****** Congratulations to the 2010 Mobile Innovation Global Champion *******

Ubidyne

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The GSMA Global Mobile Awards is the premier international showcase of product, service and creative excellence for the mobile industry; awards include a wide range of categories that are relevant for players of all sizes in the mobile value chain. In 2009, Innovation takes center stage. As a category of the Global Mobile Awards, we introduce the Mobile Innovation 'Grand Prix' for promising entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized companies developing and introducing innovative products and services.

The Mobile Innovation Grand Prix category differs from other Global Mobile Award categories in that it's a year-round process with several stages of judging through the year, including physical presentations at associated events and industry partner awards winners as well.

During each regional event, two overall winners will win a trip to Barcelona to compete as a Finalist for the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix Cup, at the world’s largest mobile industry event, the Mobile World Congress in February 2010.

Each tournament identifies companies through those that know the industry the best. We look to the industry experts and pull from a broad array of sources; such as Operators, Venture Capital firms, Industry suppliers, etc. 

We'll gather our Global Finalists from several global sources including partner programs, such as, Qualcomm's Q-Prize*, BlackBerry Developer Challenge, 4G World, and the Mobile Excellence Awards as well.

2010 Mobile Innovation Grand Prix Global Finalists

Altobridge – Asia Pacific Tournament Winner

Electro Power Systems – EMEA Tournament Winner

fring – Israel Tournament Winner

IDENT Technology AG – EMEA Tournament Winner

Sentry Wireless – Asia Pacific Tournament Winner

Siklu Wireless – Israel Tournament Winner

Ubidyne – Americas Tournament Winner

WellDoc – Americas Tournament Winner

Panoramic Power - brought to us as the winner of the Qualcomm Ventures' QPrize

DevelopIQ** - brought to us as the winner of the RIM's BlackBerry Developer Challenge

• The esteemed Grand Prix Judging Panel is comprised of:
• Paolo Paganucci, Vice President of Innovation Planning,TelecomItalia 
• Marcos Battisti,  Sector Director – Mobility, Intel Capital 
• Steve Glagow, Vice President, Group Marketing, North America, Orange 
• Rina Shainski, General Partner, Carmel Ventures 
• Wes Cole, Executive Director of Venture Investments, Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, Alcatel-Lucent 
• Nils Granath, Investment Officer, Swisscom Ventures 
• Dr. Mike Short, Vice President & Former GSMA Chairman,Telefonica Europe 
• Grégoire Dallegmagne,  EVP strategy and Innovation, Belgacom Group   

2009 Industry Awards Partners

The QPrize is a business plan competition sponsored by Qualcomm Ventures  with the goal of providing early stage funding to a select number of wireless start-up companies. Over $500,000 in funding will be awarded, including $250,000 to the top ranked submission. Semi-finals will be held in China, India, Europe and the U.S. in September 2009.

In a joint effort to showcase the best products, services and technologies, the grand prize winner has won a free trip to Barcelona, Spain 15-18 February 2010 to compete as a Finalist in the renowned GSMA Global Mobile Awards – Mobile Innovation Grand Prix. This year's overall QPrize Winner is Panoramic Power. Congratulations!

The BlackBerry Partners Fund™ Developer Challenge is designed for BlackBerry® developers that have created their own BlackBerry applications. The Challenge is open to developers working on a BlackBerry application. One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded consisting of a cash prize of $75,000 plus a $25,000 Grand Prize Package (approx. retail value of the Grand Prize is $100,000). The Grand Prize Package consists of:One one-year Elite BlackBerry Alliance membership, One day Mentoring Session with RIM in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), providing analysis, review and insights into how best to improve the application on BlackBerry, Press release and Featured Interviews with Media, Two weeks on the App World Featured Application Carousel, Potential investment offer from the BlackBerry Partners Fund. The Winner of this year’s Challenge was DevelopIQ with 7Digital.