An important update on the Mobile Premier Awards (MPA), the number one global mobile innovation competition organized by Rudy de Waele and the team at dotopen. After sifting through a record 600 submissions from four continents, the list is now down to 48 startups. These startups represent the best in grassroots innovation as chosen by their peers in partnership with MobileMonday, the global community of mobile professionals. The nominees were chosen by participating MobileMonday chapters from over 250 participating startups.

As a media partner and a member of the international jury I look forward to joining the other judges on the panel this week to select 20 finalists from the list. Only these 20 finalists will pitch their idea, application or project at the Mobile Premier Awards event that takes place in the Petit Palau of Palau de la Musica on February 15, 2010 in front of investors, operators, media companies, peer entrepreneurs, and press and influential bloggers.

The finalists chosen to the MPA Innovation Awards will be announced on January 25, 2010. Registration to attend this event opens on January 19.

By way of background, the MPA best in Mobile Startup innovation nominees are:

MobileMonday Austria – Mobilizy
MobileMonday Bangalore – mobiSiteGalore
MobileMonday Barcelona – fonYou
MobileMonday Belfast – SpeechStorm
MobileMonday Bergen – ComCom
MobileMonday Berlin – spendino
MobileMonday Bogota – RedSalvavidas
MobileMonday Brussels – Getyoo
MobileMonday Buenos Aires – Beepoint
MobileMonday Caracas – Consorcio Si-SMS
MobileMonday Copenhagen – Cepa Mobility
MobileMonday Dallas – Wave Integrated Marketing Solutions
MobileMonday Dublin – Locle
MobileMonday Dusseldorf – Yoose
MobileMonday Edinburgh – Mobile Acuity
MobileMonday Estonia – TaxiPal
MobileMonday Frankfurt – match2blue
MobileMonday Hamburg – apprupt
MobileMonday Hungary – InfomatiX
MobileMonday Jakarta – dotus indonesia
MobileMonday Kuala Lumpur – CWorks Mobile
MobileMonday Lithuania – SendFlow
MobileMonday London – Audioboo
MobileMonday Madrid – Tooio
MobileMonday Malmö – Color Monkey
MobileMonday Medellin – Industrialmedia
MobileMonday Melbourne – Callernizer
MobileMonday Mexico – Binbit
MobileMonday Mid-Atlantic – Amphetamobile
MobileMonday Milan – Soundtrckr
MobileMonday Mumbai – Umundo
MobileMonday Munich – Aloqa
MobileMonday New Delhi – Voicetap Technologies
MobileMonday New York – PercentMobile
MobileMonday Oslo – Bipper Communication
MobileMonday Paris – Presselite
MobileMonday Rest of EMEA – Layar
MobileMonday Rio de Janeiro – iMusica
MobileMonday Rome – Mobnotes
MobileMonday Sao Paulo – Atope
MobileMonday Shanghai – mInfo
MobileMonday Silicon Valley – CloudMade
MobileMonday Singapore – Just Mobile
MobileMonday Slovenia – Visionect
MobileMonday Sofia – Bianor
MobileMonday Stockholm – MoSync
MobileMonday Tel Aviv – waze
MobileMonday Vancouver – Sort Shots

The awards are organized in collaboration with some of the main networks in the industry including MobileMonday, Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), MEX, MobileActive.org, Women 2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association.

* MPA in Innovation – The classic peer-reviewed, global grassroots competition where MobileMonday chapters nominate a local startup to eventually pitch in Barcelona.
* MPA in Marketing - The best startup in Mobile Marketing – in partnership in partnership with the Mobile Marketing Association.
* MPA in Entertainment – The best startup in Mobile Entertainment in partnership with the Mobile Entertainment Forum.
* MPA in User Experience – The best startup in Mobile User Experience in partnership with MEX.
* MPA in Social Change – The best startup using mobile for social change in partnership with MobileActive.org.
* MPA in Female Entrepreneurship – The best woman-lead mobile startup in partnership with Women 2.0 and the Women in Mobile Data Association.

Kudos to dotopen for reaching out to so many expert organizations and making sure mobile innovation reaches beyond just mobility. It’s truly encouraging to see the MPA recognize the best in mobile marketing, mobile user experience and social change.

After all, mobile can only truly cross the chasm when it is an integral part of our daily lives and lifestyles.

I look forward to selecting the nominees for the MPA in Innovation over the next days and will profile my pick of the companies in the weeks that follow on MSG. And be sure to the developments on Twitter (@mobilepremier)

The Mobile Premier Awards are a once a year opportunity to reach the most influential professionals and companies in innovation in the mobile industry and so it offers unique opportunities for visibility and communication. If you are interested, ask us for some more information at info(AT)mobilepremierawards(DOT)com.

Disclaimer: MSG is a dotopen media partner and enthusiastic supporter.

Tags: Barcelona, dotopen, MEX, Mobile Entertainment Forum, mobile innovation awards, Mobile Marketing Association, Mobile User Experience, MobileMonday, MWC

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