HONG KONG, 19 NOVEMBER 2008 – Eight awards were presented by the GSM Association, a global trade group in the mobile industry, at the Mobile Asia Congress 2008 held in Macau last night.
The GSM Association (GSMA) represents more than 750 GSM mobile operators across 218 countries and territories in the world. Their members represent more than three billion, more than 86 per cent of the world's GSM and 3GSM mobile phone connections.
“In these economically challenging times, it can sometimes be difficult to see the positive forces. But clearly, technological change is a major one,” said GSMA chairman Craig Ehrlich. “Mobile communication continues to enhance the lives of people everywhere on a daily basis and make people and businesses more productive and efficient. These awards are all about recognising the leaders, pioneers and change drivers in our region who are making this happen.”
Judged by independent analysts, journalists and industry experts, the awards received entries from more than 100 companies that serve the Asian mobile market with a wealth of commercially available products, services, content and applications. The past year alone has seen more than 400 million new mobile connections added in the region, taking the total to a value of more than US$1.4 billion.
Mobile award winners
The winners of the Asia Mobile Awards 2008 are:
Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service: KTF (Korea Telecom Freetel), Republic of Korea for ‘Show Care’
Best Mobile Internet Service: SK Telecom, South Korea for ‘Gifticon’
Best Mobile Money Service: Total Access Communications, Thailand for ‘ATMSIM’
Best Mobile Broadband Handset/ Device: Huawei, China for Huawei E180 HSPA Rotable USB Stick’, and Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea for ‘Samsung Innov8 (i8510)’
The Green Mobile Award: Nokia, Malaysia for ‘Integrated Nokia Kiosk’
Best Mobile Advertising Service: Telstra Corporation, Australia for Telstra ‘Mobile Codes’
Best Mobile Music, TV or Video Service: Bharti Airtel, India for ‘On-Demand Service on Airtel Live’
Best Mobile Game: Gameloft, South Korea for ‘Asphalt4: Elite Racing HD’
