The History of the GSMA's Global Mobile Awards: 2009 - 1996

Mobile Handsets & Devices:

Best GSM Handset:
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for the SGH-D900. More info

Best 3G Handset:
Sony Ericsson for the Sony Ericsson K800 Cyber-Shot T phone. More info

Best Ultra Low Cost Handset:
Motorola for the MOTOFONE F3. More info

Best GSM Handset:
Nokia for the Nokia 8800. More info

Best 3G Handset:
Motorola for the Motorola RAZR V3x. More info

Best GSM Handset:
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd for the SGH-D500. More info

Best 3G Handset:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications for the V800 More info

Best Handset:
Sony Ericsson for the T610. More info

Best Handset:
Sharp Corporation (UK) for the Sharp GX10. More info

Best Handset:
 NTT DoCoMo (Japan) for FOMA. More info

Mobile Entertainment Awards:

Best Mobile Game:
Gameloft: Real Football 2009 More info
(Highly Commended: Digital Chocolate: AvaPeeps: FlirtNation)

Best Mobile Music/Video Service:
BBC (UK) for BBC iPlayer on mobile . More info

Best Mobile TV Service:
MobiTV for MobiTV More info

Best Mobile Game: (Joint Winners)
Cellufun - Call of the Pharaoh More info
& Glu Mobile - My Hangman

Best Mobile Music Service:
Omnifone for MusicStation More info

Best Mobile Video Service:
mywaves for mywaves More info

Best Mobile Game:
I-play - The Fast and the Furious Tokyo. More info

Best Mobile Music Service:
Vodafone for Vodafone-MeinPC. More info

Best Mobile Video Service:
marblemedia, NFB and Bravo! FACT for Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction. More info

Best Mobile Game:
 I-play- Skipping Stone. More info

Best Mobile Music Service:
Hi3G Access AB for 3 Music. More info

Best Mobile Video Service:
Tapuz people for BLOGTV. More info

Best Mobile Entertainment Content or Service:
Somethin’ Else, UK. More info

Best Mobile Services:

Best Mobile Advertising Service:
Turkcell (Turkey) for Tonla Kazan More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
Vodafone for Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited More info

Best Mobile Internet Service:
Nokia (Finland) for Nokia Sports Tracker More info

Best Mobile Money Service:
Safaricom (Kenya) and Vodafone Group for M-PESA More info

Best Mobile Advertising Service:
Crossmedia Avenue (Sweden) for AMF Pension - the MMS campaign More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
Microsoft for Windows Mobile 6 More info

Best Made for Mobile Infotainment for Sports & News Content:
Yahoo! Connected Life - Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 More info

Best Mobile Social Networking Service:
BuzzCity - myGamma.com More info

Best Mobile Messaging Service:
Seven - System Seven 7.0 More info

Best Mobile Advertising Service:
Qwikker (US) for Virgin Mobile V-Festival. More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
Telepo Ltd for Fixed-Mobile Convergence Solution. More info

Best Made for Mobile Infotainment for Sports & News Content:
EMPICS Ltd - GameOn. More info

Best Mobile Messaging Service:
“3” for Windows Live Messenger from 3’s X-Series. More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
iPass for iPass Corporate Access. More info

Best Made for Mobile Infotainment for Sports & News Content
Alcatel - Live Sailing. More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
Swisscom Mobile Ltd for Mobile Unlimited More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
Vodafone Group Plc for the Vodafone Mobile Connect Card More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
Commtag for Duality™ Always-on-Mail. More info

Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service:
FarEasTone Telecommunications Co for Fleet Management. More info

Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development:

Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development:
Nuance Communications (India) for Airtel-T9 India Consumer Messaging Campaign More info

Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development:
Grameenphone (Bangladesh) for CellBazaar More info

Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development:
GrameenPhone (Bangladesh) for Healthline. More info

Best Use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development:
MTN Nigeria for Rural Telephone Project / Phone Lady Initiative. More info

Mobile in the Community:
AOL Inc (USA) for AOL Instant Messenger Relay Service More info

