Rules of Entry
Eligibility:
The GSMA's Global Mobile Awards 2008 are open to all eligible mobile industry and supporting industry companies in the mobile eco-system - GSMA Members, Associate Members and non-members - as defined in the individual category eligibility descriptions.
All products, services, solutions, initiatives etc entered must be supportive of, or be deployed over the GSM family of mobile technologies e.g. GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA and/or HSPA. All products or services submitted for Awards must have been or will be commercially available between 1st December 2006 and 30th November 2007, which must be stated on the entry form. Products can be manufactured anywhere in the world.
The Mobile Innovation Global Awards, please follow this link to the Mobile Innovation Programme.
Agreement. These 'Rules of Entry' for the Global Mobile Awards 2008 ("Rules") incorporate the Awards General Terms & Conditions. The Terms shall govern in event of conflict with these Rules. You agree to be bound by the Rules and Terms by submitting an entry for the Awards.
Awards Deadline and Closing Date:
The final closing date for entries to the Global Mobile Awards has been extended to 5th December 2007 - 5:00pm GMT.
Entry Form Submission:
Entries must be submitted online via the GSMA's Global Mobile Awards Web Site with credit card or International money transfer payment of the appropriate fee.
Language:
Entries will only be accepted when submitted in the English language. (For Category 4a) Best Broadcast Commercial, when submitting physical tapes, please supply with either an English voice over if possible, or with English sub-titles or with a text of the English translation of the script.). For all other categories, when submitting CDs, DVDs, Memory sticks, or uploading files, please supply with either an English voice-over if possible or with an English text translation of the script in a word document.
Entry Acknowledgement:
Following electronic confirmation of receipt of the entry form by the GSMA, you will be emailed with a Unique Reference Number. This number should be stated on any payment details or marked clearly on any supporting materials submitted.
Multiple Entries:
There is no maximum number of entries permitted from a single organisation. You can submit as many different entries to as many categories as you would like. However, each individual entry submitted is liable to a separate entry fee.
The final closing date for entries to the Global Mobile Awards 2007 is Friday 30th November 2007 (17.00 GMT).
Entry Fees:
€520 per entry for GSM Association Members & Associate Members
€800 per entry for Non GSM Association Members & Associate Members
€150 per entry for Category 5: Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development
On-line payment by credit card is preferred. We accept Visa & Mastercard. For queries regarding payment, please contact awards@globalmobileawards.com
If credit card payment is not possible, or not the preferred method of payment, you can pay with an international money order made payable to "The GSM Association" and sent to:
GSMC Ltd
1000 Abernathy Road, Suite 450
Atlanta, GA 30328
United States of America
Tel +1 678 281 6624
Fax +1 678 281 6601
Please quote your unique entry reference number. Entries will not be processed until full payment has been received.
Payment & Closing Date
Complete entries must be received and paid in full by the final deadline date to be considered. Entry fees paid by international money order must be received, together with the completed entry form, prior to, or by the final deadline.
Entries and their associated entry fees received after the closing date of Friday 30th November 2007 will be returned.
The entry fee for the GSMA Global Mobile Awards helps cover the administrative costs associated with collating, reviewing and evaluating the hundreds of entries received each year. Entry fees also contribute towards pre- and post-event publicity.
Entry fees are payable for each entry submitted. One entry is defined as a submission proposing a product, service, initiative or company for one Award category or sub-category. If the same product, service, initiative or company is proposed for two or more Award categories or sub-categories, two or more entry fees are payable as appropriate. Entry fees are non-refundable. A secure online payment system is provided by Secure Trading.
The final deadline and closing date is 17.00 GMT on Friday 30th November 2007.
Additional Supporting Materials:
Additional materials are only accepted for categories as follows (check for each category description):
1 all Best Mobile Entertainment (as uploaded files)
3 Best Mobile Handset or Device (actual handset/device required)
4 a) Best Broadcast Commercial (uploaded files and physical tapes required)
4 b) Best Mobile Advertising (as uploaded files)
5 Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development (as uploaded files)
Please do not send supporting materials for other categories.
Your Unique Reference Number should be clearly marked on the supporting materials when sent to support your entry.
Supporting material for categories 3 & 4a, as above, should be couriered to:
The Awards Administrator
GSMA
Block 2, Deansgrange Business Park,
Deansgrange
Co. Dublin,
Ireland
Supporting Materials must arrive no later than Monday 3rd December 2007 (Providing your entry form & payment has been submitted by the closing date of 30th November 2007).
Supporting video tapes for the Best Broadcast Commercial, Category 4 a) should only be submitted in BetaSP PAL, Digital Beta PAL, CD or DVD format format. When submitting physical tapes, please supply with either an English voice over if possible, or with a text of the English translation of the script. Supporting files for upload should only be submitted in .jpeg (for pictures), .mpeg (for video) or .word text (for SMS) format. Other formats will be considered upon request to awards@globalmobileawards.com . If using sound, entries should be submitted with English language voice-overs or if not possible, they MUST be supported an English translation of the script.
By submitting any materials you grant the GSMA permission to utilise them in promotions and other activities relating to the GSMA's Global Mobile Awards.
Handsets or terminals submitted in support of an entry can be collected after the judging and the Awards have been made. These should be collected from the Awards Administrator, GSM Association, 1st Floor Mid City Place, 71 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6EA, UK during the week commencing 3rd March 2008.
It is the responsibility of entering companies to arrange for the collection of submitted products. Companies intending to have their product collected after the Awards should indicate this clearly when submitting the product.
Judging Process:
Entries will be judged on the basis of the information provided to the independent judging panel on the entry form and additional supporting materials where required (see above).
Details of the judging panel meetings will not be disclosed.
No correspondence will be entered into by the GSMA regarding validation or qualification of entries
Confidentiality:
Entries will be treated as strictly confidential. Only details of the award winners and selected commended or nominated entries in each category will be published.
Eligibility
Please refer to the individual category descriptions for eligibility details.
Winners:
The decision of the judges is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
The nominees will be notified prior to the Mobile World Congress in February 2008 in time to make arrangements to attend the presentation ceremony. Presentation of the awards will be made, as follows:
Winners in Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 the Awards will be presented at the GSM Association's Global Mobile Awards Dinner on Tuesday 12th February 2008.
The winners of Category 6, the Technology Awards will be presented during the Mobile World Congress programme (details to be confirmed nearer the time).
The winners of Category 5 and 8 will be presented during the GSMA's Government Ministers' Forum at the Mobile World Congress on Tuesday 12th February 2008.
The GSM Association's Global Mobile Awards Dinner 2008 will take place at the National Palace in Montjuic, Barcelona during the evening of Tuesday 12th February 2008.
Promotion:
By entering the GSMA's Global Mobile Awards, companies are expressly authorising the GSM Association to use the specific text and visual materials submitted for the purposes of promoting the GSM industry in GSMA presentations, reports for publication, web site and media activities as well as all other forms of promotional/publicity materials.
GENERAL ENQUIRIES:
For general enquiries regarding the Global Mobile Awards 2008, please contact awards@globalmobileawards.com
