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.<\/p>\n
The winners of the 2012 Global Mobile Awards are:<\/p>\n
Best Mobile App for Consumers<\/strong>: Rovio Entertainment Ltd.<\/a> – Angry Birds Rio<\/p>\n Best Mobile App for Enterprise<\/strong>: Citrix Systems – Citrix Receiver<\/p>\n Judges Choice – Best Overall Mobile App<\/strong>: WhatsApp Inc. – WhatsApp<\/p>\n Most Innovative Mobile App<\/strong>: SwiftKey<\/p>\n Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign<\/strong>: Brandtone – Carling Black Label \u201cBe the Coach\u201d<\/p>\n Innovation in Mobile Advertising<\/strong>: Poken, the Leading CMS for NFC<\/p>\n Mobile Marketing & Advertising Agency of the Year<\/strong>: [am.o.bee]<\/p>\n Best Enterprise Mobile Service<\/strong>: Fiberlink – MaaS360<\/p>\n Best Consumer Mobile Service<\/strong>: Google<\/a> – Google Maps for Android<\/a><\/p>\n Best Network Product or Solution for Serving Customers<\/strong>: Turkcell – Turkcell TiklaKonus<\/p>\n Best Product, Initiative or Service for Under-served Segments<\/strong>: Safaricom<\/a> – Grundfos<\/p>\n mWomen Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets<\/strong>: Etisalat, Qualcomm<\/a>, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby<\/p>\n Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations<\/strong>: UBL Omni – transparent and efficient Cash Disbursement service after the 2009 IDPs Crisis and the 2010 Flood Crisis<\/p>\n The Green Mobile Award<\/strong>: Flexenclosure – E-site<\/p>\n Best Mobile Health Innovation<\/strong>: Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. – Etisalat Mobile Baby<\/p>\n Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning<\/strong>: OnPoint Digital – CellCast Solution<\/p>\n Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive, Transport or Utilities<\/strong>: Ford Motor Company Ltd. – Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance<\/p>\n Best Mobile Money Innovation<\/strong>: Etisalat, MasterCard<\/a> and Oberthur Technologies – Etisalat Commerce<\/p>\n Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing<\/strong>: Financial Times and Assanka – The Financial Times Web App<\/p>\n Best Smartphone<\/strong>: Samsung<\/a> – Samsung Galaxy S II<\/p>\n Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone<\/strong>: Nokia – Nokia C3-00<\/p>\n Device Manufacturer of the Year<\/strong>: Samsung<\/p>\n Best Mobile Tablet<\/strong>: Apple<\/a> – Apple iPad 2<\/p>\n Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non-Handsets)<\/strong>: AT&T<\/a> – Garmin<\/a> GTU 10<\/p>\n Best Mobile Broadband Technology<\/strong>: KT<\/a> – KT\u2019s Premium WiFi Solution<\/p>\n Best Infrastructure Technology<\/strong>: Alcatel-Lucent<\/a> – lightRadio Network<\/p>\n Best Technology Breakthrough<\/strong>: Vodafone Group PLC<\/a> – Quad Rate Technology: an evolved path doubling the efficiency of mobile voice<\/p>\n Best Cloud Based Technology<\/strong>: Appcelerator – Titanium Integrated Development Platform<\/p>\n Best Technology Product or Solution for Safeguarding and Empowering Customers<\/strong>: Cloudmark – Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Suite<\/p>\n GSMA Chairman\u2019s Award<\/strong>: Joint winners: KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and Softbank Mobile<\/p>\n Government Leadership Award<\/strong>: Government of the Republic of Colombia<\/p>\n 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 short-list of nominees, and a winner that will be announced on the morning of Thursday 1st March, 2012 at Mobile World Congress.<\/p>\n Both the short-listed 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 finalists for the 2012 Global Mobile Awards is available on the Global Mobile Awards website.<\/p>\n 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.<\/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).<\/p>\n Market data for the \u2018Best Mobile App for Consumers\u2019 and \u2018Best Mobile App for Enterprise\u2019 categories was provided by Distimo.<\/p>\n Samsung Galaxy SII review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n SA\u2019s top tablet PC and cellphones of the year<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nRelated articles<\/h3>\n