Nominees
Judged by independent analysts, journalists and industry experts, the winners of the GSMA's Asia Mobile Awards will be presented on the evening of Tuesday 18 November during the GSMA's Mobile Asia Congress gala opening party (sponsored by China Mobile, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson and the Macau Government Tourist Office) at the Cotai Strip® CotaiExpo™ at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau. The Asia Mobile Awards attracted more than 120 entries this year from companies across Asia and across the mobile value chain, with a wealth of commercially available products, services, content and applications.
The nominees for the Asia Mobile Awards 2008 are:
Best Mobile Game
- Electronic Arts Asia Pacific, Singapore for 'Spore: Origins'
- ZIO Interactive, Inc, Republic of Korea for 'Sketcher 2'
- CAPCOM, Japan for 'Biohazard 4 Mobile edition'
- Gameloft, Republic of Korea for 'Asphalt4: Elite Racing HD'
- Simlife Science & Technology, China for 'Lament Island'
Best Mobile Music, TV or Video Service
- Artificial Life, Inc, Hong Kong for 'MoPA-TV'
- Bharti Airtel, India for 'On-Demand Service on Airtel Live'
- Gracenote, USA for 'Gracenotefi Mobile Music Platform'
- Telstra Corporation, Australia for 'Mobile Foxtel from Telstra and Big Pond TV on Mobile'
- Geodesic Inc, USA for 'Mundu Radio'
Best Mobile Advertising Service
- Madhouse Inc. China for 'Nike Zoom Campaign'
- China Mobile, China for 'Wireless Interactive Marketing: CRM System in Shanghai Volkswagen LAVIDA'
- Telstra Corporation, Australia for Telstra Mobile Codes
- OnMobile Global Ltd, India for 'Ad Ringback Tone'
- Wolfpac Mobile Inc., Philippines for 'Nescafe 3in1 Decode Promo'
Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service
- Innopath Software Inc., USA for 'Integrated Mobile Device Management'
- Celltick, UK for 'Live Screen Media'
- Soprano Design, Australia for Soprano Mobile Enterprise Messaging Suite
- Spinvox, Australia for 'Spinvox'
- KTF, Republic of Korea for 'Show Care'
Best Mobile Internet Service
- Bharti Airtel, India for 'Airtel Job Search'
- GYPSii, The Netherlands for GYPSii
- SKT, Republic of Korea for 'Gifticon'
- MobileOne, Singapore for 'M1 Mobile Surf'
- CSL Ltd, Hong Kong & Changing Worlds, Ireland for One2Free and '101 Mobile data Services'
Best Mobile Money Service
- Watchdata System, Singapore for SIMPass'
- Bharti Airtel, India 'mCheck on Airtel'
- Total Access Communications, Thailand for 'ATMSIM'
- Bharti Telesoft, India for 'mobiquity mBanking'
- True Move Company, Thailand for 'TouchSIM by Truemove'
Best Mobile Broadband Handset/ Device
- Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea for ' Samsung Innov8 (i8510)'
- Telstra Corporation, Australia for 'Telstra Turbo 7 Series Wireless Gateway/ BigPond 7.2 Wireless Broadband Home Network Gateway'
- Huawei, China for Huawei E180 HSPA Rotable USB Stick'
- LG Electronics, Republic of Korea for 'LG Secret'
- Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea for 'Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900/i908)
The 'Green Mobile Award'
- Powercity Corporation, Philippines for Windpower Application for Telecommunication Technology
- AXIS, Indonesia for 'Green Power & Energy Saving Initiative'
- MIC 2, Lebanon for 'Scratch Card Recycling & Replacement Program'
- Nokia, Singapore for 'Integrated Nokia Kiosk (INK)'
- Vodafone & Enable Community, New Zealand for 'Mobile Reuse & Recycling Programme'