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2011 Mobile Merit Awards Winners Announced!NEW YORK, LOS ANGLES, LONDON, HONG KONG, SAO PAULO, Brazil, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Recognizing companies, individuals and technologies that have shaped the way in which the world communicates, the 2011 Mobile Merit Awards winners and runner ups were announced today. Through nominations the Mobile Merit Awards notes the excellence achieved in the global mobile industry. This year's winners were judged based on industry impact, innovation, technologies, social importance, implementation and overall success factor. "The Mobile Merit Awards invites submissions from the most cutting edge innovators in the mobile space," said Michelle Sklar, On-Air reporter/Blogger, Techvibes.com. "It is an honor to participate and recognize both emerging and leading talent." "I am honored to have participated in the Mobile Merit Awards, which had so many strong and innovative entries, highlighting how substantive the mobile industry is and is going to continue to be," said judge Chuck Martin, CEO of Mobile Future Institute and Author of The Third Screen (Marketing to Your Customers in a World Gone Mobile). "This years' entrants had very clever mobile marketing ideas and campaigns from around the world, and the winners were able to attach measurable success metrics to their work," said Gary Cohen, VP - Sales & Business Development, ITG Market Research. "B2 Group is happy to extend our extensive knowledge and experience within mHealth and the Wireless Life Sciences to judge this year's Mobile Health Category for the Mobile Merit awards. This emerging market place holds huge amounts of revenue generation potential for current mobile players but also other channel groups and non-mobile players. It is great to see so much interest in mHealth and the huge potential it holds for the world as we address the aging baby boomer dilemma around extended care and rising costs," said Bob Bilbruck CEO B2 Group, a strategic business development firm . Following are this year's winners and runner ups: Category: Mobile Technologies 4G Service Creation & Development Winner: Novatel Wireless Runner Up: Actiontec Billing & Customer Care Winner: Vesta Infrastructure Winner: Alcatel-Lucent Runner Up: Mavenir Service Delivery Platform Winner: Sybase Runner Up: Seven Networks Category: Mobile Services Enterprise Product or Service Winner: Telenav Runner Up: PowerWave Mobile Payments & Commerce Winner: Tyfone Runner Up: Sybase Category: Mobile Marketing Brand Agency Winner: Vibes Media Campaign Winner: fbiz Mobile Marketing Innovation Winner: Telenav Runner Up: Telibrahma Category: Mobile Health mHealth Winner: Diversinet Runner Up: Zomm Category: Mobile Media Entertainment Mobile Entertainment Technology Winner: MobiTV Runner Up: airG Mobile Gaming Winner: OpenFeint Runner Up: MocoSpace Category: Gadgets/Handsets/Devices Mobile Connected Device, Non-gadget Winner: Novatel Wireless Runner Up: USAePAY Mobile Handset or Device Winner: Samsung Galaxy S 4G Runner Up: Samsung WiFi only Galaxy Tab Category: Mobile Apps Android Winner: Telenav Runner Up: Nuance Blackberry Winner: SugarSync iPhone Winner: SugarSync Runner Up: Livio Radio Overall Consumer App Winner: Bump Runner Up: Poynt Overall Enabler App Winner: PocketCloud Runner Up: DeviceAnywhere About Mobile Merit Awards The Mobile Merit Awards recognizes companies, individuals and technologies that have shaped the way in which the world communicates today. Through nominations the Mobile Merit Awards notes the excellence achieved in the global mobile industry. These bi-annual awards are presented to outstanding companies, individuals and technologies from each sector within the mobile arena for work of the greatest likely impact on the market. For more information please visit: http://www.mobilemeritawards.com SOURCE Mobile Merit Awards |