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  • GSMA Announced Winners of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards

    The GSMA announced the winners of the coveted Global Mobile Awards at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

    This year the new two-part format comprised an afternoon awards presentation hosted by writer, actor and self-confessed technophile Stephen Fry, followed by an evening celebration party where winners were entertained with a showcase set from Duran Duran.

    “A remarkable 500 entries from across the global mobile ecosystem were submitted this year, all of an extremely high calibre, and the winners should be incredibly proud of their achievements,” said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board, GSMA.

    “The demand for new ways to use mobile technology continues to evolve and accelerate at a breathtaking speed, and it is genuinely inspiring to see such inventive thinking and exciting ideas showcased at Mobile World Congress.”

    THE 2010 GLOBAL MOBILE AWARD WINNERS:

    Best Mobile Game
    Winner: Iricom – The Last City – Fight For Your Life!

    Best Mobile Music Service
    Winner: Odyssey Music Group – Deezer

    Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing
    Winner: CLANMO GmbH and OgilvyOne – The IKEA PS Mobile Interior Planning Tool

    Best Mobile TV Service
    Winner: CBS Mobile – TV.COM

    Best Mobile Location Based Advertising Campaign
    Winner: R/GA – Nokia viNe

    Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service
    Winner: Research In Motion – BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0

    Best Mobile Internet Service
    Winner: adaffix Gmbh – YELLIX

    Best Mobile Money Service
    Winner: Safaricom – M-PESA (bulk payment & utility bill) extension to service

    Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development
    Winner: Grameen Foundation, MTN Uganda, and Google – The Grameen Foundation Application Laboratory (AppLab)

    Best Mobile Money for the Unbanked Service
    Winner: Zain Bahrain B.S.C – ZAP

    The Green Mobile Award for Best Green Programme, Product or Initiative
    Winner: VNL – VNL’s solar-powered GSM base station
    (watch our interview with Rajiv Mehrotra, VNL’s CEO)

    Green Network Award
    Winner: Mocambique Celular S.A.R.L (mcel) – Eco Naturalmente (Naturally Thinking Green)

    Best Network Technology Advance
    Winner: SkyCross Inc – SkyCross iMAT (isolated mode antenna technology) Antennas

    Best Service Delivery Platform
    Winner: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – Huawei SDP solution

    Best Billing & Customer Care Solution
    Winner: Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) – You Individual Optimal Tariff Plan

    Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough
    Winner: Orange – Mobile High Definition (HD) Voice

    Best Mobile Handset or Device
    Winner: HTC – HTC Hero

    Best Mobile Connected Device (non-handsets)
    Winner: Novatel Wireless Inc. – MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot

    Government Leadership Award
    Winner: Kenya

    GSMA Chairman’s Award
    Winner: Carl-Henric Svanberg, Former CEO of Ericsson and currently Chairman BP

    Mobile Industry Personality of the Year as Voted for by the Media
    Winner: Steve Jobs, Co-Founder and CEO Apple

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Rajiv Mehrotra, CEO of VNL

    Among the winners of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards is VNL, an India-based company that won Green Mobile Award for Best Green Programme Product or Initiative.

    The judges stated that selection was made based on the sheer number of people who’s lives could be changed through deployment of VNL’s technology.

    “This is a real breakthrough, with potential, huge impact for billions of people in rural villages. It could have significant impact in allowing rural communities to have access to affordable mobile communications,” they said.

    We spoke to Rajiv Mehrotra, Founder, Chairman & CEO of VNL just before the Awards have been announced.

    He talked about VNL’s zero-opex solar-powered WorldGSM base station developed specifically for use in rural areas where people have less than US$2 a month to spend on their phone bills.

    Watch the interview with the CEO of VNL that is the first and only company to have found a way of building sustainable telephone networks for the three billion people (half the world’s population) who live in rural areas not covered by a mobile network.

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  • MWC 2010: Interview with Bobby Cha, Managing Director for Inbrics

    During the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona we met with Bobby Cha, Managing Director for Inbrics, a Korean based company that is opening up to the world this year.

    CIS was their introduction to the US market and the MWC to the European market. They have come strong with two star products the Mobile Internet Device (MID) and the SOIP Home Station, both very exciting products that carriers and operators cannot wait to get their hands on.

