs-GSMA-Foundry-Innovation-Award.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLOMOs-GSMA-Foundry-Innovation-Award.png","width":4400,"height":2475,"caption":"The image features a dark blue background with the text \"GLOMO Global Mobile Awards\" alongside geometric shapes. Below, it reads \"GSMA Foundry Innovation Award\" in white lettering."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/general\/the-global-mobile-glomo-awards-return-to-mwc-barcelona-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards return to MWC Barcelona 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/","name":"GSMA Foundry","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#organization","name":"GSMA Foundry","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"GSMA Foundry"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gsma"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#\/schema\/person\/09135c2616f82ebb75bda0e903064d5e","name":"inikolaou","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/186d60b790906ea2705bac2ea64943c028cd1d7cc1db7bbc3ac46c7367ff94ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/186d60b790906ea2705bac2ea64943c028cd1d7cc1db7bbc3ac46c7367ff94ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"inikolaou"}}]}},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GLOMOs-GSMA-Foundry-Innovation-Award.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8116"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12036,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116\/revisions\/12036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8116"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/get-involved\/gsma-foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_type?post=8116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}