Category 7 - Best Technology
7c. Best Technology Breakthrough
Judged exclusively by world leading Operator CTOs (Chief Technology Officers).
Category 7c (Best Technology Breakthrough) presents a unique opportunity to have your entry judged by Chief Technology Officers from some of the world's leading mobile operator groups and individual OpCos. Judges committed to participate on the panel include AT&T (USA); CSL (Hong Kong); Deutsche Telecom (Group); Etisalat (Africa); KT (South Korea); M1 (Singapore); Mobinil (Egypt); Movistar (Argentina); MTN (Group); NTTDoCoMo (Japan); Orange (Group); Qtel (Group); Qtel (Group); Telefonica (UK); Telstra (Australia); Vimpelcom (Group) and Vodafone (Group).
This category recognises the very many technological advances the mobile industry sees each year outside of the core network infrastructure and radio access layers.
This category captures breakthrough technology enhancement in the mobile ecosystem, which is a wide ranging space including components and chips sets, screens, batteries, form-factors, etc. It is aimed at recognising the tremendous diversity of the mobile eco-system as it continues to innovate and add new dimensions to the customer experience.
The Best Technology Breakthrough award highlights the contribution that Mobile Operators, manufacturers, and suppliers make to increase mobile usage, expand the user experience, and help expand business opportunities. Examples of this are:
- Support to handset enrichment such as new screen technology, browsers, operating systems, battery life extensions, usability (please note devices themselves have their own category
- Support to multi language environments
- Components and Chip Sets, semi conductors, memory, used in , in the mobile system
- New hardware and form-factor breakthroughs or development in materials leading to lighter, cheaper, longer lasting products
- Application of new sciences in the mobile eco-system
- Technology advancements in the operations and maintenance of mobile networks Development tools
The judges will shortlist five entries in this category, with one winner announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday 28th February 2012.
Eligibility:
Entry is open to all players in the Mobile eco-system as below, and all participating organisations that are developing a wide range of advanced mobile broadband solutions.
Entry is open to:
- Mobile Network Operators using the GSM family of technologies
- Component, chip set, micro-processor, manufacturers
- Software developers
- Radio & Core network Infrastructure vendors and suppliers
- Transmission suppliers
- Innovators in the mobile industry
The service entered must have been launched and commercially available prior to the closing deadline of the awards Wednesday 07th December 2011 at 5pm (GMT). Please provide evidence in your entry to support this such as launch date of the service, including details of countries or regions where the service is available.
Judging criteria:
Entries for the Best Technology Breakthrough category will be judged on the following main criteria:
- What will be the impact on the mobile industry of your new technology?
- In what demonstrable ways does your new technology enhance the end-use experience?
- Is your new technology applicable to multiple markets on a global scale?
- What are the innovative or unique features of your technology?
- To what extent does your technology change the economics of the mobile industry?
