CTIA WIRELESS 2008 E-Tech Award Winners Announced

CTIA WIRELESS 2008, the premier global event representing the $500B global wireless industry, recently 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

1^st place - Accenture 4G Accelerator Solution v2.0

2^nd place - Yahoo! Mobile Developer Platform

3^rd place - SANDVINE PTS14710

4G - Service Management

1^st place - Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian

2^nd place - MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER for WiMAX

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

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

1^st place – FocalPoint 3.0 by Omnilink

2^nd place - mobi-pass from Mobiqua

3^rd place - iVisit SeeStar/SeeScan

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

1^st place - Cellfire 3.0

2^ndplace - Reply with Jott for BlackBerry

3^rd place - SnapNow Mobile Visual Search

Consumer Applications - Mobile Entertainment/Social Networking

1^st place - Ontela's PicDeck

2^nd place - WidSets

3^rd place - Yahoo! Go 3.0

Enterprise Solutions

1^st place - Copernic Mobile for Business

2^nd place - TeleNav Track

3^rd place - Zone Manager 'enterprise IT asset tracking and inventory system'

Mobile CE - Accessory

1^stplace -Clear Harmony Wireless Ear Buds

2^nd place - CradlePoint PHS300 Portable Hotspot

3^rd place - Motorola WiMAX CPEi 750 Desktop CPE

Mobile CE - Fashion & Lifestyle Products

1^stplace - Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition

2^nd place - Wilson SignalBoost Pro Amplifier Kit (801242)

3^rd place - ARCHOS 705 WiFi Portable Media Player

Mobile CE - Phone/Smartphone

1^st place - Instinct by Samsung, exclusively from Sprint

2^nd place - Nokia N96

3^rd place - Samsung ACE (SPH-i325)

Mobile Widgets - Consumer

1^st place - Zumobi

2^nd place - Fusion Voicemail Plus by PhoneFusion

3^rd place - JACKED Mobile SportsTop

Mobile Widgets - Enterprise

1^st place - PhoneFusion One's Mobile Call Control

2^nd place - CellTrust SecureSMS

Network Infrastructure - In-Building/Local Area Network Solution

1^stplace - Samsung UbiCell

2^nd place - Airvana CDMA HubBub (Femtocell)

3^rdplace - Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility Router

Network Infrastructure - Wide Area Network

1^st place - Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian

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

3^rd 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: www.ctiawireless.com/info/etech.cfm

SOURCE: CTIA WIRELESS 2008