Cada año, aprovechando la celebración del Mobile World Congress, la GSMA da a conocer a los ganadores de los Global Mobile Awards, los galardones que premian a productos, aplicaciones y empresas relacionadas con la industria móvil. La lista completa de nominados a las distintas categorías para los premios de este año ya ha sido publicada.
En esta 17ª edición los ganadores serán anunciados el martes 28 de febrero, en una ceremonia abierta a la prensa acreditada y a los asistentes al MWC de clase Platino, Oro y Plata (esto va como las tarjetas de crédito). El cómico y compositor Tim Minchin oficiará de anfitrión y presentador de una gala en la que habrá 18 nuevos premios. Entre ellos los de aplicación del año o marketing y publicidad móvil.
Además, también se premiará al mejor smartphone, dispositivo o tablet de entre los que estén presentes en el Mobile World Congress. Tras el salto tenéis la lista completa de nominados a los Global Mobile Awards.
Best Mobile App for Consumers
- Facebook for Facebook Messenger
- Outfit7 for Talking Tom Cat 2
- Rovio Entertainment Ltd. for Angry Birds Rio
- Yobonja for Blast Monkeys
- Zynga for Hanging With Friends
Best Mobile App for Enterprise
- Cisco Systems, Inc. for Cisco AnyConnect
- Citrix for GoToMeeting
- Citrix Systems for Citrix Receiver
- Infragistics for SharePlus: SharePoint Mobile Client
- Square, Inc. for Square
Best Overall Mobile App
- Evernote for Evernote
- Flipboard Inc for FlipBoard
- Google for GoogleMaps
- LinkedIn for Linkedln
- WhatsApp Inc for WhatsApp
Most Innovative Mobile App
- biNu for biNu
- Enterproid for Divide™
- Google for Google Wallet
- Metaswitch Networks for Thrutu
- Shazam for Shazam App
- SwiftKey for SwiftKey
Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign
- Brandtone for Carling Black Label "Be the Coach"
- Isobar Mobile for Diageo; Bud Ice Index App
- MOBILERA & BOOM for "Istanbul Shopping Fest 2011 - Global Mobile Media Campaign"
- Starcom Mediavest group & Enrich Mobile for Samsung GALAXY S II reveals the Angry Birds Golden Egg
- Vodafone Turkey for Burger King's "Monopoly Madness"
Innovation in Mobile Advertising
- AdJitsu for Adjitsu by Cooliris
- Google for Google Wallet
- LocalResponse for LocalResponse
- Orange Group for TVcheck
- Poken for the leading CMS for NFC
- R/GA for Nike+ GPS
- Velti for Engaging User Experiences with Velti's 5ml
Mobile Marketing & Advertising Agency of the Year
- [am.o.bee]
- C-Movil
- Hipcricket
Best Enterprise Mobile Service
- Portugal Telecom and ClickSoftware for ClickMobile
- Enterproid for Divide™
- Fiberlink for MaaS360
- Good Technology for Good for Enterprise (GFE)
- MobileIron for MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform Release 4.5 for Android
- Virtela Technology Services Incorporated for Cloud-based Mobile Device Management
Best Consumer Mobile Service
- Appcelerator for Titanium Integrated Development Platform
- Google for Google Maps for Android
- Myriad Group for Myriad Updates
- Orange Group for Orange Cityzi Pass
- TripAdvisor Inc. for TripAdvisor Mobile
Best Network Product or Solution for Serving Customers
- Etisalat & Telsis for Etisalat DotMe service (running on the Telsis Just Dot Me platform)
- Huawei for Huawei Mobile Business Operations Hub Solution
- Innoz Technologies for SmsGyan
- Orange Group for Emergency credit
- Orange Group for Gmail SMS Chat
- Turkcell for Turkcell TiklaKonus
Best Product, Initiative or Service for Underserved Segments
- Grameenphone Ltd. and University of Oslo for "Reaching the Unreachable through ICT"
- Webaroo Technologies for GupShup
- Milvik for Bima mobile life insurance
- Safaricom for Grundfos
- ToughStuff for Solar Solutions for Off-Grid Charging
- UBL Omni for a transparent and efficient Cash Disbursement service for the Underserved
mWomen Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets
- ASIACELL for ALMAS LINE
- Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. for Etisalat Mobile Baby
- Grameen Foundation, Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Ruma and Bakrie Telecom for Empowering Poor Women in Indonesia with Mobile Microfranchise Solutions
- Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) for HAPINOY – A SMART MONEY CENTER
- Uninor for Uninor-Hand in Hand Citizen Centre Project
Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations
- Flowminder.org for Rapid Population Movement Analysis using Cellphone Data for Improving Efficiency of Humanitarian Relief
- MoreMagic and Voilà for T-Cash following the Haitian earthquake
- NTT DOCOMO for Recovery from Great East Japan Earthquake and New Disaster Preparedness Measures
- Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) for the Strengthening Disaster Preparedness of Southern Leyte through SMS technology
- United Bank Limited for UBL Omni Cash Disbursement Service
The Green Mobile Award
- Flexenclosure for E-site
- Grameenphone Ltd. for "Building A Greener Network" Initiative
- Indus Towers Limited for Indus’ Carbon Abatement Program (i-CAP)
- Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) for Kabalikat sa Kalikasan (Your Partner in Environmental Protection)
- Telenor Pakistan Operations Excellece initiative for Greener Operations
Best Mobile Health Innovation
- AT&T and WellDoc® for AT&T mHealth Solutions presents DiabetesManager®
- Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc for Etisalat Mobile Baby
