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GSMA ANNOUNCES Autonomous cars coming next
WINNERS OF 2015 GLOBAL year: Renault-Nissan Alliance chief
MOBILE AWARDS
The GSMA yesterday announced the winners of the 20th Global Mobile By Saleha Riaz As for his take on Apple wanting
Awards, in a ceremony hosted by actor, comedian, writer and film producer to make cars, he says it is
John Cleese. Connected cars and security “refreshing” to hear that
were at the heart of the mainstream companies are
THE WINNERS OF THE 2015 GLOBAL MOBILE AWARDS ARE: ‘Keys to the Connected interested in the industry and is
Lifestyle’ keynote on Monday, with curious to see what they come up
Best Mobile Innovation for Health The Green Mobile Award the first two speakers shedding light changing lanes. In 2020, they will with.
Trice Imaging & Qualcomm Wireless Indus Towers for Enabling Green Telecom on the future of intelligent vehicles. be able to make more complicated
Reach for Mobile Ultrasound Patrol decisions such as what to do when Ralph de la Vega, president &
Best Mobile Music App Carlos Ghosn (pictured), chairman waiting at crossroads. CEO, AT&T mobility & business
Best Mobile Innovation for Education & Smart Communications for SPINNR & CEO at Renault – Nissan Alliance, solutions, said all car manufacturers
Learning believes cyber security and approval Ghosn predicts that the are thinking about connected cars,
EDUMOBI for EDUMOBI Mobile Learning Best Mobile Game App from regulatory authorities will be automobile industry “will grow at a even if it is just about downloading
Network Gameloft for Asphalt 8: Airborne key challenges when it comes to slower pace, but with much more updates to the software in vehicles.
connected cars, but says both Nissan technology” and driverless cars may
Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive Best Mobile Photo, Art, Video or TV and Renault know exactly where become a reality in the next 10 years. He reiterated the importance of
Ericsson for Connected Vehicle Cloud App they are headed with “autonomous” security and privacy, saying it is
Peel cars (not driverless). AT&T’s main priority, along with
The NFC & Mobile Money Award making connected devices
Dialog Axiata for eZ Cash Best Mobile Media & Publishing App In 2016, both companies will effortless to use by consumers.
News Republic for Start a Conversation launch vehicles that will allow drivers
Best Use of Mobile for Retail, Brands stuck in traffic jams to switch to His company has invested in four
& Commerce Most Innovative Mobile App autonomous mode, take their hands “foundries” — in California, Texas,
Etisalat for Connected Commerce Mnet Mobile for Game On off the wheels, and let the car handle Georgia and Israel — where they
navigation and driving. are working on the Internet of
Best Mobile Innovation for the Judges' Choice - Best Overall Mobile Things and developing ways to
‘Internet of Things’ App In 2018, the car could be put into connect “things that have never
Jasper for Cloud IoT Platform IFTTT autopilot on highways and will take been connected before,” such as
care of everything, including putting sensors in garbage cans.
The Mobile Connect Award for Best Best Smartphone
Authentication & Identity Solution Apple iPhone 6 Wikipedia’s Jimmy
Etisalat for Mobile Connect LG G3 Wales steps up drive
for zero-rated access
Best Mobile Enabled Consumer Best Low Cost Smartphone
Electronics Device Motorola Moto E By Anne Morris mobile phones without incurring websites such as Google, Facebook
ZTE for Smart Projector charges for the data they use. and Wikipedia. “As this next billion
Best Mobile Tablet Wikipedia founder Jimmy come online they are joining the
Best Mobile Service or App for Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Wales called on mobile The zero-rated service is now global conversation,” he added.
