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GSMA announces 13th Annual Global Mobile Awards Nominations
International Comedian Graham Norton to host awards night gala in Barcelona
21st January 2008, London: The nominations for the 13th Annual Global Mobile Awards were announced today by the GSMA in London. The winners will be presented at the gala awards dinner on Tuesday 12th February, during the world’s biggest communications industry event, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (11-14th February 2008).
The GSMA also announced that International comedian Graham Norton will host this year’s awards ceremony, which promises to be a highlight of the congress calendar, as well as the GSMA’s celebrations of twenty years of global mobile communications.
With the most diverse range of entries in the 13 year history of the competition, the judging panel - were faced with a challenging and demanding task in evaluating the submissions and electing the nominees. Categories range from best mobile handset to a host of mobile entertainment awards, for games, video, music, advertising and social networking services.
"Entries to the Global Mobile Awards this year demonstrate the social, business and economic impact that mobile communications is having in every corner of the world," said Rob Conway, GSMA CEO. "I congratulate the nominees on their achievement thus far, being nominated by our independent judging panel is no mean feat given the calibre of experts it comprises, and the quality and quantity of submissions received. We await the announcement of the winners at the Global Mobile Awards evening with keen interest."
The Global Mobile Awards are sponsored by Qualcomm. Verisign is a category sponsor. View the Nominations for 2008.
For full details of the Awards, and to book your place, please visit: www.globalmobileawards.com
For full details of the Mobile World Congress, please visit: www.mobileworldcongress.com
About the GSMA:
The GSM Association (GSMA) is the global trade association representing more than 700 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 countries and territories of the world. In addition, more than 200 manufacturers and suppliers support the Association's initiatives as key partners. The primary goals of the GSMA are to ensure mobile phones and wireless services work globally and are easily accessible, enhancing their value to individual customers and national economies, while creating new business opportunities for operators and their suppliers. The Association's members serve more than 2.5 billion customers - 85% of the world's mobile phone users.
For further information contact:
Mark Smith / David Pringle
GSM Association
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