You might have seen the nominations for the Asia Mobile Awards for 2009 and now The GSM Association has announced the winners at the Mobile Asia Congress Networking Party and Awards Celebration at Hong Kong’s famed Happy Valley Racecourse.
“We are delighted with the number of high quality entries we received for this year’s Asian Mobile Awards and Mobile Innovation Grand Prix – Asia Tournament,” said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board for the GSMA. “These awards reflect the strong growth of mobile communications in Asia – in the last year alone mobile connections in the region have risen by 370 million, and this growth is driven by innovative new services, applications and ever richer mobile content. These awards recognise the leaders, pioneers and innovators that are making this happen. Our congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to all those who participated.”
The winners of the Asia Mobile Awards 2009 are:
Best Mobile Game
- Gameloft for ‘Hero of Sparta’
Best Mobile Music Service
- Singapore Telecom Mobile for ‘SingTel AMPed’
Best Mobile TV or Video Service
- Telegent Systems for ‘Telegent Free-to-Air Mobile TV – TLG1120 Mobile TV Receiver’
Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing
- Smart Communications and Unilever – AXE for ‘AXE on Phone’
Best Mobile Enterprise Application Product or Service
- Orascom Telecom Bangladesh for ‘Banglalink Jigyasha’
Best Mobile Internet Service
- Geodesic for ‘Mundu IM’
Best Mobile Money Service
- Smart Communications for ‘Smart Money’s expanded mobile-based security feature for online purchases’
Mobile Money for the Unbanked Award
- Smart Communications for ‘Smart Islands Activation Program (IAP)’
The Green Mobile Award
- Grameenphone and Huawei for ‘Building a Greener Mobile Network’
Best Mobile Broadband Handset/Device
- Nokia for N97 Mini
The Asia Mobile Awards were created by the GSMA as a platform to showcase leadership and diversity for mobile content, products and services across Asia. Judged by a panel of independent analysts, journalists and industry experts, this year’s Awards attracted more than 100 entries from operators, vendors and the broad value chain from across the mobile industry that provide products and services that are commercially available in at least one Asian market. For the first time, this year’s winners will also be shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards, which take place next year at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Nokia N97 Mini has won the award for the Best Mobile Handset and Mundu IM from Geodesic has won the award for the Best Mobile Internet Service