CTIA WIRELESS 2008(R) 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 LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. WIRELESS 2008[R], 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 Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . The coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. 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 Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dan Hesse's keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. 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 Yahoo! Mobile is a mobile website operated by Yahoo! worldwide to promote its Yahoo! Go and mobile web products. External links
3rd place - SANDVINE PTS PTS put to sleep; a common euphemism for euthanasia, but also used to describe general anesthesia. 14710 4G - Service Management 1st place - Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian 2nd place - MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER[TM] 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[TM] 3.0 by Omnilink 2nd place - mobi-pass[TM] 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[TM] 2nd place - WidSets 3rd place - Yahoo! Go Yahoo! Go is a mobile website suite operated by Yahoo! worldwide for users of the company's services to use them on their phones. It is currently supported on a growing number of phones. Yahoo consider Go as Beta software. 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[TM] Wireless Ear Buds 2nd place - CradlePoint PHS (Personal Handyphone System) A TDMA-based cellular phone system introduced in Japan in mid-1995. Operating in the 1880-1930 MHz band, PHS uses microcells that cover an area only 100 to 500 meters in diameter, resulting in lower equipment costs but requiring more base 300 Portable Hotspot 3rd place - Motorola WiMAX CPEi 750 Desktop CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment Mobile CE - Fashion & Lifestyle Products 1st place - Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition 2nd place - Wilson SignalBoost[TM] 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[TM] Network Infrastructure - In-Building/Local Area Network Solution 1st place - Samsung UbiCell 2nd place - Airvana CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. 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 MSG: see glutamic acid. ) by Acme Packet 3rd place - Universal WiMax Digital Radio Head CTIA Mobile Widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. 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 (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. - 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 RCR Richard Childress Racing RCR responsible conduct of research RCR Royal College of Radiologists (UK; also seen as RCOR) RCR Royal Canadian Regiment RCR Rockcliff Resources Inc (Sudbury, ON, Canada) 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([R]) 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([TM]) 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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