The Oscars might be awarding the best in the entertainment industry right now. But the recently concluded Mobile World Congress also awarded the best of the mobile tech industry.
Some of the big winners include the LG G5 as the “Best new mobile device,” the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge as the “Best smartphone of 2015,” the “Best low cost smartphone” goes to Xiaomi Redmi 2, and the “Best mobile tablet” goes to Microsoft Surface Pro 4. There were 930 entrants this year and these were narrowed down to 170 nominees until we ended up with the 42 winners. The other winners of MWC are listed below if you’re curious to check it out.
Best connected consumer electronic device
Samsung Gear S2
Best Wearable Mobile Technology
Well Being Digital Ltd for ActivHearts
Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough
ZTE for Pre5G Massive MIMO base station
Best Overall Mobile App (Judge’s Choice)
Google Cardboard
Best mobile music application
Soundcloud
Best Mobile Game
Super Evil Megacorp for Vainglory
Outstanding Innovation for the Connected Life
Etisalat for Etisalat “Drones for Good”
Orange Spain, Telefonica and Vodafone Spain for Mobile Connect
Best Mobile App Media, Film, TV or Video
Quickplay for HOOQ app
Best Mobile App for Social and Lifestyle
Turkcell for Turkcell Healthmetre
Most Innovative Mobile App
L’Oréal Paris Worldwide for Makeup Genius
Best Mobile Payment Solution
Vodafone India for Vodafone M-Pesa Ltd
Best Use of Mobile for Retail, Brands & Commerce
Point Inside for StoreMode™
Best Use of Mobile for Travel, Leisure & Hospitality
SapientNitro for Lufthansa Apple Watch App
Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive
Anagog for Crowdsourced Parking Technology
Best Mobile Innovation for ‘The Internet of Things’
SIGFOX – A Global IoT communication service provider
Best Mobile App Media, Film, TV or Video
Quickplay for HOOQ app
Best Use of Mobile for Advertising or Marketing
Opera Mediaworks, Mindshare and Wanda Digital for Rexona
Best Mobile Cloud Service or App
InnoQuant for MOCA Platform
Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations
Flowminder, Ncell and TeliaSonera for Aid the displaced post Nepal earthquake
Best Use of Mobile for Accessibility & Inclusion
Turkcell for Turkcell My Dream Companion Mobile Audio Description
Best Mobile Innovation for Health
Etisalat for Etisalat “Drones for Good”
Best Mobile Innovation for Education
Worldreader and Opera for Worldreader Mobile
Mobile Connect Award for Authentication & Identity
Orange Spain, Telefonica and Vodafone Spain for Mobile Connect
Best Mobile Service or App for Enterprise
KPN and Accenture for Connected Workers
Best Mobile Network Solution for Serving Customers
Dialog Axiata PLC for Self-Care Application Framework
Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets
M-KOPA III Solar Home System for M-KOPA Solar
Best Mobile Service for Women in Emerging Markets
Vodafone Telekomunikasyon for Vodafone Kırmızı Işık (Easy Rescue)
The Green Mobile Award
Telefónica for Telefónica Global Energy Efficiency Programme 2010-2020
Best Mobile Infrastructure
Ericsson for Ericsson Radio System
Best Technology Enabler
Accedian and SK Telecom for QoE-Aware SDN Control
Best Solution for Growing Smaller or Independent Networks
Athonet for Athonet Software Broadband Mobile Core Solution
Best Mobile Security or Anti-Fraud Solution
Trustonic for Trustonic Secured Platform
Broadband for All: Outstanding LTE Contribution
Accenture, Oi and TIM Brasil for RAN Sharing
Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTOs’ Choice
ZTE for Pre5G Massive MIMO base station
Government Leadership Award
The Federal Government of the United Mexican States
Spectrum for Mobile Broadband Award
The Government of the Republic of Colombia
Chairman’s Award
Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, Telenor and Vodafone for outstanding achievement in support of the GSMA’s Mobile Connect Initiative
Connected Women Leadership in the Industry
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Source: Business Glory