Best Use of Wireless in Emergency Situations:
Ericsson AB (Sweden) for the Ericsson Response to the Bam Earthquake in Turkey in Dec03 More info

Mobile in the Environment:
Safaricom (Kenya) / Save the Elephant for GSM/GPS Elephant Tracker More info

Best Use of Wireless in Emergency Situations:  
WideRay Corporation (USA) for the Uganda Health Information Network More info

Wireless Accessibility Award:
O2 and 'Milly's Fund' for Teach UR Mum 2 TXT personal safety campaign (UK). More info

Best Use of Mobile for Special Needs:
ALVA B.V. for the AKLVAMPO (Europe) More info

Best Use of Wireless in Emergency Situations:  
MTN Networks (Sri Lanka) for the SMS Blood Appeal More info

Wireless Accessibility Award:
XIAM (Ireland) for XIAM Information Router/West Midlands Police.More info

Best Use of Wireless in Emergency Situations: Joint winners –
Ericsson (Sweden) for Ericsson Response Corporate Citizenship More info
Polkomtel SA (Poland) for SMS Service for Flood Victims More info

Wireless Accessibility Award:
MTN Networks (Sri Lanka) Extending GSM access to transform the lives of the less abled. More info

GSM in the Community Awards: (Four winners)
Geocell (Georgia) MTN Networks (Sri Lanka), Optimus (Portugal), Mobitai (Taiwan)

GSM in the Community Awards: (Four winners)
GrameenPhone (Bangladesh), Far EasTone (Taiwan), Telsim (Turkey), EuroTel Praha (Czech)

Green Mobile Awards:

Best Overall Contribution to the Environment:
Nokia

Green Mobile Award for Best Product, Service or Initiative:
Smart Communications – Alternative Power for Cell Sites program More info

Mobile Innovation Awards:

Cootek (China)

GestureTek (USA)

Polymer Vision (Netherlands). More info

Spinvox (UK) for Voicemail to Text. More info

Best Technology Awards:

Best Network Technology Advance:
Nokia Siemens Networks - Flexi Multimode BTS Software defined HSPA/LTE More info

Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough:
RIM - BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen More info

Best Billing or Customer Care Solution:
Expert System – COGITO Answers More info

Best Service Delivery Platform:
NewBay Software for LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0 More info

Best Network Quality Initiative’:
RAD Data Communications - LA-130 Cell Gateway - Cost-Effective HSPA Backhaul More info

Best Billing or Customer Care Solution:
Bharti Airtel - mChek on Airtel - Mobile Payments Service More info

Best Service Delivery Platform:
Aepona for Aepona Telecom Web Services Platform More info

Best Roaming Product or Service:
Syniverse Technologies - Syniverse Datanet More info

Best Network Quality Initiative: 
Commprove Ltd for Netledge 3G Radio QoS. More info

Best Billing or Customer Care Solution:
IDEA Cellular Ltd - CARE - SMS based Self-Service Solution. More info

Best Service Delivery Platform:
mFormation Technologies for mFormation Service Manager (MSM). More info

Best Roaming Product or Service:
TECORE Wireless Systems - TECORE Over-the-Air Local Prepaid Roaming Service. More info

Best Radio Access Product or Service:  
ip.access- femto3G. More info

Best Network Quality Initiative’ : TMN with Tektronix for Customer Service Quality Management Programme.More info

Best Billing or Customer Care Solution
IDEA Cellular Limited - BILL FLASH - A USSD based Application. >More info

Best Service Delivery Platform:
Motricity for Fuel Mobile Content Delivery Platform 4.0. More info

Best Roaming Product or Service:
Vodafone Group - ‘Vodafone Passport’voice roaming pricing architecture (part of ‘The Vodafone TravelPromise’proposition). More info

Best Radio Access Product or Service:  
MBO Wireless Inc & AirNet Communications Corporation - AdaptaCell SuperCapacity base station (BTS) using Adaptive Array (AA) software. More info

Best Infrastructure or Network Solution:
Vanu, Inc. USA for Vanu Software Radio Base Station. More info

Best Billing or Customer Care Solution:
LHS, Germany. More info

Best Infrastructure or Network Solution:
Argogroup for Monitor Master User Experience Optimisation Platform (UK). More info

