The GSMA has announced the winners of the 2019 Asia Mobile Awards (AMO
Awards), which were presented at the AMO Awards Ceremony and Networking
Reception at MWC19 Shanghai. The awards honour the key achievements and
innovations driving the mobile industry across the Asia Pacific region.
“We congratulate all of the winners and nominees of the Asia Mobile
Awards here at MWC19 Shanghai,” said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd. “The
AMO Awards recognise the most innovative mobile technologies, products
and services, while showcasing the positive impact of mobile on
individuals, business and society across the Asia Pacific region. We
thank all of our entrants, judges and partners for supporting the 2019
Asia Mobile Awards.”
The winners of the 2019 Asia Mobile Awards are:
Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough in Asia
SK Telecom for Innovative Roaming Technology ‘baro’.
Best IoT Innovation for Mobile Networks in Asia
Telstra Corporation Limited, Ericsson for world’s first implementation
of a nation-wide long-range NB-IoT network reaching up to 100km.
Asia 5G Innovation Award
KT for Worldwide Pioneer in 5G.
Best Smartphone in 2019
Huawei for Huawei P30 and P30 Pro.
Best Mobile service for Connected Living in Asia
ZTE for Air to Ground Broadband Service for Airline Connected Living.
Best Mobile Innovation for Smart Cities in Asia
China Mobile, Huawei, Tendency, Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau for
Large-scale NB-IoT Electric Bike Protection and Management.
Outstanding Mobile Contribution to the UN SDGs in Asia
China Mobile, Huawei & China’s 301 Hospital for The World’s First
Successful 5G Remote Surgery on a Living Human Patient Enabled by 5G DN.
Outstanding Contribution to the Asia Mobile Industry
Takashi Tanaka, Chairman of KDDI
Women4Technology – Asian Industry Leadership Award
Xinmei Cai, Google Japan
4YFN Award Shanghai 2019 To Be Unveiled
On Friday, 28 June, “4YFN Award Shanghai 2019” will be presented at 4YFN
in Hall E7, SNIEC, starting at 14:00, the five finalists will be invited
to present in front of a panel of judges as well as investors and the
audience to compete for the award. The winner will be announced live.
The winners of the 2019 AMO Awards were chosen from 150 entries and
nominations across six categories, and judged by more than 70
world-leading independent experts, analysts, journalists, academics and,
in some cases, mobile operator representatives.
Supporting Partners for the AMO Awards include 36kr, Asia Pacific Daily,
AVING News, Smart Cities Association and Yesky. Space and Tomato is the
sponsor of the Mobile Technology award category. For further information
on AMO Awards winners please visit: www.mwcshanghai.com/conference-programmes/asia-mobile-awards/winners/.
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