BARCELONA, Spain and SUNNYVALE, California, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --
mywaves, the largest mobile video destination, today announced that its free mobile video service was selected as the best mobile video service by the GSMA Mobile World Congress. In winning the award, mywaves beat out mobile media powerhouses including MTV International, Sony Pictures Television International, Telestra Corporation and Vodafone. The award was given at the Global Mobile Awards Gala Dinner during the GSMA Mobile World Congress (previously 3GSM), one of the world's largest communications conferences.
"mywaves is extremely honored to be named the winner of this prestigious award," said Rajeev Raman, CEO, mywaves. "This win is a testament to the importance we place on delivering an unparalleled mobile entertainment experience to our loyal global audience of consumers-on-the-go."
As the most broadly distributed, fastest-growing mobile video provider, mywaves drives nearly 5 million monthly views through more than 400,000 channels dedicated to content from the world's leading media companies, user-generated video, and everything in between. Since its consumer launch one year ago, mywaves has amassed users in over 175 countries.
"Entries to the Global Mobile Awards this year demonstrate the social, business and economic impact that mobile communications is having in every corner of the world," said Rob Conway, GSMA CEO. "Being nominated by our independent judging panel is no mean feat given the caliber of experts it comprises, and the quality and quantity of submissions received," noted Rob Conway, CEO of GSM Association, in a recent press release.
About the GSM Association
The GSM Association (GSMA) is the global trade association representing 700 GSM mobile phone operators across 215 countries of the world. In addition, more than 180 manufacturers and suppliers support the Association's initiatives as key partners. The primary goals of the GSMA are to ensure mobile phones and wireless services work globally and are easily accessible, enhancing their value to individual customers and national economies, while creating new business opportunities for operators and their suppliers. The Association's members serve more than two billion customers -- 82% of the world's mobile phone users.
About mywaves Inc.
mywaves is the largest mobile video destination for consumers, attracting over 5 million unique visitors monthly to its free mobile video service. Consumers can browse through nearly 400,000 channels of premium, private and user-generated videos and have their favorites automatically updated and delivered to their phones. Most users tune in to watch mywaves video weekly with average viewing times of 24 minutes per session. The service works globally across all 3G, EDGE, BREW and EV-DO carriers as well as most video-capable mobile phones, including Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian and RIM based phones. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., mywaves is led by a team from Yahoo!, Napster, Danger, Palm and TiVo. The company is funded by venture capital firm, Menlo Ventures. For more information or to sign up for mywaves, go to http://www.mywaves.com or from a mobile browser: http://www.mywaves.com/m.
Web site: http://www.mywaves.com
Nicole Rodrigues, Public Relations Manager of mywaves Inc., +1-510-305-9881, Nicole@mywaves-inc.com
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