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GSMA Announces Winners of the 14th Global Mobile Awards

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The GSMA has announced the winners of the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards at a gala dinner at the National Palace in Barcelona, hosted by the rising star of comedy, Michael McIntyre. The ceremony, one of the highlights of the Mobile World Congress, the leading event for the mobile communications industry, also revealed the Global Champion of the GSMA's 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition.

Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board of the GSMA said: "More than 450 companies spanning internet, finance, advertising, music, television and gaming submitted entries for this year's Awards, reflecting the diversity and breadth and depth of our industry. Even in uncertain economic times mobile is seeing continued growth, with more than 4 billion mobile connections globally, and this growth is driven by innovation in new services, applications and ever richer mobile content. Our congratulations to the winners and all those who participated."

The Global Mobile Award Winners included:

Best Mobile Game

Winner: Gameloft - Real Football 2009

Highly Commended: Digital Chocolate - AvaPeeps: FlirtNation

Best Mobile Music or Video Service

Winner: BBC iPlayer on Mobile

Best Mobile Advertising Service

Winner: Turkcell - Tonla Kazan

Best Mobile TV Service

Winner: MobiTV - MobiTV

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service

Winner: Vodafone - Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited

Best Mobile Internet Service

Winner: Nokia - Nokia Sports Tracker

Best Mobile Money Service

Winner: Safaricom and Vodafone - M-PESA

Best Mobile Handset or Device

Winner: INQ - INQ1

Highly Commended: Nokia - Nokia E71

Highly Commended: T-Mobile - T-Mobile G1

Best Broadcast Commercial

Winner: KT Freetel - 'Show is ... '

Best Mobile Brand Campaign

Winner: R/GA London - Nokia Urbanista Diaries

Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development

Winner: Nuance Communications - Airtel-T9 India Consumer Vernacular

Messaging Campaigns

Best Network Technology Advance

Winner: Nokia Siemens Networks - Flexi Multimode BTS Software defined

HSPA/LTE

Best Service Delivery Platform

Winner: NewBay Software - LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0

Best Billing & Customer Care Solution

Winner: Expert System - COGITO Answers

Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough

Winner: RIM - BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen

The Green Mobile Award

Winner: Smart Communications - Alternative Power for Cell Sites program

GSMA's CEO Award for Outstanding Environmental Contribution

Winner: Nokia

Government Leadership Award

Winner: The Government of France

GSMA Chairman's Award

Winner: Research in Motion (RIM)