Enterprise operators across the available in 46 countries with 54
Citi for CitiDirect BE Mobile Best Wearable Mobile Technology globe to provide zero-rated access operators. “We estimate that more Wales said a strong focus is to
Motorola Mobility for the Moto 360 to the online encyclopedia. than 400 million people can now provide more information in local
Best Mobile Service or App for access Wikipedia free of data languages. He noted that although
Consumers Best Mobile Infrastructure In Tuesday’s second keynote session charges. Our goal is to work with people are unlikely to edit or add
Bharti Airtel for One Touch Internet Huawei for LampSite Solution at Mobile World Congress, Wales said every mobile operator on the information on a mobile phone, the
the cost of mobile data prevents planet,” Wikipedia says on its site. increase in mobile readership inspires
Best Mobile Cloud Service or App Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough millions of people from getting online. those with access to a PC to edit
AirWatch for Enterprise Mobility Airvana OneCell In Wales’ view, it’s a win-win information in their own language
Management “Imagine a world where every single situation: operators benefit as
Best Technology Enabler person is given free access to the sum people are tempted to use more of
Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing Dialog Ideamart of all human knowledge,” Wales said. their services and drive traffic, and
Mnet Mobile for Game On users benefit as they gain access to
Best Solution for Growing Smaller or Wikipedia now approaches the same online services that are
Best Mobile Network Product or Independent Networks mobile carriers around the world available to everyone globally.
Solution for Serving Customers Vodafone for Vodafone Interstandard and negotiates with them to provide
Alcatel-Lucent for VoLTE and Service Roaming Services zero-rated access to the online “The next billion people are
Innovation information services. The scheme is coming online much faster than
Best Security/ Anti-Fraud Product or called Wikipedia Zero, which is people had thought,” he
Best Mobile Product, Initiative or Solution designed to enable more people in commented, noting that online
Service in Emerging Markets Samsung for KNOX Workspace developing countries to access the users in developing markets are
Opera for Opera Web Pass and online encyclopedia via their also tending to access the same
Sponsored Web Pass Broadband for All: Outstanding LTE
Solution
Best Mobile Product or Service for Telstra for LTE Advanced Network for
Women in Emerging Markets Emergency Services (LANES)
BBC Media Action: Mobile Academy &
Mobile Kunji for Harnessing Mobile for Outstanding Overall Mobile
Community Health Workers Technology – The CTOs’ choice
Airvana OneCell
Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or
Humanitarian Situations GSMA Chairman’s Award 2015
TabangKO Emergency E-transfers for Dato’ Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim, Managing
Haiyan Survivors Director/President & Group CEO, Axiata
Group Berhad
Best Mobile App, Service or Initiative
for Accessibility & Inclusion Government Leadership Award 2015
OtoSense for Sound Recognition Government of Brazil
Best Mobile Device for Accessibility & Spectrum for Mobile Broadband
Inclusion Award 2015
Doro for Doro Liberto 820 Government of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan
Ooredoo casts hungry frontier of telecoms which is bullishness that puts a $10 billion However, there are reasons for
eye at $10B market powering significant growth in B2B,” valuation on the business market caution. One is that 75 per cent of the
said Thomas Craig, group executive across its footprint, a figure including $10 billion figure is small business,
By Richard Handford The operator launched its director of the operator’s B2B activity. only core connectivity and not which can be hard to reach. “How to
business unit a year ago and additional businesses such as cloud. build channels to these markets is an
Ooredoo used a press event generated revenue of more than $1 And Craig should know, with a issue, it’s very, very different from
here at Mobile World billion in the first nine months of background of working in Europe The company’s research found western Europe,” said Craig.
Congress to talk up the 2014, a 10 per cent increase on the where B2B spend is flat, he said. His high numbers of young people
growth potential of its B2B previous year. Customer volumes previous employers were Vodafone across its region (typically 80 per And Ooredoo has won its share
business, flourishing the kind of were up by 25 per cent, perhaps and BT Global Services. cent to 95 per cent) who are eager of business from multinationals.
statistics that would make operators unsurprising for a new initiative. to start their own businesses, a Such customers tend to pick several
in other regions, particularly The company has an estimated potential future customer base. operators to serve its regions,
Europe, weak with envy. “Unlike west European markets, nine million companies present in which suits Ooredoo fine.
Ooredoo is still exposed to a new its core markets of Algeria, Tunisia, Also GDP growth, often a proxy for
Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Indonesia, business connectivity, is 3.6 per cent “Can we be best globally? I don’t
Oman and Myanmar. across its region. In fact, Ooredoo is think so. But can we be best in-
growing well ahead of that figure. region? Yes,” said Craig.
There are reasons underlying Craig’s
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