The GSMA has announced the winners of the 2023 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards at MWC 2023, Barcelona.
GSMA has honoured Martin Cooper, as the first recipient of the GLOMO Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognises Marty’s innovative and pioneering leadership in the technology industry. Martin placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell phone at Motorola, on 3rd April 1973. Now cited as the ‘father of the cell phone’, within ten years, Martin had led the team that brought the first handheld cellular mobile phone to market in 1983.
2023’s winners of the 2023 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards
Outstanding Achievement
Outstanding Contribution to the Mobile Industry / Chairman’s Award:
Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU Secretary-General
Paula Ingabire, Minister Ministry of ICT and Innovation Rwanda
Mapula Bodibe, CEO MTN Rwanda
Diane Karusisi, CEO Bank of Kigali
Diversity in Tech Award
Eugina Jordan, CMO, Telecom Infra Project (TIP)
Government Leadership Award
Government of India
Lifetime Achievement Award
Martin Cooper
Mobile Tech
CTO Choice: Outstanding Mobile Technology Award:
EdgeQ’s 5G + AI Base Station on a Chip
Best Mobile Network Infrastructure:
Huawei for MetaAAU Series – Boosting Performance & Energy Efficiency
Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough:
Huawei for FDD Beamforming Radio System, Double Spectrum and Energy Efficiency
Best Network Software Breakthrough:
Rakuten Symphony for Symworld with Juniper RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)
Best Digital Tech Breakthrough for companies with under $10 million Annual Global Revenue:
EdgeQ’s 5G + AI Base Station on a Chip
Best Mobile Security Solution:
IDEMIA for eXtraOne 5G SIM
5G Industry Challenge Award in collaboration with the GSMA 5G Hub:
Midea, China Mobile and Huawei for World’s Largest 5G Fully-connected Factory
Best Cloud Solution:
Rakuten Symphony for Symworld Cloud
Digital Everything
Best Mobile Operator Service for Connected Consumers:
VEON: DO1440
Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy:
Guangzhou Metro, China Mobile and ZTE for 5G-empowered Smart Metro in Guangzhou
Best Mobile Innovation for the Connected Health and Wellbeing:
Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, China Unicom, CITC, and Huawei for 5G Mobile Stroke Unit – Maintaining Brain Health
Best Mobile Innovation for Digital Life:
Metro Pacific Health Tech for mWell
Best Mobile Innovation for Cities:
SK Telecom for Location Intelligent Solution ‘LITMUS’
Best Mobile Innovation for Web3:
Authena for Secured Phygitals
Device
Best Smartphone:
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Disruptive Device Innovation:
Apple – Emergency SOS via Satellite
Best Connected Consumer Device:
TCL Mobile for NXTWEAR S
Best In Show:
Motorola Defy Satellite Link made by Bullitt powered by MediaTek
Tech4Good
Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets:
Huawei for RuralLink – Green, Simplified and Evolvable Solution for Rural Connectivity
Best Mobile Innovation supporting Emergency or Humanitarian Situations:
lifecell for Project Operator’s Work Under Fire
Best Use of Mobile for Accessibility & Inclusion:
SK Telecom, LBStech and SAPEON Korea for ‘G-EYE PLUS Powered by SKT’s Visual Localization and Mapping Technology
Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action:
The Wiliot IoT Platform for Supply Chain Sustainability
Outstanding Mobile Contribution to the UN SDGs:
Telefónica for ProFuturo Programme
