As you might know the annual GSM Mobile Asia Congress is happening in Hong Kong this year from 18-19 November.The GSM Association has announced a shortlist of 40 nominees for the Asia Mobile Awards 2009. The awards will be presented at the upcoming Mobile Asia Congress.
Nokia India has been nominated for the Green Mobile award for the take back phone recycling campaign. Airtel has been nominated for the best Mobile Game for Airtel GamesClub. Both Aircel and Airtel India have been nominated for the Best Mobile Music Service Award.Hungama Digital Media Entertainment has been nominated for Best Mobile TV Service. Aircel’s Pocket Internet has been nominated for the best mobile internet service.
The winners of the GSMA’s Asia Mobile Awards will be presented on the evening of Wednesday 18 November, at the Congress Networking Party and Awards Celebration at the famed Happy Valley race course.
Here are he nominees for the Asia Mobile Awards 2009
Best Mobile Game
- Bharti Airtel, India for ‘Airtel GamesClub’
- Electronic Arts, China for ‘The SIMS 3’
- Gameloft, Taiwan for ‘Hero of Sparta’
- Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, Turkey for ‘Mobiwar’
Best Mobile Music Service
- Aircel, India for ‘Aircel Dialer Tunes Eat-All-You-Can service’
- Bharti Airtel and Onmobile Global, India for ‘Gaana Bolo Hello Tunes Pao’
- China Mobile, China for ‘New Albums Digital Release’
- Green Tomato and CSL, Hong Kong for ‘Musicholic’
- Singapore Telecom Mobile, Singapore for ‘SingTel AMPed’
Best Mobile TV or Video Service
- Hong Kong Telecommunications, Hong Kong for ‘PCCW Mobile Infotainment Platform’
- Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, India for ‘Tata Sky Active Mall’
- Mobixell Networks, Israel for ‘Mobixell Videon and InfoGin IMP’
- Motorola, Hong Kong for ‘Motorola TuVista’
- Telegent Systems, Singapore for ‘Telegent Free-to-Air Mobile TV – TLG1120 Mobile TV Receiver’
Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing
- Bharti Airtel, India for ‘Friends Under Attack’
- InMobi, India for ‘Reebok Indian Premier League Campaign’
- Madhouse, China for ‘HP’
- Smart Communications, Philippines and Unilever – AXE for ‘AXE on Phone’
- Zad Mobile, US and Indosat for ‘SC i-klan’
Best Mobile Enterprise Application Product or Service
- Aircel Cellular, US and uReach Technologies for ‘Aircel mConference Plus’
- Aircel Cellular, US and uReach Technologies for ‘Aircel mReceptionist’
- Cylande, China and Terranova for ‘Cylande’s StoreAssistant Corner Manager’
- Orascom Telecom Bangladesh, Bangladesh for ‘Banglalink Jigyasha’
- tenCube, Singapore and SingTel for ‘PHONESafe’
Best Mobile Internet Service
- Aircel, India ‘Aircel’s Pocket Internet’
- Eterno Infotech, India for ‘NewsHunt’
- Geodesic, US for ‘Mundu IM’
- GyPSii, Netherlands and China Unicom for ‘UniSpace’
- KT Corporation, Korea for ‘SHOW HYUNDAI/ KIA-MOTOR’
Best Mobile Money Service
- Bharti Airtel, India for ‘mChek on Airtel’
- Globe Telecom, Philippines for ‘GCASH CLICK’
- SK Telecom, Korea for ‘T Cash’
- Smart Communications, Philippines for ‘Smart Money’s expanded mobile-based security feature for online purchases’
- Sybase 365, Singapore and Celcom for ‘Celcom AirCash’
Mobile Money for the Unbanked Award
- Bharti Airtel, India and EKO for ‘EKO’
- MPAY Solutions, Philippines for ‘m-bux’
- Smart Communications, Philippines for ‘Smart Islands Activation Program (IAP)’
- WING Cambodia, Cambodia, for ‘WING’
The Green Mobile Award
- Grameenphone, Bangladesh and Huawei Technologies for ‘Building a Greener Mobile Network’
- Nokia, India for ‘Take-back & recycling of unwanted devices and accessories in Asian markets’
- Smart Communications, Philippines for ‘SMART Post-Marketing Waste Management Initiative (tarpaulin recycling)’
- StarHub Mobile, Singapore for ‘Green Network – Singapore’s first Solar-Powered
Mobile Base Station
- ZTE Corporation, China, for ‘ZTE’s GSM ZXG10 uBSS system’
GSMA Mobile Innovation Grand Prix – Asia Pacific Tournament Nominees
- Altobridge, Ireland
- Impetus Infotech, USA
- Locatrix Communications, Australia
- Sentry Wireless, Ireland
- Xtract, Finland
Best Mobile Broadband Handset/ Device – Judging of the Best Mobile broadband Handset/Device’ category will take place in November, nominees will be announced soon.