La GSMA anunció hoy a los finalistas de la 14° edición de la Annual Global Mobile Awards. También dio a conocer la lista de las empresas de la región EMEA que competirán en la Mobile Innovation Global Award. Los ganadores serán anunciados durante la cena/gala que se realizará en el Palacio Nacional en Barcelona, la noche del martes 17 de febrero próximo. El evento será conducido por el comediante británico Michael McIntyre.

Para los Global Mobile Awards, el panel de jurados designado por la GSMA evaluó más de 450 empresas, de las cuales seleccionó 80, distribuidas en 16 categorías. Los nominados son los siguientes

CATEGORIA 1: Entretenimiento Móvil

1a Best Mobile Game
Gameloft: Real Football 2009
Digital: Chocolate AvaPeeps: FlirtNation
MTS: MTS-City
Turkcell: MobiWar
CAPCOM: Biohazard 4 Mobile Edition

1b Best Mobile Music or Video Service
mBlox: Myxer Music Tool Kit
Sony Ericsson: PlayNow
BBC: iPlayer on Mobile
Bharti Airtel: On-Demand Service
Shazam Entertainment: Shazam on iPhone

1c Best Mobile Advertising Service
Vodafone Spain: Mobile Marketing Discovery Programme
Telstra Mobile: Codes
cellcity: DC2Go
Microsoft Ad Funded: Windows Live Messenger Mobile Client
Turkcell: Tonla Kazan

1d Best Mobile TV Service
Telstra: Mobile TV Mobile FOXTEL and Big Pond
MobiTV: MobiTV
Yota: Yota TV
MediaFLO USA and AT&T: FLO TV – AT&T Mobile TV
Vodafone: Libertel Vodafone TV

CATEGORÍA 2: Servicios Móviles

2a Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service
Vodafone: Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited
mFormation: mFormation Enterprise Manager (MEM)
Dexterra: Concert. Mobile Platform
Logmein: Rescue+Mobile
Vodafone: Mobile Broadband via the phone

2b Best Mobile Internet Service
Blue Lion Mobile: Qeep
Nokia: Nokia Sports Tracker
Bharti Airtel: Airtel Job Search
Volantis Systems: Ubik.com
Palringo: instant messaging service on mobile

2c Best Mobile Money Service
Safaricom: M-PESA
Bharti Telesoft: Mobiquity mBanking
Monitise International: MONILINK
Total Access Communications: ATM SIM
Bharti Airtel: Financial Inclusion Service – Banking the UnBanked

CATEGORIA 3
Best Mobile Handset or Device

Nokia: Nokia E71
T-Mobile: T-Mobile G1
INQ: INQ1
RIM: BlackBerry Storm 9500
LG: LG KS360

CATEGORIA 4
Marketing & Promotion

4a Best Broadcast Commercial
Bharti Airtel: Breaking Barriers
AT&T Mobility: The internet can’t hide
KT Freetel: SHOW
Vodafone: Summer Roaming Campaign
Smart: Bring Me Along

4b Best Mobile Brand Campaign
Samsung: Everything in One Touch
R/GA London: Nokia Urbanista Diaries
IDEA: Cellular Education for all
Bharti Airtel: Communications dissolves boundaries
AdMob: Land Rover Campaign

CATEGORIA 5
Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development

Bharti Airtel: Krishi Suchana – joint entry with IFFCO -Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative
Nuance Communications: Airtel-T9 India Consumer Vernacular Messaging Campaigns
Ericsson: The Millennium Villages Project
Map International: Map International
Smart Communications: The Infoboard Community Solution

CATEGORIA 6
Technology

6a – Best Network Technology Advance
Altobridge: Remote Community Solution
Alcatel Lucent: 9900 Wireless Network Guardian
Nokia Siemens Networks: Flexi Multimode BTS Software defined HSPA/LTE
ZTE: ZXSDR B8200 2G/3G dual mode baseband processor unit and ZXSDR R8860 2G/3G SDR radio head
Ericsson: Energy lean BTS

6b – Best Service Delivery Platform
Dilithium Networks: Dilithium Content Adapter
NewBay Software: LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0
Funambol: Open source Mobile ’We’ push email and mobile sync
ByteMobile: WebGate Service
Surfkitchen: Mobile Internet Platform

6c – Best Billing or Customer Care Solution
Expert System: COGITO Answers
Innopath Software: InnoPath 2 ActiveCare
Bharti Airtel: Offer of the Day
Bharti Airtel: e-Merge
Telefónica O2 UK Limited: O2 Customer Service Wrap and Retention Tools for AppleiPhone 3G in the UK

6d – Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough
Texas Instruments: DLP Pico Chipset
RIM: BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen
AeroMobile: GSM onboard Aircraft
ARM: Cortex-A8 Processor
Qualcomm: mirasol Color Display

7b – Green Mobile Award
Smart Communications: Alternative Power for Cell Sites program
Nokia Siemens Networks: Environmentally Sustainable Business (ESB) initiative
Vodafone: Reducing Network Energy Use
Alcatel: Lucent Eco-sustainable Communications Transformation
Telenor: Climate Change Programme