1. There are multiple regional legs resulting in a single Global Mobile Awards - Mobile Innovation Grand Prix Champion to be announced at the MWC Global Mobile Awards Gala in February 2010.
2. Companies over $20m (US dollars) in revenue are excluded from entering the Global Mobile Awards - Mobile Innovation Grand Prix.
3. Entrants in each regional leg of the Grand Prix will compete by submitting company and product information via an online company and product profile. All entries will be filtered down to a maximum of fifty (50) entrants based on entry completeness, random reference checks, payment, category fit, and alignment with GSMA initiatives (both published and unpublished) before being quantitatively scored by judging panel selected by the GSMA Mobile Innovation team representing the interests of Mobile Network Operators, Investors, mobile industry Vendors & Partners, and Mobile Innovation Market and Marketplace sponsors and partners.
4. Winners are selected by a judging panel at each leg of the Grand Prix.
   • If an Innovator is selected as a winner from any region, they will no longer be eligible to participate in another region until the following year – this is to prevent one company potentially winning all regions and being declared the overall winner by default.
   • All regional winners will compete live via a presentation to our judging panel and audience. Judges will have access to previous quantitative rankings based on the award entry information provided at the time each innovator initially won their region, in addition to their corporate profile on the MIX. However, the final ranking and scoring will be qualitative based on the presentation to the judging panel.

5. Select Industry Partner will be allowed feed their respective awards program winners into the Grand Prix as automatic Finalists in the Grand Prix having the same benefits as any regional winner / Finalist.

Agreement: By submitting an entry, applicant agrees to be bound by these Rules of Entry. 
 
Awards Deadline and Closing Date: The closing dates for entries to the Global Mobile Awards - Mobile Innovation Grand Prix are final and entries submitted past the closing date may not qualify for entry into the competition. The final closing date for each leg will be specified on the Mobile Innovation Exchange website (www.mobileinnovation.org) and may be updated from time to time.
 
Entry Form Submission: Entries must be submitted online via the Mobile Innovation Exchange website.  Payment of the award entry fee must be paid with credit card or international money transfer payment of the appropriate fee. Receipt by GSMA of the funds to meet the application fee is a pre-condition of entry.  Non-payment of entry fees by the time the judging process starts (generally no more than one (1) week after the awards close date) will result in immediate disqualification.
 
Language: All entries must be submitted in the English language. Any entries submitted in a language other than English will be automatically disqualified.

Entry Acknowledgement: GSMA will issue an automated confirmation of entry following submission of the entry form and another automated confirmation upon receipt of payment online of the requisite entry fees.  All payments made manually by wire transfer, manual processing of credit cards, etc. may not receive the automated confirmation of payment and should contact the Mobile Innovation team to confirm payment has been made appropriately.  Any non-payment of the award entry fees will result in disqualification of the award entry and any other benefits associated with the entry or payment.  All responsibility to insure payment is received is the responsibility of the company and person entering the award.  The GSMA accepts no responsibility for non-payment in a timely manner.
 
Entry Fees: Each award entry costs $799 USD, unless a promotional coupon code is issued.  There is no maximum number of entries permitted from a ” Mobile Innovation Member organization.  However, no more than one (1) company entry will be permitted to progress in the regional leg as a nominee.  Entry fee rates are published at www.mobileinnovation.org and organizations submitting competition entries are responsible for ensuring that the appropriate fee is paid in a timely manner. Final payments must and payment arrangements must be received by the award entry deadline.
 
Online payment with a credit card is preferred. If you are unable to pay online using the Secure Trade payment authorization tool, please contact the GSMC Finance Department via email at MIPayments@gsm.org and a credit card authorization request form will be sent to you.
 
Award entries will not be complete until the GSMA has received full payment of the entry fees.
 
