The GSMA today announced the winners of the 17th Annual Global Mobile awards, held at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The winners were honoured in an afternoon ceremony hosted by comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin.<\/p>\n
Minchin entertained nominees and attendees with a surprise performance of a song specially composed for the awards presentation, with ingenious lyrics based around mobile communications. Cherie Blair, champion of the GSMA\u2019s mWomen programme, joined Tim on stage to co-present four awards within the \u2018Social and Economic Development\u2019 category.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2012 Global Mobile Awards continue to showcase the greatest, most creative and innovative products and services driving the mobile ecosystem today and into the future. With a record number of high calibre entries this year, it is a significant achievement to have been honoured in today\u2019s ceremony,\u201d said Michael O\u2019Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. \u201cThe GSMA congratulates winners and commends all those taking part for raising the benchmark of contributions to mobile communications across the entire industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The winners of the 2012 Global Mobile Awards are:<\/p>\n
Best Mobile App for Consumers\u00a0<\/strong> Best Mobile App for Enterprise<\/strong> Judges Choice – Best Overall Mobile App<\/strong> Most Innovative Mobile App<\/strong> Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign<\/strong> Innovation in Mobile Advertising\u00a0<\/strong> Mobile Marketing & Advertising Agency of the Year<\/strong> Best Enterprise Mobile Service<\/strong> Best Consumer Mobile Service<\/strong> Best Network Product or Solution for Serving Customers<\/strong> Best Product, Initiative or Service for Underserved Segments<\/strong> mWomen Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets<\/strong> Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations<\/strong> The Green Mobile Award<\/strong> Best Mobile Health Innovation<\/strong> Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning<\/strong> Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive, Transport or Utilities<\/strong> Best Mobile Money Innovation<\/strong> Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing<\/strong> Best Smartphone<\/strong> Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone<\/strong> Device Manufacturer of the Year<\/strong> Best Mobile Tablet<\/strong> Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non-Handsets)<\/strong> Best Mobile Broadband Technology<\/strong> Best Infrastructure Technology<\/strong> Best Technology Breakthrough<\/strong> Best Cloud Based Technology<\/strong> Best Technology Product or Solution for Safeguarding and Empowering Customers<\/strong> GSMA Chairman’s Award<\/strong> Government Leadership Award<\/strong> A panel of judges searching for the most promising \u2018Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2012\u2019 will select a shortlist of nominees, and a winner that will be announced on the morning of Thursday 1st March, 2012 at Mobile World Congress. Both the shortlisted nominees and the winner will be announced via Mobile World Live TV and on the Global Mobile Awards website.<\/p>\n The full list of winners and finalist for the 2012 Global Mobile Awards is available at:http:\/\/www.globalmobileawards.com\/winners2012.php<\/a><\/p>\n In total, 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.<\/p>\n 2012 Global Mobile Awards sponsors include: INQ (Platinum Awards Sponsor);Conduit (Apps of the Year Category); CNBC, Fortune and Time (Platinum Media Partners); and Africa Telecoms, Fierce Wireless, GIZMODO, GoMo News and Mobile Communications International, Tech Week Europe (Gold Media Partners). Market data for the \u2018Best Mobile App for Consumers\u2019 and \u2018Best Mobile App for Enterprise\u2019 categories was provided by Distimo.<\/p>\n – ENDS –<\/p>\n The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide.\u00a0Spanning more than 220 countries and territories, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world\u2019s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Expo.<\/p>\n For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at\u00a0www.gsma.com<\/a>\u00a0or Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile communications industry, at\u00a0www.mobileworldlive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the GSMA The GSMA today announced the winners of the 17th Annual Global Mobile awards, held at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The winners were honoured in an afternoon ceremony hosted by comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin. Minchin entertained nominees and attendees with a surprise performance of a song specially composed for the awards presentation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[117,32,37,26,25,1133],"algolia_discover_type":[6627],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWinner: Rovio Entertainment Ltd. – Angry Birds Rio<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Citrix Systems – Citrix Receiver<\/p>\n
\nWinner: WhatsApp Inc. – WhatsApp<\/p>\n
\nWinner: SwiftKey<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Brandtone – Carling Black Label “Be the Coach”<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Poken, the Leading CMS for NFC<\/p>\n
\nWinner: [am.o.bee]<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Fiberlink – MaaS360<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Google – Google Maps for Android<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Turkcell – Turkcell TiklaKonus<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Safaricom – Grundfos<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby<\/p>\n
\nWinner: UBL Omni – transparent and efficient Cash Disbursement service after the 2009 IDPs Crisis and the 2010 Flood Crisis<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Flexenclosure – E-site<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby<\/p>\n
\nWinner: OnPoint Digital – CellCast Solution<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Ford Motor Company Ltd. – Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Etisalat, MasterCard and Oberthur Technologies – Etisalat Commerce<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Financial Times and Assanka – The Financial Times Web App<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Samsung – Samsung Galaxy S II<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Nokia – Nokia C3-00<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Samsung<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Apple – Apple iPad 2<\/p>\n
\nWinner: AT&T – Garmin GTU 10<\/p>\n
\nWinner: KT – KT’s Premium WiFi Solution<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Alcatel-Lucent – lightRadio Network<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Vodafone Group PLC – Quad Rate Technology: an evolved path doubling the efficiency of mobile voice<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Appcelerator – Titanium Integrated Development Platform<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Cloudmark – Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Suite<\/p>\n
\nJoint winners: KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SOFTBANK MOBILE<\/p>\n
\nWinner: Government of the Republic of Colombia<\/p>\nAbout the GSMA<\/h3>\n
Media Contact:<\/h3>\n
\nAbigail Faylor
\n+44 (0)2070 670 851
\nafaylor@webershandwick.com<\/a>
\nGSMA Press Office
\npress@gsm.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"