CTIA Finalists for Hot for the Holidays, Emerging Technology and MobITs Awards Programs

CTIA Super Mobility 2015

CTIA Announces Finalists for Hot for the Holidays, Emerging Technology and MobITs Awards Programs -- Winners to be Announced September 10 at CTIA Super Mobility 2015 in Las Vegas

CTIA–The Wireless Association® announces finalists in its three awards programs—Hot for the Holidays, Emerging Technology (E-Tech) and The MobITs. CTIA will showcase entrants' products and services and announce the winners Thursday, September 10 at CTIA Super Mobility 2015. The industry's annual show, the largest mobile marketplace in the Western Hemisphere, will take place September 9, 10 & 11 at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas.

• Hot for the Holidays Awards – Timed perfectly for the holiday buying season, CTIA recognizes the hottest mobile consumer electronics, devices, wearables, accessories and entertainment, home and car products.
• E-Tech Awards – Serving up innovative, emerging mobile services, solutions and technology, CTIA distinguishes the best in IoT, cloud, mobile payments, in-building and wide area networks.
• The MobITs – CTIA celebrates outstanding achievements in mobile IT solutions that improve enterprise performance and productivity through mobile apps and platforms, customer experience, device management, security and privacy and new innovations.

"CTIA awards finalists are some of the best mobile products and services that leverage, shape and transform our competitive and rapidly evolving industry. These innovators challenge our way of thinking to improve our lives," said CTIA Vice President and Show Director Robert Mesirow.

Dozens of industry experts, reporters and analysts judged and scored hundreds of entries to determine the finalists and winners. CTIA will host the awards ceremony at CTIA Super Mobility 2015 and announce the winners Thursday, September 10 at 2:00 p.m. PT from the Networked Society Stage (Booth 3673) in the Sands Expo.

In addition, the public may vote for their "Crowd Favorite." Online voting begins now, and onsite text voting begins September 8. "Crowd Favorite" voting ends Thursday, September 10 at 10:00 a.m. PT.

CTIA announced these 2015 awards finalists, listed by program and category in alphabetical order:

HOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS FINALISTS:

Accessories
Google, Google Live Case
Otter Products, LifeProof FRE Power
Scosche Industries, Inc., Scosche goBAT™ 12000
Scosche Industries, Inc., Scosche goBAT™ 6000
Ztylus, Ztylus Metal Camera Kit for iPhone 6/6+ (Premium Case and 4 in 1 Revolver Lens Attachment)

Connected Car
Cobra Electronics, CDR 855 BT Drive HD™ Dash Cam by Cobra
Directed, Viper SmartStart 4.0
HARMAN International, HARMAN and Rinspeed "Budii" Concept Car
splitsecnd, splitsecnd

Connected Home
Lineage Labs, Bevy
Piper by Icontrol Networks, Piper nv
Sengled, Sengled Snap

Devices & Gadgets
AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions, AT&T Modio™ LTE case
Cobra Electronics, Cobra JumPack™ CPP 8000
Edyn, Edyn Smart Garden Sensor
Intel Corporation, ASUS ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) Powered by Intel
Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S 6 edge

Entertainment, Audio, Music & Video
Samsung, Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition
Scosche Industries, Inc., Scosche BOOMBOTTLE®+
Sengled, Sengled Pulse
Sling Media, Inc, Slingbox M2
Wearality Corporation, Wearality Sky™

Wearables, Health, Fitness & Wellness
Aeris Communications, GPS SmartSoles
Armpocket Enterprises LLC, Armpocket Wrister
Extreme Reality, Extreme Motion PT
Microsoft, Microsoft Band
Samsung, Samsung Gear S

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARDS FINALISTS:

In-Building Wireless—Small Cell, Wi-Fi, LAN
Airvana, S1000 LTE and Dual-Band Wi-Fi SMB Small Cell
AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions, AT&T Wi-Fi – Small Site
Qualcomm, Qualcomm's second generation of Qualcomm® VIVE™ with Qualcomm MU | EFX technology
Westell Technologies, ClearLink® DAS
Xirrus, Inc., Xirrus Xtreme Density (XD4) Wi-Fi

