BARCELONA, Spain, February 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovation took the
spotlight last night as the overall winner of the Mobile Innovation Global
Awards was announced. Francis MacDougall of visionary technology company
GestureTek accepted the Award from Kurt Sillen, Head of Ericsson Mobility
World and Bill Gajda, Chief Commercial Officer of the GSMA during the
Global Mobile Awards gala evening at Barcelona's National Palace at the
Fira.

    Prior to the Mobile Innovation Marketplace in Barcelona, sponsored by
Ericsson, innovators submitted Award entries in one of five categories,
which were reviewed by a panel of judges that included senior executives
and managing partners from 3i, Carmel Ventures, Ericsson, Global View
Partners, Rogers Wireless, SFR, Telecom Italia, and Telefonica O2 Group.

    The judges said: "It was a difficult choice. We selected GestureTek as
the overall winner because of the truly innovative interface that we
believe will help exponentially improve the consumer experience on mobile
handsets for menu navigation, content selection, gaming, and other uses in
the future."

    "User experience has been a major headline within the mobile industry.
GestureTek gives the mobile industry a great competitive interface that can
be incorporated into many current and future handsets removing a
significant barrier to consumers use of mobile devices today," added the
judges.

    The shortlisted companies in each category presented their
technologies, applications and services over two days at the Mobile World
Congress. The winners of each category were announced and presented at the
Mobile Innovation Marketplace yesterday. From the category winners,
GestureTek was the overall winner.

    The judges said: "Following the innovation seen at the Mobile Asia
Congress in Macau it was great to see 10 new innovators in Barcelona. They
are all worthy category finalists and emphasise the depth and strength of
innovation in our global industry."

    "Driven by entrepreneurial spirit and technical excellence, the
potential of these companies and their innovations is enormous. The immense
enthusiasm and commitment shown by all the finalists companies has proved
that they have what it takes to succeed in the mobile world," said Bill
Gajda, Chief Commercial Officer of the GSMA.

    The Mobile Innovation Global Awards form part of the GSMA's Mobile
Innovation Marketplace, which encourages and promotes new ideas for the
mobile industry by bringing together smaller companies developing
innovative mobile products, industry investors and mobile operators.



    Overall Winner

    - GestureTek , USA

    Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology

    - Inside Contactless, France

    Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform

    - Flexenclosure, Sweden

    Most Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market

    - GestureTek , USA

    Most innovative Consumer Application or Service

    - Tagattitude, France

    Most Innovative 'True Mobile Start-Up'

    - Audience, USA

    More information on the Mobile Innovation Market can be found at:
http://www.mobileinnovation.org

    About the GSMA:

    The GSM Association (GSMA) is the global trade association representing
more than 700 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 countries and
territories of the world. In addition, more than 200 manufacturers and
suppliers support the Association's initiatives as key partners.

    The primary goals of the GSMA are to ensure mobile phones and wireless
services work globally and are easily accessible, enhancing their value to
individual customers and national economies, while creating new business
opportunities for operators and their suppliers. The Association's members
serve more than 2.5 billion customers - 85% of the world's mobile phone
users.

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