    We shall be seeing them in the market latter on this year, watch this video interview to get a feeling of how this small Korean company is swiftly and firmly placing a foot on either side of the Atlantic.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Sami Niemi, CTO of Scalado

    Sami Niemi, Co-Founder and CTO of Scalado has taken time from his busy Mobile World Congress schedule to give us an amazing demonstration of their technology.

    Scalado specializes in mobile imaging and works on software and applications that allow for an improved imaging experience for your mobile camera.

    Do have a look at the quality and amazing technology this company provides, what this Swedish company does with images has to be seen, in this case it is true that an image is worth more than a thousand words.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Christophe Colas of Trusted Logic

    Smartphone.Biz-News.com spoke to Christophe Colas, Product Marketing Director at Trusted Logic, a provider of open software for smart cards, terminals & consumer devices.

    This France-based company delivers security solutions for digital services – from mobile payment to e-ticketing; from identification to access control. They create the foundations for converging digital services at the crossroads of telecom, banking, transport, and government.

    Christophe talks about Trusted Logic’s flagship product – Trusted NFC that was designed for OEMs and value-added service providers. It can be used on various NFC controllers, mobile devices, (U)SIM cards, and Secure Elements.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Matthieu Kopp, Director of Aquafadas

    In the French pavilion at the Mobile World Congress we found AVE!Comics, Montpellier-based firm which specializes in developing comics for smartphones.

    The company offers a very fun and animated reading style, which allows the reader to be totally immersed in the pages. Thanks to its zoom features, transition effects and other animations, reading comics on your phone is a real pleasure.

    Watch the video interview with Matthieu Kopp, Director of Aquafadas to get a brief demonstration of how you can view comics on your smartphone and to find out why Matthieu is so excited about the arrival of the iPad.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Karim Chaari, Sales Manager at StreamWIDE

    Smartphone.Biz-News.com team was very busy at the Mobile World Congress today. One of the companies we met was StreamWIDE, a French firm that develops next generation Value-Added Services and telecom solutions for fixed and mobile operators.

    Karim Chaari, Sales Manager at StreamWIDE gave as an overview of the company and talked about the innovative solutions they provide to the market.

    StreamWIDE says its carrier-grade SIP engine is a 100% software patented technology, suited for both TDM and IP telephony, 3G mobile -compliant, and including SIP AS, MRF-p and MRF-c capabilities.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Alexandros Moukas, CEO of Velti

     We have met the very friendly team from Velti at the Mobile World Congress, they specialize on mobile marketing and mobile advertising technologies.

    Basically they make it simple for marketers, advertisers, publishers and mobile operators to fulfil all of their mobile marketing and advertising needs through a simple, convenient platform. Alexandrous Moukas, CEO, has given us a complete introduction to the company and an overview on where it is heading, followed by an interactive demonstration by Dimitris Kontarinis, Director of Innovation.

    View the video interview to have a one to one insight into this great company you must watch out for.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Mikko Hypponen, CRO of F-Secure

    The Smartphone.Biz-News.com team has been today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the most exciting mobile event of the year!
    We have met with F-Secure, a company focused on protecting the irreplaceable.

    F-Secure provides Mobile Security software that makes smartphone use completely safe against robbery, malware infections and spy software.
    As users increasingly use their mobiles for everyday transactions where confidential information is used F-Secure promises to make your experience 100% safe.

    Watch our video interview with Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer of the company to find out what type of malware mobile users can find themselves with.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Jean-Paul Deschamps, CEO of 3Roam

    VIDEO INTERVIEW. At Mobile World Congress Smartphone.biz-news.com interviewed Jean-Paul Deschamps, President & CEO of 3Roam, the provider of IP and MPLS microwave backhaul solutions.

    He gave us a brief introduction to the company and talked about the MicrowaveRouter – the company’s star product. “Our MicrowaveRouter with its cost-optimized design is the scalable answer to your long-haul IP transport needs,” said Jean-Paul.

    The 3Roam WLS MicrowaveRouter product range enables deployment of microwave wireless backhaul networks to carry traffic in packet based networks (Wifi, WiMAX, LTE), video networks (DVB-H) or fixed line networks (micro DSLAM), reducing operators’ CAPEX and OPEX.