Best Infrastructure or Network Solution: 
Telos Technology & Globecomm Systems Inc. (Canada) for Telos' Packet Switching Technology. More info

Best Infrastructure or Network Solution:
Wireless Online (USA) for ClearBeam GSM/GPRS. More info

Best Technical Innovation:
PrivaCom for SIM Callback. More info

Best Technical Innovation:
Optimus for Taxi Digital

Best Technical Innovation:
Radio Mobil (Czech Republic) for SMS bearer services

Best Technical Innovation:
AirNet Communications Corp (USA) for AirSite System.

Best Technical Innovation:
Nokia (Finland) for the 9000 Communicator

Best Technical Innovation:
Ericsson (Sweden) for Dect/ GSM handset;
Nokia 21101 for most outstanding GSM Handset.

GSMA Chairman's Award:

Jim Balsille & Mike Lazaridis, Co-CEOs, Research in Motion (RIM) More info

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman & Group CEO Bharti Enterprise More info

Dr Mohamed 'Mo' Ibrahim, Celtel International. More info

Jorma Ollila, Nokia Corporation More info

The Government of Brazil. More info

China Mobile. More info

Sir Christopher Gent, Chief Executive, Vodafone Group More info

NTT DoCoMo (Japan). More info

BT Cellnet (Now O2 UK)

ETSI SMG (European Telecommunications Standards Institute Special Mobile Group)

The WAP Forum (Global)

Entel PCS (Chile)

China Telecom

Stephen Temple - DTI, UK: (Author of the document which led to the formation of the GSMA)

Other Award Categories

GSM Customer Growth:

Sonera (Finland)

Tikiphone (Tahiti)

Telecom Finland

Europe: Telenor Mobil(Norway); Middle East/Africa: Mobile Communications Company (Kuwait); Asia Pacific: Singapore Telecom (Singapore)

Best Wireless Application Developer (2002 - 2005):

Somethin’ Else, UK. More info

Valista (Ireland). More info

3G Lab (UK). More info

Network365 (Ireland) for Network365. More info

Best Consumer Mobile Application or Service (2002-2004):

SMART Communications, Inc (Philippines) for SMART Load More info

Vodafone Group for Vodafone live!

Codeonline (Finland) for "Who wants to be a millionaire?" mobile game. More info

Best Marketing & Promotion:

Best Broadcast Commercial*
KT Freetel (Republic of South Korea) for Show is …… More info

Best Mobile Brand Campaign
R/GA London (UK) – Nokia Urbanista Diaries More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
Safaricom (Kenya) for M-PESA 'Send Money Home' campaign More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
Turkcell (Turkey) for 'Turkcell-im came, boredom's gone'. More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
Vodafone (UK) for "Stop the clock". More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
MobileOne (Singapore) for "1 Life. Live It". More info

Best Mobile Brand Campaign
Telecom Development Company Ltd (Roshan, Afghanistan) More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
Telecom Personal S.A. (Argentina) for “CUBE”. More info

Best Mobile Brand Campaign
T-Mobile Int. for the re-branding of VoiceStream to T-Mobile.More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
Vodafone Group for Vodafone Live!. More info

Best Mobile Brand Campaign
Entel PCS (Chile) for the ‘XAT' campaign. More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
Sonera Corporation (Finland) for “Rowing Boat”.More info

Best Mobile Brand
Orange (France) for "La mission" More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
Geocell (Georgia) for SMS. More info

Best Broadcast Commercial*
SmarTone (Hong Kong)

Best Broadcast Commercial*
One2One (UK)

Best Broadcast Commercial*
KG Telecommunications (Taiwan)

* These categories were for the marketing of mobile services to end users, rather than the use of mobile for marketing purposes

Best GSM Service:

Smart Comms (Philipines) for Smart Money. More info

Plus GSM (Poland) for SMS services aimed at the deaf

Optimus (Portugal) for its Pioneers Campaign

Vodacom (South Africa) for its VodaGo prepay system

Telecom Italia (Italy) for the successful introduction of the TIM prepay card