We are pleased to announce the nominees for the EMEA tournament of the 2010 GSMA Mobile Innovation Grand Prix. These entrepreneurial companies will be presenting their product or service during the HiT Telecoms marketplace in front of our esteemed panel of judges.

Most Innovative Consumer Application or Service Solaiemes (Spain) Multiplied Media (Canada)

Most Innovative Embedded Mobile or Device-centric Technology Scalado (Sweden) Ident Technology AG (Germany)

Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or VAS Platform AcCells (Israel) Novarra (USA)

Most Innovative Enterprise Application or Service DeviceAnywhere (USA) Apisphere (USA)

Most Innovative Product Enabling a Greener World GreenFire Technologies (USA) Electro Power Systems (Italy)

Two overall winners will win a trip to Barcelona in February 2010 to compete as a finalist for the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix Cup, at the world’s largest mobile industry event, the Mobile World Congress. We wish all of these innovators the best of luck.

22@Barcelona

In an effort to showcase Barcelona as an innovation hub, and as an added benefit to these 10 companies, 22@Barcelona is generously donating 'HiT Office' services to the innovators participating in the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix EMEA tournament.

'HiT Office' services will include support for opening European offices based in Barcelona, including 12 months rent-free shared offices in Barcelona.

These offices also feature connections to:

• Local innovation system and clusters • European and local private funding community • European and local governmental funding • 22@Barcelona, who provide a real district for testing new technology (an urban lab) • Legal advice on dealing with the local legal system • Consultancy advice on local and global intellectual property • Talent communities • Mass media promotion

For more information about 22@Barcelona, visit www.22barcelona.com.