The Global Mobile Awards 2018 is a token of appreciation to various contributions made to the developing mobile industry. It acknowledges the greatest achievements and innovations across the mobile industry with eight categories and 38 awards. The event takes place in Barcelona, Spain. Chief Marketing Officer GSMA, Michael O’ Hara exclaimed: |
“Mobile now connects two-thirds of the world’s population and is constantly evolving. Through the Glomo Awards, our industry will showcase the incredible innovation and creativity helping to keep us all connected now and in the future. We wish all entrants the best of luck.” |

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Category 1: Mobile Tech Best Mobile Network Infrastructure Huawei for Huawei 5G Ready Ultra-Wide Band Radio Family Huawei for Huawei CloudMSE Solution Nokia for Worldwide IoT enabled by Nokia WING Parallel Wireless for Connecting the Unconnected ZTE for 5G Oriented Ultra Broadband Radio Unit (UBR) Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough Aira for Unlocking IoT For Good Huawei for Huawei 5G Ready CloudAIR Solution Huawei for Huawei MEC Solution Sprint & Airspan Networks for The Magic Box ZTE for ZTE Carrier DevOps Builder Best Network Software Breakthrough Huawei for Huawei 5G Core solution: Service Oriented Core (SOC) SK Telecom for T-MANO Vodafone, Cisco & Huawei for Artificial Intelligence in Radio Access Network Zeetta for NetOS®: Dynamic & Intelligent Orchestration of 5G Networks ZTE & Velcom A1 Group for 5G-Ready vCN (virtualized Core Network) Solution Best Mobile Authentication & Security Solution Allot for Allot Web SafePersonal Evolved Intelligence for Signalling Firewall NetNumber for NetNumber Fraud and Security Control Orange & AriadNEXT for Mobile Connect et Moi (MCeM) Wandera for Wandera Category 2: Consumer Best Mobile Operator Service for Consumers Nuance Communications for Nuance Loop Parallel Wireless & Ice Wireless for Connecting the Unconnected Reliance Jio & Cisco for Jio Mobile Broadband and Digital Services Taiwan Star Telecom for T Star Digitalization Solution Turkcell for UpCall Best Mobile Service for the Connected Life Comcast Corporation for Xfinity Home App Dynamics Inc. for The Connected Wallet Card™ PCCW Solutions for Smart Parking and Charging Samsung for Bixby ZTE for ZTE Smart Parking Solution Best Use of Mobile Marketing Akbank for Smart Audience Targeting on Facebook BMW and Accenture for i Visualiser Nike for Nike On Demand PHD Online for Spreading love on LINE Tenor & Dunkin’ Donuts for Halloween GIF campaign Most Innovative Mobile App AIG for AIG On the Go Kika for Kika AI Communications App SMARTIFY and MOBGEN, part of Accenture Digital for SMARTIFY SK Telecom for T map x NUGU Turkcell for My Sign Language Best Overall Mobile Consumer Innovation – The Judges’ Choice Ada for Ada Intermedia Labs for HQ Trivia Nintendo for Nintendo Switch Revolut for Revolut Tencent for WeChat Category 3: Fourth Industrial Revolution Best Mobile Innovation for Enterprise Avaamo for Conversational AI For Enterprises China Mobile & Huawei for Steps Tianjin Dynamics Inc. for The Connected Wallet Card™ KT Corporation for GiGAeyes SK Telecom & uLikekorea for LiveCare Best Mobile Innovation for Health Etisalat for Etisalat Telestroke Network KT for KT Digital Healthcare Solution & Platform “m-Hospital” Samsung for Samsung Health Samsung for Samsung SDS Cardio Telenor Norway for Tryggi Vodafone & No Isolation for AV1 Best Mobile Innovation for Education Bombay Natural History Society & Accenture for Internet of Birds Ericsson with UNESCO, UK-DFID, Qualcomm & other partners for Connect to Learn Myanmar Paltel Group for Empowering e-Learning Safaricom & Eneza Education for Shupavu 291 Turk Telekom for Project Sunshine Games Best Mobile Innovation for Automotive CalAmp for CrashBoxx Vehicle Risk Management System Cisco for Cisco Jasper Control Center 7.0 for Connected Cars Mojio for Mojio’s Open Platform & Mobile Apps for Connected Cars PCCW Solutions for Smart Parking and Charging SK Telecom & Samsung for Perfect 5G Connectivity: The Enabler of Autonomous Driving Best Mobile Innovation for Payment Huawei for Huawei Mobile Money Mahindra Comviva & Airtel Tanzania for Airtel Money Tanzania Ooredoo Maldives for m-Faisaa Samsung for Samsung Pay Turkcell for Paycell Best Mobile Innovation for Commerce Cisco & Clover for Jasper Control Center and