CTIA WIRELESS 2008® E-Tech Award Winners Announced

Winners chosen from 13 award categories ranging from infrastructure and 4G to consumer applications and mobile widgets

Attendees text in their votes for Best in Show winner, the Instinct by Samsung
CTIA Wireless 2008

CTIA WIRELESS 2008®, the premier global event representing the $500 billion global wireless industry, today announced the winners of the third annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards. The E-Tech awards honor the best products and innovations in a number of categories representing the wireless ecosystem, including mobile consumer electronics, consumer mobile applications, enterprise solutions, network infrastructure, mobile widgets and 4G. CTIA WIRELESS is taking place this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The coveted Best in Show award, chosen by CTIA WIRELESS attendees via text voting, goes to the Instinct by Samsung, exclusively from Sprint. The Instinct phone was unveiled during Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse’s keynote address on Tuesday. Text voting capabilities were provided by iLoop, OpenMarket and NeuStar.

“This year’s E-Tech award winners represent all facets of the mobile lifestyle – from the enterprise to the consumer,” said Robert Mesirow, CTIA vice president and show director. “We’d like to thank each of the judges for giving their time and expertise to the process of choosing this year’s top entrants. Congratulations to all of the winners.”

Nearly 300 submissions were received for this year’s E-Tech Awards. A panel of 31 judges evaluated each entry on innovation, functionality, wow factor, importance of technology and ease of use and implementation. The E-tech Award winners in each category are:

4G – Service Creation & Development

1st place – Accenture 4G Accelerator Solution v2.0

2nd place – Yahoo! Mobile Developer Platform

3rd place – SANDVINE PTS14710

4G – Service Management

1st place – Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian

2nd place – MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER™ for WiMAX

3rd place – Over the Air Device Provisioning Enablement for WiMAX from Bridgewater Systems

Consumer Applications – Healthcare/Public Safety/Transportation/Public Services

1st place – FocalPoint™ 3.0 by Omnilink

2nd place – mobi-pass™ from Mobiqua

3rd place – iVisit SeeStar/SeeScan

Consumer Applications – Messaging (SMS/MMS)/Mobile Marketing

1st place – Cellfire 3.0

2nd place – Reply with Jott for BlackBerry

3rd place – SnapNow Mobile Visual Search

Consumer Applications – Mobile Entertainment/Social Networking

1st place – Ontela’s PicDeck™

2nd place – WidSets

3rd place – Yahoo! Go 3.0

Enterprise Solutions

1st place – Copernic Mobile for Business

2nd place – TeleNav Track

3rd place – Zone Manager ‘enterprise IT asset tracking and inventory system’

Mobile CE – Accessory

1st place -Clear Harmony™ Wireless Ear Buds

2nd place – CradlePoint PHS300 Portable Hotspot

3rd place – Motorola WiMAX CPEi 750 Desktop CPE

Mobile CE – Fashion & Lifestyle Products

1st place – Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition

2nd place – Wilson SignalBoost™ Pro Amplifier Kit (801242)

3rd place – ARCHOS 705 WiFi Portable Media Player

Mobile CE – Phone/Smartphone

1st place – Instinct by Samsung, exclusively from Sprint

2nd place – Nokia N96

3rd place – Samsung ACE (SPH-i325)

Mobile Widgets – Consumer

1st place – Zumobi

2nd place – Fusion Voicemail Plus by PhoneFusion

3rd place – JACKED Mobile SportsTop

Mobile Widgets – Enterprise

1st place – PhoneFusion One’s Mobile Call Control

2nd place – CellTrust SecureSMS™

Network Infrastructure – In-Building/Local Area Network Solution

1st place – Samsung UbiCell

2nd place – Airvana CDMA HubBub (Femtocell)

3rd place – Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility Router

Network Infrastructure – Wide Area Network

1st place – Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian

2nd place – Net-Net Multiservice Security Gateway (MSG) by Acme Packet

3rd place – Universal WiMax Digital Radio Head

CTIA Mobile Widget Contest

This year, CTIA WIRELESS challenged developers to create a unique and innovative mobile widget for the show. The winner is OnPoint Digital for the CTIA Wireless CellCast site, an easy-to-use tool for broadcasting audio content.

This year’s E-Tech judges included:
bnetTV – Michelle Sklar
BusinessWeek – Steven Wildstrom
CNET – Jessica Dolcourt, Josh Lowensohn, Kent German
Engadget – Chris Ziegler
eWeek – Andrew Garcia, Jim Rapoza, Wayne Rash
ExtremeLabs, Inc. – Tom Henderson
FierceWireless – Lynette Luna, Sue Marek
Gizmodo – Brian Lam, Wilson Rothman
Heavy Reading – Patrick Donegan
InformationWeek/Unstrung – Richard Martin
Jupiter Research – Julie Ask
Mashable – Kristen Nicole, Pete Cashmore
Network World – Keith Shaw
PC Magazine – Jaime Lendino, Sascha Segan
PhoneDog.com – Noah Kravitz
Phonescoop – Eric Zeman
RCR Wireless News – Colin Gibbs, Mike Dano
San Diego Transcript – Phil Baker
TechCrunch Network – Peter Ha
Wireless Week – Rhonda Wickham
Yahoo! Tech – Christopher Null, Gina Huges.

About CTIA WIRELESS 2008®

As the premier global event representing the $500 billion global wireless industry and the largest wireless show in the world, International CTIA WIRELESS 2008 brings together all industries affected by wireless technology for three days of intense learning and networking. Visit www.ctia.org/ctiawireless.

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 premiere producer of two annual technology events representing the complete wireless, mobile and Internet industries: CTIA WIRELESS 2008 takes place in Las Vegas April 1-3; CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008 takes place in San Francisco September 10-12. Visit www.ctia.org.

For more information on the 2008 CTIA E-Tech Awards visit: http://www.ctiawireless.com/info/etech.cfm

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