The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade group for the mobile industry, today announced the winners of the APAC leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition. The winners were announced at the GSMA’s Mobile Asia Congress, Europe’s leading mobile communications event, that is taking place in Barcelona, Spain this week.
Sunbay has been awarded as “Global Category Winner” in the category “Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform”. The distinguished judging panel included representatives from Vodafone Ventures, Belgacom, Orange, Nokia, Qualcomm Ventures, Telecom Italia, Microsoft, and Intel Capital.
The GSMA Barcelona Global Mobile Awards are a unique platform for top innovators competing for the Mobile Innovation Global Award Championship title. During this event 15 emerging growth companies from around the world competed in five categories and their innovative products and services were reviewed by senior executives from mobile operators, industry suppliers and venture capital organisations.
The Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition was created by the GSMA as part of the Mobile Innovation Market, which encourages breakthrough technology, applications and services in the mobile industry by bringing together smaller companies developing innovative mobile products and solutions, with industry investors from leading venture capital firms and senior figures from mobile
operators and leading global brands.