GestureTek overall winner of Mobile Innovation Global Awards

27 Feb 2008

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GSMA announced the winners of the 2008 Mobile Innovation Global Awards on 13 February 2008 at Barcelona. Francis MacDougall of the visionary technology company GestureTek accepted the award from Kurt Sillén, head of Ericsson Mobility World, and Bill Gajda, chief commercial officer, GSMA.

The award included five categories that were reviewed and judged by a panel including senior executives and managing partners from 3i, Carmel Ventures, Ericsson, Global View Partners, Rogers Wireless, SFR, Telecom Italia, and Telefonica O2 Group.

Selected companies from each category presented their entries for over two days at the Mobile World Congress. The winners were announced and presented at the Mobile Innovation Marketplace. GestureTek was announced the overall winner amongst all categories.

GestureTek was chosen for its innovative interface that helps improve consumer experience on mobile handsets, which includes menu navigation, content selection, gaming, and other uses in the future. Judges also added that the user experience has been the most important feature within the mobile industry.

The awards

Overall winner

  • GestureTek, USA

Most innovative true mobile start-up

  • Audience, USA

Most innovative wireless device-centric technology

  • Inside Contactless, France

Most innovative mobile application in a vertical market

  • GestureTek, USA

Most innovative carrier infrastructure or platform

  • Flexenclosure, Sweden 

Most innovative consumer application or service

  • Tagattitude, France

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