Global Mobile Awards 2012 winners
The GSMA recently 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.
The winners of the 2012 Global Mobile Awards are:
Best Mobile App for Consumers: Rovio Entertainment Ltd. – Angry Birds Rio
Best Mobile App for Enterprise: Citrix Systems – Citrix Receiver
Judges Choice – Best Overall Mobile App: WhatsApp Inc. – WhatsApp
Most Innovative Mobile App: SwiftKey
Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign: Brandtone – Carling Black Label “Be the Coach”
Innovation in Mobile Advertising: Poken, the Leading CMS for NFC
Mobile Marketing & Advertising Agency of the Year: [am.o.bee]
Best Enterprise Mobile Service: Fiberlink – MaaS360
Best Consumer Mobile Service: Google – Google Maps for Android
Best Network Product or Solution for Serving Customers: Turkcell – Turkcell TiklaKonus
Best Product, Initiative or Service for Under-served Segments: Safaricom – Grundfos
mWomen Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets: Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby
Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations: UBL Omni – transparent and efficient Cash Disbursement service after the 2009 IDPs Crisis and the 2010 Flood Crisis
The Green Mobile Award: Flexenclosure – E-site
Best Mobile Health Innovation: Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby
Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning: OnPoint Digital – CellCast Solution
Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive, Transport or Utilities: Ford Motor Company Ltd. – Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance
Best Mobile Money Innovation: Etisalat, MasterCard and Oberthur Technologies – Etisalat Commerce
Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing: Financial Times and Assanka – The Financial Times Web App
Best Smartphone: Samsung – Samsung Galaxy S II
Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone: Nokia – Nokia C3-00
Device Manufacturer of the Year: Samsung
Best Mobile Tablet: Apple – Apple iPad 2
Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non-Handsets): AT&T – Garmin GTU 10
Best Mobile Broadband Technology: KT – KT’s Premium WiFi Solution
Best Infrastructure Technology: Alcatel-Lucent – lightRadio Network
Best Technology Breakthrough: Vodafone Group PLC – Quad Rate Technology: an evolved path doubling the efficiency of mobile voice
Best Cloud Based Technology: Appcelerator – Titanium Integrated Development Platform
Best Technology Product or Solution for Safeguarding and Empowering Customers: Cloudmark – Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Suite
GSMA Chairman’s Award: Joint winners: KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and Softbank Mobile
Government Leadership Award: Government of the Republic of Colombia
A panel of judges searching for the most promising ‘Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2012’ will select a short-list of nominees, and a winner that will be announced on the morning of Thursday 1st March, 2012 at Mobile World Congress.
Both the short-listed nominees and the winner will be announced via Mobile World Live TV and on the Global Mobile Awards website.
The full list of winners and finalists for the 2012 Global Mobile Awards is available on the Global Mobile Awards website.
The GSMA said that 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.
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 ‘Best Mobile App for Consumers’ and ‘Best Mobile App for Enterprise’ categories was provided by Distimo.
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