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International CTIA WIRELESS 2009(®) Announces E-Tech Award Winners
LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)--
From applications and accessories to enterprise networks and green practices, the winners of the 4th Annual CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards were announced today in a ceremony honoring the best innovations in wireless. International CTIA WIRELESS 2009® is the premiere event for the global wireless industry and runs through April 3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Taking this year's Best in Show award is Top Global for its 3G UFO Personal Hotspot, which provides instant mobile access to the Internet. The winner of this prestigious award was determined by more than 40,000 combined online and text votes submitted by CTIA show attendees and wireless industry professionals. iLoopMobile and OpenMarket provided text-voting capabilities for this year's program.
"It's a privilege to win this award and we appreciate the support of the people who voted for us," said Alan Zhen Zhou, president and CTO of Top Global. "We spent a lot of effort developing this cutting edge product using Gobi™ technology from Qualcomm, which allowed us to design one product for the global marketplace."
The CTIA Emerging Technology Awards program is designed to give industry recognition and exposure to the best wireless products and services in the areas of mobile consumer electronics and applications; enterprise and vertical market technology; 4G and network infrastructure; and environmentally friendly hardware and services. Nearly 300 applications were submitted in 18 categories and reviewed by a panel of 30 recognized members of the media, industry analysts and executives. Products were judged on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall "wow" factor. Award submissions are on display in the E-Tech Awards Showcase, located in the South Hall, Booth 114.
"With a broad spectrum of categories, ranging from consumer to enterprise to wireless health and energy applications, the E-Tech awards are an indicator of the phenomenal innovation taking place in the wireless industry," said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA. "We received a great response to the online and text voting campaigns for Best in Show and extend our congratulations to all of today's winners."
The 2009 E-tech Award winners in each category are:
4G - Service Creation & Development
First: Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., Wireless IP Services API
Second: Anritsu Company, MD8430A Signalling Tester
Third: Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent 8661 Directory Server
4G - Service Management
First: Openet, Openet's Fair Usage solution
Second: FusionOne, FusionOne's Handset Transfer Solution
Third: Motorola, Inc., Motorola LTE Self Organizing Networks (SON) Solution
Enterprise & Vertical - General Business Solution
First: Sprint, TeleNav Vehicle Manager™ from Sprint
Second: Intuit, Intuit GoPayment
Third: Qualcomm, Gobi2000™
Enterprise & Vertical - Healthcare Solution
First: iVisit, iVisit RX
Second: Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, The Panasonic Toughbook H1
Enterprise & Vertical - Energy or Utility Solution
First: Aeris Communications & Kyocera Wireless, Aeris AerCommand
Green - Consumer Applications to Promote Green Practices
First: ViralMesh, shopgreen
Second: Nokia, Nokia Carbon Calculator
Green - Consumer Hardware
First: Motorola Inc., MOTO™ W233 Renew
Second: Suntrica, Suntrica's Solar-Powered Chargers
Third: USA Wireless Solutions, Biodegradable RPET Packaging by Innovative Plastech and USAWS
Green - Green Network Hardware and Infrastructure
First: Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio Base Station
Second: VNL, VNL's WorldGSM Solar-powered GSM Base Station
Third: Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Sustainable Power Solution
Mobile Applications & Widgets - Healthcare/Public Safety/ Transportation/ Public Services
First: Rave Wireless, Rave Guardian
Second: WeatherBug, WeatherBug Protect
Third: OnStar, OnStar Stolen Vehicle Slowdown
Mobile Applications & Widgets - Mobile Entertainment/Social Networking
First: FusionOne, FusionOne Network Address Book
Second: MobiTV, Mobi4Biz
Third: Intercasting Corporation, Intercasting's ANTHEM 2.0
Mobile Applications & Widgets - Mobile Marketing/Mobile Advertising
First: Greystripe, GS.Rich Media Ad Formats
Second: Alcatel-Lucent, Mobile Enhanced Reality
Third: FeedHenry, FeedHenry - the Complete Widget Services Platform
Mobile Applications & Widgets - Mobile Payments
First: Sybase 365, mpass
Second: First Data, First Data® GO-Tag™ Solution
Third: Vesta Corporation, OneButton Top-Up
Mobile Applications & Widgets - Pro-sumer/Business Productivity
First: Cisco, WebEx Meeting Center
Second: Nuance Communications, Nuance Voice Control (NVC) 2.0
Third: Expert System, COGITO Answers
Mobile CE - Accessory
First: AnyDATA, APT-210D
Second: Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung MBP-200
Third: Parrot Inc., Parrot MKi9200
Mobile CE - Fashion & Lifestyle Products
First: Novatel Wireless, Novatel Wireless MiFi 2352 Intelligent Mobile HotSpot
Second: PowerFilm Inc., USB + AA solar charger
Third: Zeebo Inc., Zeebo
Mobile CE - Phone/Smartphone
First: HTC America, HTC Touch Pro2
Second: Research in Motion, BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphone
Third: Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung Memoir™
Network Infrastructure - In-Building/Local Area Network Solution
First: Motorola Inc., Motorola's CDMA 9100 Series KeepMeConnected Femtocell
Second: Qualcomm, Femtocell Station Modem™ (FSM™) chipsets
Third: Agito Networks, Agito Networks RoamAnywhere™ Mobility Router™
Network Infrastructure - Wide Area Network
First: Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Software-defined Multi-technology Architecture (SMA) for 4G Evolution of CDMA RAN
Second: Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio Base Station
Third: Fujitsu Network Communications, BroadOne™ LS LTE eNodeB
About International CTIA WIRELESS 2009®
As the largest wireless show in the world representing a $1 trillion global industry, International CTIA WIRELESS brings together all industries advanced by wireless technology for three days of intense learning and networking. Visit www.ctiashow.com.
CTIA -The Wireless Association® is the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, representing carriers, manufacturers and wireless Internet providers. CTIA is also recognized as the producer of two annual technology events: International CTIA WIRELESS 2009 takes place in Las Vegas, April 1-3; International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 takes place in San Diego, October 7-9. For more association information, visit www.ctia.org.
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