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Submitted by Mike Grenville on Tue, 29 May 2007 13:51 |
The shortlist for the 2007 awards has been announced across the six categories this year:
User Experience, Messaging Infrastructure or Platform, Innovation in Messaging and Messaging Application or Service in the fields of Public Sector/not for Profit; Business; Consumer.
The winners will be announced at the Gala Awards Dinner in Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo on the 5th June 2007, immediately after the first day of the Global Messaging Congress.
User Experience
The Device or Software that makes mobile messaging easier.
Messaging Infrastructure or Platform
Awarded to the product that has enhanced the existing messaging network by providing greater capacity, security, reliability or adds an additional application.
- Airwide MMS Product Suite, Airwide Solutions, UK
- Automated Message Creation and Publishing Engine, Comverse, Israel
- Colibria Elevate: end-to-end Mobile IM solution, Colibria, UK
- Funambol synchronization, Funambol, USA
Messaging Application/Service: Public Sector/not for profit
Awarded to the organisation that has used mobile messaging to the best effect by providing an effective information or feedback service, alerts or awareness campaign.
- Electricity Bill via SMS, Cellebrum, India
- FrontlineSMS: Field messaging hub for the non-profit community, kiwanja.net, USA
- Municipality Channel-Mobile Democracy Platform Turkcell Turkey
- Talk-by-text application developed by OpenCloud and AnnieS for the hearing-impaired community, OpenCloud, UK
Messaging Application/Service: Business
Judges looked for innovative and practical ways that enterprises have made the best use of mobile messaging in their business using this application.
- Bluecycle - mobile messaging channel in motor salvage, Bluecycle/Alpheus UK
- Chiltern Railways Mobile Train Ticket Pilot, Mobiqa UK
- Mobile Authentication Service, TynTec UK
- Mopinion mobile survey service , mBlox Inc and The 3rd Degree UK
Messaging Application/Service: Consumer
Awarded to the company with the product or service that has best stimulated consumers to use mobile messaging.
Innovation in Messaging
For this category the judges were looking for what is new and in their opinion looks as though it has potential to make a difference.
- Comverse SMS Personal, Comverse, Israel
- Mobile Voice over IM, Talkster Inc, United States
- Mobile consumer banking services, mBlox Inc and Monilink, UK
- Secure Advanced Message Service (SAMS), Broca Communications, UK
- Spin-my-Blog, SpinVox, UK
Gala Award Dinner
The 2007 gala awards ceremony is the perfect place to mix with the industry leaders in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
To arrange attendance for yourself and/or colleagues and clients to attend the Mobile Messaging Awards dinner please phone Hayley Richards on +44 (0)20 7017 5506.
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