Additional Supporting Materials: All entrants for the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix have the option to submit a multi-media videos, presentations or documents. By submitting any multimedia material, entrants grant GSMA permission to utilize the supporting materials in promotions and other activities relating to Mobile Innovation events and the 2010 GSMA Mobile Innovation Grand Prix. The GSMA will send notification prior to usage of your materials in any marketing or promotional efforts. 
 
Judging Process: Entries will be judged on the basis of the information provided to the independent judging panel including any additional supporting materials submitted (see above).
 
Details of the judging panel deliberations will not be disclosed. No correspondence will be entered into by GSMA regarding validation or qualification of entries, judges' decisions or discussions. Judges recognize innovation comes in many forms and entries may be older applications with a new innovative implementation of a similar product, application, service, solution or technology.

Qualitative Judging Element: The top award entrants (Nominees) will present in the associated leg, or regional Mobile Innovation event or otherwise, to the selected regional judging panel. The time limit for each entrant’s presentation is 5-10 minutes followed by 4-10 minutes of Q&A from the judges. Once all presentations are complete, the Judges will retire to deliberate based on the presentation, market needs, market potential, and personal interest.

1. Conflicts of interest are determined before the judging process begins. Judges with a clear Conflict of Interest must declare it and abstain from the voting process. In the event of a tie, a member of the Mobile Innovation team will cast the deciding vote.
2. Given that the audience will consist of executive decision makers representing potential Mobile Network Operators seeking innovative products/services, investors, acquirers, partners, and other competitors, GSMA strongly recommends award entrants not disclose direct financial or pricing information or any other information which may compromise the sale or development of your innovation in their presentations or Q&A sessions.
3. Two regional winners from each event and select Industry Partner awards winners will be selected to continue competing at the 2009 Mobile Innovation Grand Prix in Barcelona.
4. The selection of the 2010 Mobile Innovation Grand Prix Champion will take place at the Mobile Innovation event held at the Mobile World Congress in February 2010.
5. Each regional winner must attend the Mobile World Congress to compete.
6. Any regional winner who does not attend will be disqualified from the competition.
7. The Judging Panel will review the regional winner’s award entries including results from existing regional judging panel’s aggregate quantitative rankings.
8. Overall winner selection will be based on quantitative data and qualitative discussion and final pitch presentation.
9. Judges will retire to deliberate the Regional Winners presentations. Upon completing their deliberations, a vote will be held. A majority vote will determine the winner.
10. In the event of a tie, the judges will start the deliberation process again and re-vote. In the event the Judges cannot determine a winner alone, a member of the GSMA Mobile Innovation team will be asked to cast the deciding vote.

Winners: The decision of the judges is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
 
The Nominees will be announced at their respective regional events. Each Nominee is required to confirm their attendance within 48 hours of notification at the regional event to be eligible to participate and compete. Innovation winners will be announced at the Closing Awards ceremony of the Mobile Innovation event as appropriate. The Grand Prix Championship will be held at the Mobile Innovation event in Barcelona, February 2010. The Grand Prix Winner will be announced at the Global Mobile Congress Awards Gala Dinner & Ceremony at the 2010 Mobile World Congress. Please see the GSMA websites at www.globalmobileawards.com, www.gsmworld.com and/or www.mobileinnovation.org for details of corresponding venues and dates.
 
Winners will receive the benefits outlined on the website at: www.mobileinnovation.com/awards/2010benefits
 
Promotion: By entering the GSMA's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix, entrants are expressly authorizing GSMA to use the specific text, visual, audio and all other materials submitted during the course of the competition, for the purposes of promoting the mobile industry in GSMA presentations, reports for publication, web site and media activities as well as all other forms of promotional/publicity materials.
 
Prior written approval from GSMA is required for all competition entrants wishing to disclose any details to a third party of participation in the Mobile Innovation Marketplace, including all press releases.

Award Enquiries: For enquiries regarding the GSMA Mobile Innovation Grand Prix, please contact, awards@mobileinnovation.org.

General Enquiries: For general enquiries regarding the Mobile Innovation Marketplace, please contact, info@mobileinnovation.org.