At the Mobile World Congress 2012 we saw the GSMA awards, where the best companies and products are awarded from the votes they received for being the best. To make it simple, Samsung Mobile has been awarded for being the best Device Manufacturer for the previous year after their multiple devices which had made millions of sales, and the total sales in the end of the year recorded 325 million, with Samsung setting a target of a million sales every day in 2012.
Here is the list of award categories and the winners:
- Best Mobile App for Consumers – Rovio Entertainment Ltd. for Angry Birds Rio
- Best Mobile App for Enterprise – Citrix Systems for Citrix Receiver
- Judges’ Choice – Best Overall Mobile App – WhatsApp Inc. for WhatsApp
- Most Innovative Mobile App – SwiftKey
- Best Mobile Advertising & Marketing Campaign – Brandtone for Carling Black Label “Be the Coach”
- Innovation in Mobile Advertising – Poken for the leading CMS for NFC
- Mobile Marketing & Advertising Agency of the Year – [am.o.bee]
- Best Enterprise Mobile Service – Fiberlink for MaaS360
- Best Consumer Mobile Service – Google for Google Maps for Android
- Best Network Product or Solution for Serving Customers – Turkcell for Turkcell TiklaKonus
- Best Product, Initiative or Service for Underserved Segments – Safaricom for Grundfos
- mWomen Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets – Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. for Etisalat Mobile Baby
- Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations – UBL Omni for Transparent and Efficient Cash Disbursement Service after the 2009 IDPs Crisis and the 2010 Flood Crisis
- The Green Mobile Award – Flexenclosure for E-site
- Best Mobile Health Innovation – Etisalat, Qualcomm, D-Tree International and Great Connection Inc. for Etisalat Mobile Baby
- Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning – OnPoint Digital for CellCast Solution
- Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive, Transport or Utilities – Ford Motor Company Ltd. for Ford SYNC with Emergency Assistance
- Best Mobile Money Innovation – Etisalat, MasterCard and Oberthur Technologies for Etisalat Commerce
- Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing – Financial Times and Assanka for The Financial Times Web App
- Best Smartphone – Samsung for Samsung Galaxy S II
- Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone – Nokia for Nokia C3-00
- Device Manufacturer of the Year – Samsung
- Best Mobile Tablet – Apple for Apple iPad 2
- Best Embedded Mobile Device (Non-Handsets) – AT&T for Garmin GTU 10
- Best Mobile Broadband Technology – KT for KT’s Premium WiFi Solution
- Best Infrastructure Technology – Alcatel-Lucent for lightRadio Network
- Best Technology Breakthrough – Vodafone Group PLC for Quad Rate Technology: An Evolved Path Doubling the Efficiency of Mobile Voice
- Best Cloud Based Technology – Appcelerator for Titanium Integrated Development Platform
- Best Technology Product or Solution for Safeguarding and Empowering Customers – Cloudmark for Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Suite
- GSMA Chairman’s Award – Joint Winners KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SOFTBANK MOBILE
- Government Leadership Award – Government of the Republic of Colombia
Winners of the Global Mobile Awards 2012 – At MWC 2012