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GSMA Announces Asia Awards Nominees

Winners to be announced at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau

31th October 2007, London: The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for mobile operators, has today announced a shortlist of 25 nominees for its inaugural Asia Mobile Awards 2007, plus eight finalists in the Asia Mobile Innovation Awards that will be contested and presented at the forthcoming Mobile Asia Congress in Macau (November 12-15 2007).

Judged by independent analysts, journalists and industry experts, the winners of the Asia Mobile Awards will be presented on the evening of Tuesday 13th November 2007 during the GSMA's Mobile Asia Congress Gala Party at the Venetian Hotel in Macau. The host for the awards will be Taiwanese actor, VJ and TV star, David Wu. The Asia Mobile Awards have been open to players from across the industry that provide mobile products and services that are commercially available in at least one Asian market.

The nominees for the Asia Mobile Awards 2007 are:

Category 1: Mobile Entertainment Awards

Best Mobile Game


Best Mobile Music Service


Category 2: Best Mobile Advertising


Category 3: Best Mobile Social Networking Service


Category 4: Best Mobile Broadband Handset / Device


More information about the Asia Mobile Award nominees can be found at:

www.asiamobileawards.com

Earlier this year, the GSMA set up its Mobile Innovation Programme to help small and medium-sized companies developing innovative mobile products and services reach mobile operators and bring their innovations to end-users. The programme is designed to stimulate and showcase innovation around mobile services and better align innovators with the needs of the mobile industry and its customers.

Eight finalists across four categories in the GSMA Asia Mobile Innovation awards will pitch their products and services at the Mobile Innovation Summit in Macau on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th November. Senior executives from mobile operators have reviewed more than 50 entries to select eight category finalists. A winner for each category will be presented at the summit, with one overall Mobile Innovation Award winner presented at the Congress Gala Party in Macau on the evening of 13th November.

The eight finalists for the Asia Mobile Innovation awards are:

Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology


Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform


Most Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market


Most innovative Consumer Application or Service

More information on the GSMA Mobile Innovation Programme can be found at: www.mobileinnovation.org


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
press@gsm.org