CTIA E-Tech Award Winners

A crew from PrivacyStar are currently on their way home from CTIA 2013 in Las Vegas where they attended the Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards and rubbed elbows with some of the industry’s most innovative movers and shakers. (Or maybe just marveled at from afar…)

This was the 8th year of the awards ceremony that honors products and services in mobile apps, consumer electronics, enterprise & vertical markets and network technology.

According to CTIA’s website, the E-Tech award submissions were judged on “innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor. Online judging for the awards categories was conducted by a panel of highly-respected industry experts, reporters and analysts.”

While we wait for a more personal update from Jeff, Scott, and Jonathan, below are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category:

Enterprise Solution – General Business

1. Ericsson, Connected Vehicle Cloud
2. GPS Dashboard LLC, “Check in” App for Salesforce.com
3. uTest, Applause

Enterprise Solution – M2M, Sensors, RFID & NFC

1. ORBCOMM Inc., ORBCOMM’s GT 1100
2. Kionix, Inc., KMX61G
3. Cisco, Cisco 819 Ruggedized Integrated Services Router

Enterprise Solution – Mobile Cloud

1. LogMeIn, Cubby
2. Canvas, Inc., MyCanvas
3. Averail, Averail Access

Enterprise Solution – Security, Fraud & Privacy

1. Red Bend Software, Red Bend’s TRUE™ Solution for BYOD
2. Fixmo, Fixmo SafeZone with Secure Gesture Authentication
3. mSIGNIA, Behavioral Enhanced Risk-Based Authentication and Security

Mobile Apps – Automotive, LBS, Navigation & Safe Driving

1. QNX Software Systems, Chevrolet MyLink
2. General Motors, Siri Eyes Free Integration
3. Telenav, Scout by Telenav

Mobile Apps– Money – Payments, Banking, Mobile Commerce, Shopping & Rewards

1. LevelUp, LevelUp White-Label
2. mobeam, inc., Mobeam®
3. MobileBits Corporation, SAMY

Mobile Apps– Productivity, Utility & Public Safety

1. Pervasive Group Inc., MMGuardian Parental Control
2. Intrado Inc., Intrado® 911Link™ Mobile
3. Opera Software, Opera for Android Browser

Mobile Apps– Content, Social, Media & Entertainment

1. NTT DOCOMO, INC., Hanashite Hon’yaku (World’s first automatic voice translation service)
2. Harman International, Aha by Harman
3. AT&T, Inc., AT&T U-verse Easy Remote

Mobile CE– Accessories

1. Lilliputian Systems, Inc., Nectar Mobile Power System
2. Digital Innovations, LLC, ChargeDr™ USB Charge Booster
3. Novatel Wireless, The Next Generation MiFi 2 by Novatel Wireless – AT&T MiFi Liberate

Mobile CE– Connected Lifestyle

1. Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung Galaxy Camera
2. AT&T, AT&T Digital Life
3. BodyMedia, BodyMedia CORE 2

Mobile CE– Smartphones & Handsets

1. Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung GALAXY S 4
2. HTC, HTC One
3. Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung Galaxy Note II

Mobile CE– Tablet/Netbooks

1. Samsung Telecommunications America, Samsung GALAXY Note 8.0
2. Texas Instruments DLP, Smart Devices SmartQ U7 Tablet
3. KUPA, KUPA UltraNote X15

Network Infrastructure– Green Telecom & Smart Energy Solutions

1. Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks, Ballard Power Systems develop fuel cell backup power for mobile networks
2. Wideband Antennas, Wideband Antenna’s Smart Antenna System
3. Hughey & Phillips, HORIZON LED Medium Intensity Obstruction Light

Network Infrastructure– In-Building Network

1. SpiderCloud Wireless, FIRST SCALABLE AND MULTI-ACCESS 3G, WI-FI AND 4G/LTE SMALL CELL SYSTEM
2. Ruckus Wireless, Ruckus SmartPoint
3. Broadcom Corporation, BCM617xx Series

Network Infrastructure– Wide Area Network

1. Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks Liquid Applications
2. Vasona Networks, Vasona Networks SmartAIR1000
3. Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks Liquid Radio Software Suites

And a special congratulations to Verizon Messages from Verizon Wireless for being named “Best of Show” this year!