{"id":6690,"date":"2014-09-23T11:01:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2015-05-12T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T12:59:09","slug":"gsma-celebrates-20-years-gma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-celebrates-20-years-gma\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL MOBILE AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>2015 Awards, Spanning Eight Categories and 40  Awards, Are Now Open for Entry <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>London<\/strong>: The  GSMA today announced that the Global Mobile Awards  2015 are now open for entry. The 2015 awards, which mark 20 years of honouring  excellence, achievement and innovation across the mobile industry, will be open  for entry until Friday, 5th December 2014. The winners will be announced  at a ceremony at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday, 3rd  March 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s  been twenty years since the very first Global Mobile Awards took place in Cannes  in 1996. The awards have evolved and expanded in parallel with the astonishing  growth of our industry and they reinforce the major role that mobile plays in  our everyday lives,&rdquo; said Michael O&rsquo;Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. &ldquo;The  GSMA is pleased to once again recognise the world&rsquo;s leading mobile devices,  services, apps and technologies and we look forward to celebrating 20 years of  innovation in mobile in March.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The 2015  Global Mobile Awards will present more than 40 awards over eight categories:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The Connected Life Awards<\/li>\n<li>Best Mobile Services<\/li>\n<li>Social &amp; Economic Development<\/li>\n<li>Apps of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Best Mobile Handsets &amp; Devices<\/li>\n<li>Best Mobile Technology<\/li>\n<li>Government Mobile Excellence Awards<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Achievement Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The  Global Mobile Awards feature twelve new awards that showcase emerging trends in  the mobile ecosystem. One of these trends is the tremendous innovation within  wearable technologies; as such, the &lsquo;Best Mobile Handset and Devices&rsquo; category  will include an award for &lsquo;Best Wearable Mobile Technology&rsquo;. The positive  impact of increasingly affordable smartphones across the world will also be  reflected in this year&rsquo;s awards through the reduction of the threshold in the  &lsquo;Best Low Cost Smartphone&rsquo; award to sub-$100. <\/p>\n<p>The 2015  awards will also highlight the importance of Connected Living with a category  dedicated to the convergence of mobile and key vertical sectors such as automotive,  education, health, mobile money and mobile-enabled consumer electronic devices.  The &lsquo;Connected Life&rsquo; category includes new awards such as the &lsquo;Best Use of  Mobile for Retail, Brands &amp; Commerce&rsquo;, which will showcase the pivotal  role of mobile services in driving new levels of brand engagement and interaction;  the &lsquo;Mobile Innovation for the Internet of Things&rsquo; award; and the &lsquo;Mobile  Connect Award for Best Authentication &amp; Identity Solution&rsquo;, which highlights  the importance of personal data  security. <\/p>\n<p>Disability affects around 15 per cent of the world&rsquo;s population,  or approximately one billion people, and this  year&rsquo;s &lsquo;Social and Economic Development&rsquo; category will include two new awards  that showcase innovative mobile solutions that are helping to drive the  accessibility and ease of use for the physically or mentally disabled and  senior mobile users: one for applications, software and services and a second  award for devices. <\/p>\n<p>New  awards have also been introduced in the &lsquo;Apps of the Year&rsquo; category, with  specific awards for music, games, video, TV and photography, as well as mobile  media and publishing apps, among others. The GSMA has also enhanced the &lsquo;Best  Mobile Technology&rsquo; category with the introduction of a &lsquo;Best Technology Enabler&rsquo; award that will showcase emerging technologies that are improving  mobile operators&rsquo; abilities to bring services and products to the market more  rapidly. <\/p>\n<p>In  addition, the Government Mobile Excellence Awards will recognise world-class  leadership with two awards to be presented on Monday, 2nd March 2015  at the GSMA&rsquo;s Ministerial Programme at Mobile World Congress. They include the  &lsquo;Government Leadership Award&rsquo; and the &lsquo;Spectrum for Mobile Broadband Award&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information for Entering the Global Mobile Awards <\/strong><br \/>\n  The  Global Mobile Awards 2015 are open to companies across the entire mobile  ecosystem and may be entered online; a full list of categories, deadlines and  award criteria can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalmobileawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.globalmobileawards.com<\/a>. This year, the GSMA has introduced entry fee  discounts for multiple entry input. Selected awards will be open to nominations  from judges or by an independent panel of experts and will not be open for  online entry. The submission of video to support entries is strongly encouraged  by the awards judges. Entries for the Global Mobile Awards close on Friday, 5th  December 2014 and the GSMA will announce the shortlist of nominations for each  category by early February 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The  awards will be judged by independent experts, analysts, journalists, academics,  and in some cases, mobile operator representatives. The winner of the  &lsquo;Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology \u2013 The CTOs&rsquo; Choice&rsquo; award will be  selected by a panel of industry-leading CTOs from the worldwide operator  community.<\/p>\n<p>For  further information on the Global Mobile Awards 2015 or if you would like to  become a sponsor, please contact the GSMA at <a href=\"mailto:awards@globalmobileawards.com\">awards@globalmobileawards.com<\/a>. The Mobile World Congress 2015 will be held 2-5  March at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. For more information, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.mobileworldcongress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8211; ENDS \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>About  the GSMA<\/strong><br \/>\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&rsquo;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<p>  For more information, please visit the  GSMA corporate website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\">www.gsma.com<\/a>. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA. <br \/>\n  <strong>Media  Contacts: <\/strong> <br \/>\n  For  the GSMA<br \/>\n  Elli  Karagiorgas<br \/>\n  +44  (0)207 067 0496<br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:elli.karagiorgas@webershandwick.com\">elli.karagiorgas@webershandwick.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GSMA  Press Office <br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:pressoffice@gsma.com\">pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 Awards, Spanning Eight Categories and 40 Awards, Are Now Open for Entry London: The GSMA today announced that the Global Mobile Awards 2015 are now open for entry. 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