As a leading innovator in the digital music space, Omnifone has received numerous awards for the cross-platform, interoperable unlimited music solution, MusicStation.
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 London and South Award Winner: Rob Lewis, CEO, Omnifone
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential, and recognises the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognising them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.
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GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2008: Best Mobile Music Service Award
As a major highlight of the world's largest mobile communications event, Mobile World Congress, the GSM Association's prestigious Global Mobile Awards are the leading international mobile industry honour for achievement in technology, innovation and creativity; the 'Oscars' of the mobile industry. The independently judged awards scheme is heavily supported and highly respected across the industry as a unique showcase for all that's best in mobile, prized highly by winners and nominees as a mark of quality, innovation and leadership.
www.globalmobileawards.com
CNET ‘Best of CES’ Awards 2009: Car Tech Award
Gracenote’s CarStar in-car entertainment system with Omnifone powered unlimited music service won the CNET ‘Best of CES’ Car Tech Award at the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, the International Consumer Electronic Show, in Las Vegas. CNET has judged the ‘Best of CES’ awards since 2006 recognising product innovation across ten categories; car tech, cell phones and smart phones, computers and hardware, digital photo and video, gaming, GPS, home audio, home video, MP3 and portable video players, and televisions.
www.ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/
Mobile Industry Awards 2008: Best Mobile Internet Service Award
The Mobile Industry Awards deliver the most authoritative verdict on industry performance. The awards bring together the biggest names in the industry in a rigorous and challenging process, from sales directors of the six operators, to the heads of major network and high-street retailers. The Awards begin with a survey of both independent and big store retail staff to find out what they think has made the mobile industry sing followed by five panel sessions led by industry professionals and experts to give the industry’s verdict on excellence.
www.mobiletoday.co.uk
Meffys Music Service Award: Mobile Entertainment Market (MeM) 2007
As the industry’s official benchmark for measuring success and rewarding innovation, the Meffys honour the most influential players from around the world. Over the years, the industry’s most coveted awards have recognised the global brands, dynamic start-ups and visionary individuals who have helped shape the mobile entertainment industry. Judged by independent experts and analysts, the Meffys provide innovators with an unrivalled opportunity to be considered for the industry’s top accolades.
www.m-e-f.orgs
Juniper Research: Future Mobile Awards 2008: Gold Award – Mobile Music
The Future Mobile Awards are given to companies that Juniper Research believe have made significant progress within their sector during the previous year, and are now poised to make considerable market impact in the future. The awards are granted by a panel of expert judges based on a number of criteria, including innovation, customer retention, customer growth, commercial deployment, ease of use/user interface, revenue generation, pricing (for services/products); and capability/functionality.
www.juniperresearch.com
Red Herring EMEA 100 Award 2007
For 10 years, Red Herring's editorial team has diligently surveyed entrepreneurship around the globe. Technology industry executives, investors and observers have regarded the Red Herring 100 lists as an invaluable instrument to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation.
www.redherring.com/topcompanies
Red Herring Global 100 Award 2007
Red Herring Global is the culmination of a year’s work of scouring thousands of privately held companies from around the world. During this time Red Herring meticulously selects 200 of the top companies from Europe, North America, and Asia. The Global Top 100 are chosen from this pool of companies. Past award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube.
www.redherring.com/topcompanies
PwC 2008 UK Technology, Innovation & Growth Awards Entrepreneur of the Year: Rob Lewis, CEO, Omnifone
The UK Technology Innovation and Growth 2008 Awards recognise those individuals and organisations that drive the success of the UK's fastest growing technology companies. Award nominations go through an exhaustive process of investigation by an experienced panel of judges and over the last nine years these awards have become one of the most coveted accolades within the industry. The awards recognise talent and success across the UK technology industry at both an individual and a company level.
www.innovationandgrowthforum.com
MAMA (Mobile Advertising & Marketing Awards) 2008: Most effective use of music and/or image: Gold Award 2008
Visiongain’s Mobile Marketing and Advertising Awards reward operators, ISPs, media companies and brand owners who have successfully tapped into the mobile advertising and marketing market which is set to grow from $255 million in Europe and the US to almost $2 billion in 2011.
MCA (Mobile Content Awards) 2008: Silver Award: Best entertainment and/or information service
Visiongain’s Mobile Content Awards bring together key industry players from mobile games, music, multimedia, messaging, TV and advertising and marketing companies. The awards represent the culmination of a year’s hard work for the mobile industry. The MCAs are open to entrants from every part of the value chain, from operators and handset manufacturers, through to software developers, with entries invited from around the world with 48 nominated companies vying for Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards across 8 categories with an overall winner for Best Contribution for Mobile Content.
MEA (Mobile Entertainment Awards) 2008: Silver Award: Best Product technology and Product Innovation
Visiongain’s Mobile Entertainment Awards analyse the latest developments in mobile music, gaming, TV, video and social networking, recognising the technologies, companies, innovations and campaigns that are moving the industry forward.
www.visiongain.com
AO (Always On) Global 250 2008
AlwaysOn and KPMG run the AO Global 250 Top Private Companies competition identifying the top emerging private companies that are creating new business opportunities in the global technology industries. These include private companies that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology in the following sectors: Consumer and Entertainment, Devices and Components, Enterprise, Green tech, Mobile and Wireless, Network and Infrastructure, Services and Enablers. The AO Global 250 represents the best of breed from all the technology sectors covered by AlwaysOn and is its most distinguished annual competition.
www.alwayson.goingon.com
Oracle Magazine – Editors Choice Awards: Embedded Architects of the year awarded to Phil Sant and Mark Knight
Each year Oracle Magazine, the largest IT magazine in the world, bestows the Editors Choice awards in recognition of individuals and groups in specific technology areas who have made significant contributions to the Oracle community. The editors select the winners in each category based on the nominees' demonstrated leadership, technical innovation, expertise, knowledge sharing, and other achievements, and how their efforts benefit the operations and profitability of their companies.
www.oracle.com
Omnifone is on 2008 Mediatech 100 List
The Library House 2008 Mediatech 100 supported by Kemp Little and NMA represents the hottest 100 private mediatech companies in Europe, selected by rigorously assessing companies using Library House proprietary data filters, and an expert advisory panel. By considering growth potential and market impact potential, the Library House 2008 Mediatech 100 supported by Kemp Little and NMA will form a collection of 100 companies among those most likely to change the mediatech world.
www.libraryhouse.net