CTIA WIRELESS 2009 announces E-Tech Awards

LAS VEGAS, USA: From applications and accessories to enterprise networks and green practices, the winners of the 4th Annual CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards were announced here in a ceremony honoring the best innovations in wireless.

Taking this year’s Best in Show award is Top Global for its 3G UFO Personal Hotspot, which provides instant mobile access to the Internet. The winner of this prestigious award was determined by more than 40,000 combined online and text votes submitted by CTIA show attendees and wireless industry professionals. iLoopMobile and OpenMarket provided text-voting capabilities for this year’s program.

“It’s a privilege to win this award and we appreciate the support of the people who voted for us,” said Alan Zhen Zhou, president and CTO of Top Global. “We spent a lot of effort developing this cutting edge product using Gobi technology from Qualcomm, which allowed us to design one product for the global marketplace.”

The CTIA Emerging Technology Awards program is designed to give industry recognition and exposure to the best wireless products and services in the areas of mobile consumer electronics and applications; enterprise and vertical market technology; 4G and network infrastructure; and environmentally friendly hardware and services. Nearly 300 applications were submitted in 18 categories and reviewed by a panel of 30 recognized members of the media, industry analysts and executives. Products were judged on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor. Award submissions are on display in the E-Tech Awards Showcase, located in the South Hall, Booth 114.

“With a broad spectrum of categories, ranging from consumer to enterprise to wireless health and energy applications, the E-Tech awards are an indicator of the phenomenal innovation taking place in the wireless industry,” said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA. “We received a great response to the online and text voting campaigns for Best in Show and extend our congratulations to all of today’s winners.”

The 2009 E-tech Award winners in each category are: 

4G - Service Creation & Development

First: Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., Wireless IP Services API

Second: Anritsu Company, MD8430A Signalling Tester

Third: Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent 8661 Directory Server

4G - Service Management

First: Openet, Openet’s Fair Usage solution

Second: FusionOne, FusionOne’s Handset Transfer Solution

Third: Motorola, Inc., Motorola LTE Self Organizing Networks (SON) Solution

Enterprise & Vertical - General Business Solution

First: Sprint, TeleNav Vehicle Manager from Sprint

Second: Intuit, Intuit GoPayment

Third: Qualcomm, Gobi2000  

Enterprise & Vertical - Healthcare Solution

First: iVisit, iVisit RX

Second: Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, The Panasonic Toughbook H1

Enterprise & Vertical – Energy or Utility Solution

First: Aeris Communications & Kyocera Wireless, Aeris AerCommand

Green - Consumer Applications to Promote Green Practices

First: ViralMesh, shopgreen

Second: Nokia, Nokia Carbon Calculator

Green - Consumer Hardware

First: Motorola Inc., MOTO W233 Renew

Second: Suntrica, Suntrica's Solar-Powered Chargers

Third: USA Wireless Solutions, Biodegradable RPET Packaging by Innovative Plastech and USAWS

Green - Green Network Hardware and Infrastructure

First: Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio Base Station

Second: VNL, VNL's WorldGSM Solar-powered GSM Base Station

Third: Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Sustainable Power Solution

Mobile Applications & Widgets - Healthcare/Public Safety/ Transportation/ Public Services

First: Rave Wireless, Rave Guardian

Second: WeatherBug, WeatherBug Protect

Third: OnStar, OnStar Stolen Vehicle Slowdown

Mobile Applications & Widgets - Mobile Entertainment/Social Networking

First: FusionOne, FusionOne Network Address Book

Second: MobiTV, Mobi4Biz

Third: Intercasting Corporation, Intercasting's ANTHEM 2.0

Mobile Applications & Widgets - Mobile Marketing/Mobile Advertising

First: Greystripe, GS.Rich Media Ad Formats

Second: Alcatel-Lucent, Mobile Enhanced Reality

Third: FeedHenry, FeedHenry - the Complete Widget Services Platform

Mobile Applications & Widgets - Mobile Payments

First: Sybase 365, mpass

Second: First Data, First Data® GO-Tag Solution

Third: Vesta Corporation, OneButton Top-Up

Mobile Applications & Widgets - Pro-sumer/Business Productivity

First: Cisco, WebEx Meeting Center

Second: Nuance Communications, Nuance Voice Control (NVC) 2.0

Third: Expert System, COGITO Answers

Mobile CE - Accessory

First: AnyDATA, APT-210D

Second: Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung MBP-200

Third: Parrot Inc., Parrot MKi9200

Mobile CE - Fashion & Lifestyle Products

First: Novatel Wireless, Novatel Wireless MiFi 2352 Intelligent Mobile HotSpot

Second: PowerFilm Inc., USB + AA solar charger

Third: Zeebo Inc., Zeebo

Mobile CE - Phone/Smartphone

First: HTC America, HTC Touch Pro2

Second: Research in Motion, BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphone

Third: Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung Memoir

Network Infrastructure - In-Building/Local Area Network Solution

First: Motorola Inc., Motorola’s CDMA 9100 Series KeepMeConnected Femtocell

Second: Qualcomm, Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) chipsets

Third: Agito Networks, Agito Networks RoamAnywhere Mobility Router

Network Infrastructure - Wide Area Network

First: Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent Software-defined Multi-technology Architecture (SMA) for 4G Evolution of CDMA RAN

Second: Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks Flexi Multiradio Base Station

Third: Fujitsu Network Communications, BroadOne LS LTE eNodeB