Clover Point-of-Sale Solutions Dynamics Inc. for The Connected Wallet Card™ Etisalat for Smiles by Etisalat Larusmiani & Accenture for Digital Catalogue Microblink for BlinkReceipt Whisbi for Whisbi Conversational Commerce Solution for Enterprises Best Mobile Innovation for Smart Cities Accenture for Saga Prefecture Emergency Response Cisco for Cisco Kinetic for Cities Huawei for Huawei NB-IoT Smart City Solution KT for KT GiGA Safe Facility Turkcell & YGA for My Dream Companion Public Transportation Smart City Award – The Judges’ Choice Barcelona Bristol Dubai New York Singapore Yinchuan Category 4 – Device Best Smartphone 2017 Apple for Apple iPhone X Huawei for Huawei Mate 10 Pro LG for LG V30 Samsung for Galaxy S8 / S8 Plus Samsung for Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Disruptive Device Innovation Award Apple for Apple ARKit Apple for Apple TrueDepth Camera Google for Google Pixel Visual Core Qualcomm for Snapdragon 835 Samsung for Samsung 18:9 Display Technology Best Wearable Mobile Technology Bragi for The Dash Pro Samsung for Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro Samsung for Samsung Gear IconX (2018) Samsung for Samsung Gear Sport Vodafone for Vodafone SUB2 Connectivity and Body Sensors Best Connected Consumer Device Dojo by BullGuard Jorjin for “J-Reality” MR Smart Glasses Mondicon & Roamability for We.Stream Samsung for Samsung Gear 360 ZTE for ZTE Smart Door Lock Category 5 – Content & Media Best Mobile VR or AR Lenovo for Mirage AR headset: Star Wars Jedi Challenges Samsung for Samsung 360 Round Samsung for Samsung Gear VR with Controller Samsung & Microsoft for Samsung HMD Odyssey SMARTIFY & MOBGEN, part of Accenture for SMARTIFY Best Mobile Video Content Bharti Airtel for Airtel TV China Mobile & Huawei for Migu Hot Video Grameenphone Ltd for Bioscope Live TV Reliance Jio Infocomm for “JioCinema enabling Jio Digital Life” Reliance Jio Infocomm for “JioTV enabling Jio Digital Life” Best Mobile Game CipSoft GmbH for Panzer League Kabam for Marvel Contest of Champions Kabam for Transformers: Forged to Fight Best Content & Media Innovation (The Judges’ Choice) Fox TV for Beat Shazam TV Show Google for Google Pixel 2 Digital Campaign IKEA for IKEA “Place” Leveraging Augmented Reality for Campaign Netflix for Stranger Things: The Games Sony Music US Latin & Landmark for Shakira El Dorado Album campaign Category 6 – Social Good Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets BIMA & Tigo for BIMA Huawei for RuralStar Connectivity Solution Juvo & Cable & Wireless for Identity Scoring KaiOS for KaiOS, the emerging OS Urban Airship & Paytm for ‘Paytm’ Best Mobile Innovation for Women in Emerging Markets Cassava Fintech (Econet Wireless Zimbabwe) & Mahindra Comviva for EcoCash Savings Club Girl Effect & iSON Group for Girls Connect Mobile Dimension LLC for Pregnancy Tracker MoPT&IT, Robi Axiata & Huawei for ICT Training Buses Türk Telekom for Türk Telekom Technological Mobilization Best Mobile Innovation supporting Emergency or Humanitarian Situations Ericsson, China Geological Survey Institute & China Mobile for Ericsson’s Landslide Alarm Solution Ericsson & UN World Food Programme for Ericsson Response (Caribbean 2017) ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh for National Emergency Service 999 PALPAY, Bank of Palestine, PCNC IT Solutions for PALPAY Turkcell for Turkcell Emergency Program Smart Communications Inc for Batingaw Mobile Application Best Use of Mobile for Accessibility & Inclusion Microsoft for Seeing AI – Talking Camera for the Blind Community OTOjOY for OTOjOY LoopBuds Project Ray Ltd for “RayClick” for the visually impaired Social Health Innovations for “Be A Looper” Telefonica Moviles Espana for PervasiveSUB The Green Mobile Award Ericsson & SK Telecom for Green Scheduler with Lean Carrier Huawei for Huawei Hybrid Power Solution Huawei for Zero-Footprint TubeStar Solution Samsung for the Samsung Smartphone Sustainability Project Telefónica del Perú, C-CERO (Carbono Cero S.A.C.) and ANIA for Ecohuella Outstanding Mobile Contribution to the UN SDGs eWATERpay, Eseye Ltd & Selcom for eWATERpay Telenor Pakistan & UNICEF for ‘Digital Birth Registration’ The Akshaya Patra Foundation and Accenture for the Million Meals program WatIF Health Pty Ltd for WatIF Health Portal Famoco & World Food Programme for Innovation 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