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Barcelona:<\/strong> The GSMA today announced the winners of the 19th Annual Global Mobile awards, held at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The winners were honoured in an afternoon ceremony hosted by British actor, writer, presenter and comedian James Corden. <\/p>\n

Corden entertained nominees and attendees with a comic introduction to the ceremony. He was joined on stage to present the awards by Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Chairman, GSMA and President and CEO, Telenor Group, Anne Bouverot, Director General, GSMA and John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd., as well as representatives from category sponsor Maxim Integrated, media partners CNBC, Fortune and Time and members of the judging panel who co-presented awards.<\/p>\n

“Now in the 19th year, the Global Mobile Awards once again showcase the outstanding level of innovation and creative products and services being developed across a diverse and growing industry,” said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd. “With more than 680 high calibre entries this year, the competition was stronger than ever and it is a significant achievement to have been honoured today. The GSMA would like to warmly congratulate all Global Mobile Awards winners and recognise all those who took part for continuing to drive mobile communications into the future.”<\/p>\n

The winners of the 2014 Global Mobile Awards are:
\n <\/strong>
\n Best Mobile Health Product or Service<\/strong>
\n Energize the Chain for Econet Wireless Vaccine Project in Zimbabwe<\/p>\n

Best Mobile Education Product or Service<\/strong>
\n Enable Mobile Technologies for Magic Pencil<\/p>\n

Best Mobile Product or Service for Automotive<\/strong>
\n Nuance Communications for Dragon Drive<\/p>\n

Best NFC\/Mobile Money Product or Service<\/strong>
\n Telenor Pakistan and Tasolutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencyr Micro Finance Bank for Easypaisa<\/p>\n

Best Mobile Publishing Product or Service<\/strong>
\n Wibbitz for Text-To-Video Technology<\/p>\n

Best Mobile Innovation for ‘Smart Cities’ <\/strong>
\n Accenture plc and RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. for City1Tap<\/p>\n

Best Mobile-Enabled Consumer Electronics Device<\/strong>
\n AT&T and Filip Technologies Inc. for FiLIP<\/p>\n

Best Enterprise Mobile Service<\/strong>
\n AirWatch for AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management, Version 7.0<\/p>\n

Best Consumer Mobile Service<\/strong>
\n AT&T for AT&T Digital Life
\n
\n Best Advertising or Marketing on Mobile<\/strong>
\n Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Lowe and Partners for Kan Khajura Tesan
\n
\n Best Network-Based Solution for Serving Customers<\/strong>
\n GMCR Inc. for Globe Prepaid GoSakto: Create Your Own Promo
\n
\n Best Mobile Product, Initiative or Service in Emerging Markets<\/strong>
\n Vodafone Foundation in India, the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (CBFW) for RUDI Sandesha Vyavhar (RSV) project
\n
\n Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets<\/strong>
\n Telenor Pakistan and Tasolutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencyr Micro Finance Bank for Easypaisa
\n
\n Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations<\/strong>
\n Smart Communications for Smart’s SafePh: Yolanda Response
\n
\n Best Mobile Product, Service or App for Accessibility or Ease-of-Use<\/strong>
\n Turkcell for Turkcell My Dream Partner
\n
\n The Green Mobile Award<\/strong>
\n Grasolutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencynphone Ltd. for Climate Change Program
\n
\n Best Entertainment App (Gaming, Music, Sports, Video)<\/strong>
\n Device 6
\n
\n Judges’ Choice \u2013 Best Overall Mobile App<\/strong>
\n CityMapper
\n
\n Most Innovative Mobile App<\/strong>
\n PointGrab for CamMe
\n
\n Smartphone App Challenge<\/strong>
\n Akbank T.A.S. for Akbank Direkt Mobile App
\n
\n Best Smartphone <\/strong>
\n HTC One\u00a0
\n
\n Best Low-Cost Smartphone (sub-$150 wholesale price) <\/strong>
\n Nokia Lumia 520
\n
\n Best Entry-level or Featurephone<\/strong>
\n Nokia 105
\n
\n Most Innovative Device Manufacturer of the Year <\/strong>
\n LG
\n
\n Best Mobile Tablet <\/strong>
\n Apple iPad Air
\n Best Mobile Infrastructure<\/strong>
\n Nokia Solutions and Networks with Telef\u00f3nica O2 UK Limited for iSON Automation for Operations
\n
\n Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough<\/strong>
\n Sensory Inc. for TrulyHandsfreeTM 3.0
\n
\n Best Cloud-Based Technology for Mobile<\/strong>
\n Xively for Xively Cloud Services
\n
\n Best Mobile Identity, Safeguard & Security Products\/Solutions<\/strong>
\n SecureAuth IdP – 2 Factor Access Control for the Mobile Enterprise
\n
\n Best Solution for Growing Smaller or Independent Networks<\/strong>
\n Reach-U for Demograft
\n
\n Outstanding LTE Contribution<\/strong>
\n KT Corporation for Wideband LTE-A Commercial Service
\n SK Telecom for Commercial LTE-Advanced Network
\n
\n Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology \u2013 The CTOs’ choice<\/strong>
\n KT Corporation for Wideband LTE-A Commercial Service
\n SK Telecom for Commercial LTE-Advanced Network<\/p>\n

Previously announced were the winners of the Government Mobile Excellence Awards, the GSMA Chairman’s Award and the GSMA Lifetime Achievement Award:
\n Spectrum for Mobile Broadband Award <\/strong>
\n The Government of the United Arab Emirates
\n
\n The Economic Policy for Sustainable Mobile Growth Award <\/strong>
\n The Government of Spain
\n
\n The Connected Government Award <\/strong>
\n The Government of Lebanon
\n
\n Government Leadership Award<\/strong>
\n The Government of Botswana\u00a0
\n
\n GSMA Chairman’s Award<\/strong>
\n Dr. Paul Jacobs, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Qualcomm Inc.
\n
\n GSMA Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong>
\n Rob Conway, Former CEO of the GSMA (Posthumous)<\/p>\n

The full list of winners and finalist for the 2014 Global Mobile Awards is available at: http:\/\/www.globalmobileawards.com\/winners-2014<\/a><\/p>\n

The shortlist for the ‘Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2014\u2032 will be announced between 10.15am and 10.30am (CET), Wednesday, 26th February on both Mobile World Live TV and the Global Mobile Awards website. The winner will be honoured in a live presentation on Mobile World Live TV between 9.00am and 9.15am (CET) on Thursday, 27th February.<\/p>\n

In total more than 175 independent analysts, journalists, academics and subject matter experts throughout the world participated in the judging process, including the chief technology officers of 14 mobile operators who took part in judging the “Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology” award. <\/p>\n

Full information on the Global Mobile Awards can be found at www.globalmobileawards.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

-ENDS-<\/p>\n

Translation:<\/strong>
\nSpanish<\/a><\/p>\n

About the GSMA <\/strong>
\n The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries and territories, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators with 250 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and Internet companies, as well as organisations in industry sectors such as financial services, healthcare, media, transport and utilities. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Expo.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at www.gsma.com<\/a>. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA. <\/p>\n

Media Contacts: <\/strong>
\n For the GSMA:
\n Charlie Meredith-Hardy
\n +44 7917 298428
\n CMeredith-Hardy@webershandwick.com<\/a>
\n Christian Martinell
\n +34 607 150 276
\n CMartinell@webershandwick.com<\/a><\/p>\n

GSMA Press Office
\n pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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