MWC 2009 Award Winners

Mobile World Conference (MWC) was held in Barcelona last week and unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend. My goal is to be at the 2010 MWC which will again be held in Barcelona. I was in Barcelona for a week a year and half ago and I would love to go back. It would be like killing two birds with one stone. If you’re like me and you missed the 2009 MWC don’t fret. Below you’ll find a list of all the winners of each category along with a link to the winners website (if they have one). Once you take a look at the various companies below you quickly see that there is a LOT going on in the world of mobile devices and clearly a very bright and exciting future ahead!

Best Mobile Game: Gameloft – Real Football 2009
Highly Commended: Digital Chocolate – AvaPeeps: FlirtNation
Best Mobile Music or Video Service: BBC iPlayer on Mobile
Best Mobile Advertising Service: Turkcell – Tonla Kazan
Best Mobile TV Service: MobiTV – MobiTV
Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service: Vodafone – Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited
Best Mobile Internet Service: Nokia – Nokia Sports Tracker
Best Mobile Money Service: Safaricom and Vodafone – M-PESA
Best Mobile Handset or Device: INQ – INQ1
Highly Commended: Nokia – Nokia E71
Highly Commended: T-Mobile – T-Mobile G1
Best Broadcast Commerical: KT Freetel – ‘Show is…’
Best Mobile Brand Campaign: R/GA London – Nokia Urbanista Diaries
Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development: Nuance Communications – Airtel-T9 India Consumer Vernacular Messaging Campaigns
Best Network Technology Advance: Nokia Siemens Networks – Flexi Multimode BTS Software defined HSPA/LTE
Best Service Delivery Platform: NewBay Software – LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0
Best Billing & Customer Care Solution: Expert System – COGITO Answers
Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough: RIM – BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen
The Green Mobile Award: Smart Communications – Alternative Power for Cell Sites program
GSMA’s CEO Award for Outstanding Environmental Contribution: Nokia
Government Leadership Award: The Government of France
GSMA Chairman’s Award: Research in Motion (RIM)
THE 2009 MOBILE INNOVATION GLOBAL AWARD CHAMPION: Cootek, China (Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology)
THE 2009 MOBILE INNOVATION GLOBAL AWARD COMPETITION – EMEA TOURNAMENT
Global Finalist: Advanced Receiver Technologies, USA
Global Finalist: Intivation, Netherlands
Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology: Intivation, Netherlands
Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform: Sunbay, Switzerland
Most Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market: WorldMate, USA
Most Innovative Consumer Application or Service: Mobile Nordic AS, Norway
Most Innovative True Mobile Start-Up: Advanced Receiver Technologies, USA