The GSMA Announces Winners of the Annual Global Mobile Awards

BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

The GSMA today announced the winners of the 16th Annual Global Mobile awards, held at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The winners were recognised in a two-part afternoon awards ceremony and evening celebration hosted by British TV and radio presenter Jonathan Ross. Guests at the Congress Party and Awards Celebration were entertained by Grammy and Brit Award-winning singer Duffy and internationally acclaimed indie rock band Metric.

"This year's awards attracted more than 600 entrants, with many high calibre entries across all categories," said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board, GSMA. "The GSMA congratulates the award winners and commends all finalists for their innovation, ingenuity and important contributions to the success of the mobile industry."

The afternoon awards ceremony included the presentation of nine categories of awards, including the first "Global Mobile Apps Awards", introduced this year to celebrate the emerging trends in applications, as well as the "Mobile Innovation" category, which honoured achievements across vertical sectors such as health, education, transport and utilities. The awards for "Best Mobile App" and "Best Mobile Device" were presented at the evening Congress Party and Awards Celebration, along with "Device Manufacturer of the Year."

The 2011 Global Mobile Award Winners include:

    
    App of the Year on the Apple Platform
    Winner: Rovio/Clickgamer/Chillingo - Angry Birds
    
    App of the Year on the BlackBerry(R) App World Platform
    Winner: Research In Motion - BlackBerry Messenger
    
    App of the Year on the Android Platform
    Winner: Google - Google Maps
    
    App of the Year on the Nokia Platform
    Winner: Herocraft & InnerActive - Zum Zum
    
    Best Mobile App
    Winner: Rovio/Clickgamer/Chillingo - Angry Birds
    
    Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign
    Winner: Mobilera -Outeractive -Unilever Cornetto Multiplayer
     Interactive Wall Projection Mapping Game
    
    Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Solution
    Winner: Antenna - Antenna Mobility Platform (AMP)
    
    Best Mobile Money Product or Solution
    Winner: Airtel Africa, MasterCard Worldwide and Standard Chartered
     Bank -Airtel Card
    
    Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development
    Winner: Ericsson and Flexenclosure - Ericsson Community Power
    
    Best Mobile Money for the Unbanked Service
    Winner: Vodafone Group, Safaricom, Vodacom, Vodafone Essar Limited and
     Roshan Ltd. -  M-PESA
    
    Best Product, Initiative or Service for Underserved Segments
    Winner: BBC World Service Trust - BBC Janala
    
    Best M-Health Innovation
    Winner: Mobisante, Inc. - MobiUS
    
    Best Mobile Learning Innovation
    Winner: Urban Planet Mobile and PT Telkomsel -Urban English, Mobile
     English Learning Initiative
    
    Best Mobile Innovation for Utilities
    Winner: EDMI and Sierra Wireless for EDMI EWM100 Advanced GSM/GPRS
     Modem -Smart Metering Applications
    
    Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive & Transport
    Winner: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd, AT&T, NTT DOCOMO Inc, and Telenor
     Connexion for ICT -Electric Vehicles
    
    Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non-Handsets)
    Winner: AT&T and VITALITY, Inc. - AT&T-connected Vitality GlowCaps
    
    Green Mobile Award for Best Green Product/Service or Performance
    Winner: Bharti Infratel - GreenTowers P7 Project
    
    Best Mobile Device
    Winner: Apple - iPhone 4
    
    Device Manufacturer of the Year
    Winner: HTC
    
    Best Mobile Broadband Technology
    Winner: Ruckus Wireless - Ruckus Mobile Wi-Fi Gateway System
    
    Best Mobile Technology for Emerging Markets
    Winner: Orange - Orange Solar Base Station Programme
    
    Best Technology Breakthrough
    Winner: Seven Networks - SEVEN Open Channel
    
    Best Customer Care and CRM
    Winner: Airtel Africa and Tango Telecom -Tango Telecom's 'Dynamic
     Pricing Service'
    
    GSMA Chairman's Award
    Winner: Wang Jianzhou, Executive Chairman, China Mobile
    
    Government Leadership Award
    Winner: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    
    RCS Development Challenge
    Winner: Jibe Mobile - RCS Best Mobile Client
    Winner: Movial - RCS Best PC Client
    Winner: Solaiemes - RCS Best Innovation

The full list of winners and finalist for the 2011 Global Mobile Awards is available at http://www.gsmworld.com/newsroom/press-releases/2011/6034.htm

Global Mobile Award sponsors included the QTel Group (Congress Party and Awards Celebration Sponsor); Huawei (Platinum Awards Sponsor); the Government of Catalonia (Global Mobile App Awards Sponsor and Host Sponsor); and Myriad (Best Mobile Device Category Sponsor & After Awards Party Sponsor). RCS Development Challenge sponsors included Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, Orange and Telefonica.

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's 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 is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry.

For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the new online portal for the mobile communications industry, at http://www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at http://www.gsmworld.com.