2009 mobile innovation global award finalists announced

You can keep up-to-date on the competition at:
http://www.mobileinnovation.us/awards.shtml

2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition
Top Innovators - Americas Tournament

The Mobile Innovation Marketplace - Americas is a unique platform for top innovators competing for the Mobile Innovation Global Award Champion title. During the event, 15 emerging growth companies from around the world will compete in five categories, reviewed by senior executives from mobile operators and venture capital organisations. The Top 15 Innovators for the Americas leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition are:

MMCast Most Innovative "True Mobile Start Up"
Nextivity Inc. Most Innovative "True Mobile Start Up"
modu Most Innovative "True Mobile Start Up"
Roundbox Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform
Ubidyne Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform
AdaptiveMobile Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform
Sharpcast Most Innovative Consumer Application or Service
ChaCha Most Innovative Consumer Application or Service
Linguatec Most Innovative Consumer Application or Service
Tagattitude Most Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market
Anam Mobile Most Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market
GestureTek Most Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market
Red Bend Software Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology
WiSpry Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology
CooTek Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology

One winner will be named from each category and awarded the title of “GSMA Global Semi-Finalist”. From these five extraordinary ideas, two will be deemed “Mobile Innovation Global Finalists” and will move on to compete against four other Finalists selected from our other international event locations – Macau and Barcelona – for the prestigious title of the “2009 GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Champion”, to be named during the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next February.