- Smart Communications, Inc. for SHINE (Secured Health Information Network and Exchange)
- Sproxil for Sproxil Mobile Product Authentication (TM) Solution
- Vodacom for Vodacom mHealth Applications known as Nompilo
Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning
- Datawind for Aakash Tablet
- Kajeet and Telcordia for Kajeet for Education and the Sentinel Platform for Smart Learning
- KT Corporation for Kibot2
- OnPoint Digital for CellCast Solution
- Tata Teleservices & Expert Voicetap Technologies for Tutor On Mobile (TOM)
Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive, Transport or Utilities
- Consert, Inc. and Novatel Wireless for Consert Virtual Peak Plant (VPP) Solution with integrated Novatel Wireless Expedite® E396 PCI Express Mini Card for 3G
- Ericsson and Telekom Srbija for Eco Bus Project
- Ford Motor Company Ltd for Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance
- Taxiplon S.A for taxiplon®
- Mercedes Benz Research and Development North America inc for AMG Performance Media based on Android
- paythru for paythruPARK
Best Mobile Money Innovation
- Banglalink & Comviva for Banglalink MobileCash powered by Comviva’s mobiquity™ mobile financial solution
- Etisalat, MasterCard and Oberthur Technologies for Etisalat Commerce
- KT for olleh myWallet
- Oltio for payD
- SK telecom for NFC-Embedded USIM Card
- Turkcell for Turkcell CepT Cuzdan
Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing
- Adobe for Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
- Financial Times and Assanka for The Financial Times Web App
- Glamour Magazine & SpyderLynk for Glamour Magazine’s September 2011 Social Issue Using Social SnapTags
- Guardian News and Media Ltd for Guardian iPad edition
- The Washington Post App for Android
Best Smartphone
- Apple for iPhone 4S
- HTC for HTC Desire S
- Nokia for Nokia Lumia 800
- Samsung for Samsung Galaxy Nexus
- Samsung for Samsung Galaxy S II
Best Featurephone or entry level phone
- Emporia for Emporia Life Plus Easy To Use Mobile Phone
- Nokia for Nokia C2-03
- Nokia for Nokia C3-00
- Nokia for Nokia C3-01
- Samsung for Samsung Ch@t 335 (Samsung S3350)
Device Manufacturer of the Year (no hay nominados, el ganador del premio al mejor fabricante del año se dará a conocer durante la ceremonia)
Best Mobile Tablet
- Acer for Iconia Tab A500/501
- Amazon for Kindle Fire
- Apple for Apple iPad 2
- ASUS for ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime
- Samsung for Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2012 (no hay nominados, el ganador se dará a conocer durante la ceremonia)
Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non- Handsets)
- AT&T for Garmin GTU 10
- AT&T for PlayStation®Vita System
- Jabra for Jabra FREEWAY
- Nokia Siemens Networks for CPEi-lte 7212 Data + Wi-Fi Indoor CPE
- VGo Communications and Novatel Wireless for VGo with integrated Novatel Wireless’ Expedite® E362 PCI Express Mini Card for 4G/LTE
Best Mobile Broadband Technology
- Avvasi Inc for Avvasi Q-VUE®
- Huawei’s SingleRAN LTE TDD solution, forming the network backbone of SoftBank’s Wireless City Planning’s new country wide network in Japan
- KT for KT's Premium WiFi Solution
- Nokia Siemens Networks for Liquid Radio: Flexi Multiradio Antenna System
- Vodafone Group PLC for Vodafone Single RAN Active Antenna
- Wavion Wireless Networks, an Alvarion Company, for Wavion WBSn with two-way Beamforming 802.11n and Interference Immunity Suite
Best Infrastructure Technology
- Alcatel-Lucent for lightRadio Network
- Bytemobile for Bytemobile's T3100 Adaptive Traffic Manager
- Huawei for Huawei GL1800 Refarming Base Station
- Nokia Siemens Networks for Liquid Radio: Flexi Multiradio BTS for TD-LTE
- Telstra and Ericsson for Telstra Next G® Triple Access Core Network
- Ixia for LTE service validation solution
Best Technology Breakthrough
- EPCOS, a TDK group company, and Pulse Electronics for indie – Operator Independent Hardware
- Ethertronics for EtherSmart LTE 1.0™ Phone Adaptive Antenna™ solution
- Saguna for Saguna CODS – RAN-based content and application acceleration
- Sensory, Inc for TrulyHandsfree(tm) Voice Control
- ST-Ericsson for ST-Ericsson Thor™ modems, Industry-leading mobile broadband modems
- Vodafone Group PLC for Quad Rate Technology: an evolved path doubling the efficiency of mobile voice.
Best Cloud Based Technology
- Appcelerator for Titanium Integrated Development Platform
- Brightcove for Brightcove App Cloud Content App Platform
- Netbiscuits for Netbiscuits Cloud Software Service for Mobile Sites and Webapps
- Peek for Peek Genius Cloud
- Sierra Wireless for AirVantage™ M2M Cloud Platform
Best Technology Product or Solution for Safeguarding and Empowering Customers
- AdaptiveMobile for Network Protection Platform
- Cloudmark for Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Suite
- Juniper Networks for Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite
- Subex for Subex’s Revenue Operations Center (ROC®) Fraud Management version 7.4
- Turkcell Global Bilgi for Turkcell Voice Verification
Outstanding achievement award: Government Leadership Award
- Government of Kingdom of Bahrain
- Government of Republic of Colombia
- Government of Kyrgyz Republic
- Government of Republic of Indonesia
- Government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