M2M, IoT, Sensors, RFID & NFC
Atheer, Atheer AiR Smart Glasses platform
Inmarsat, Hughes Network Systems 9450-C11 BGAN M2M terminal
LogMeIn, Xively
Ossia, Cota
Qualcomm, Qualcomm® Snapdragon Sense™ ID 3D Fingerprint Technology

Mobile Cloud
AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions, AT&T Mobile Office Suite
Azuga Fleet, Azuga Fleet Driver Rewards App
Hirschmann Solutions, M2M Gateway
Rave Mobile Safety, Smart911 Location Cloud
Tangoe, MatrixCloud

Mobile Money, Payments, Banking & Commerce
Blackhawk Network, GoWallet
Invoice2go, Invoice2go
Panasonic System Communications Company North America, Toughpad® FZ-R1

Wide Area Network
ItsOn, Inc, The ItsOn Platform
Mimosa, Mimosa A5 Access Point
Parallel Wireless, Inc., Enabling RAN Hyperconnectivity with HetNet Gateway
Plug Power, ReliOn Integrated Outside Plant solution with GenFuel
Vasona Networks, Vasona SmartAIR

THE MOBITS FINALISTS:

Mobile Applications, Development & Platforms
BlackBerry, BlackBerry Blend
Geotab, Geotab Marketplace and application development platform
Kony, Inc., Kony MobileFabric
KORE, KORE's 3rd Generation PRiSMPro
LiveSafe, Inc., LiveSafe, Inc.

Mobile Customer Experience Management
Ericsson, Ericsson Expert Analytics 15.0
Hotel Internet Services, BeyondTV Wireles Streaming System
LogMeIn, Rescue Lens
SAP Mobile Services, SAP Intelligent Notification 365
Synchronoss, Synchronoss Mobile Content Transfer

Mobile Device Management
AirWatch by Vmware, AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management Version 8.0
AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions, AT&T Work Platform
BlackBerry, BES®12 Cloud
Citrix, Citrix XenMobile
SOTI, SOTI MobiControl 12

Mobile Enterprise Innovation
AirWatch by Vmware, AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management Version 8.0
Good Technology, Good Work
Hypori, Inc., Hypori Android Cloud Environment (ACE)
INRIX, INRIX Intermodal and EV Navigation
simgo, Virtual SIM™ for Smartphone

Mobile Security & Privacy
Arxan Technologies, Arxan expanded application protection for all major IoT platforms
BlackBerry, WatchDox by BlackBerry
Cellrox Ltd., Cellrox Mobile Virtualization
Data Theorem, Data Theorem Scan & Secures
mSIGNIA, mSIGNIA's iDNA™ Platform

CTIA Super Mobility 2015 press registration is now open at bit.ly/SuperMobilityPressReg.

About CTIA Super Mobility 2015
CTIA Super Mobility 2015 (ctiasupermobility2015.com) is the largest forum in the Western Hemisphere for the mobile innovations that power our connected life. More than 35,000 mobile professionals and executives and 1,100+ exhibitors from around the globe gather for this powerhouse technology event for its unrivaled networking opportunities and to share leading-edge trends, discoveries and knowledge. CTIA Super Mobility 2015 is held September 9, 10 & 11, 2015, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA.

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About CTIA
CTIA–The Wireless Association® (www.ctia.org) represents the U.S. wireless communications industry. With members from wireless carriers and their suppliers to providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products, the association brings together a dynamic group of companies that enable consumers to lead a 21st century connected life. CTIA members benefit from its vigorous advocacy at all levels of government for policies that foster the continued innovation, investment and economic impact of America's competitive and world-leading mobile ecosystem. The association also coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices and initiatives and convenes the industry's leading wireless tradeshow. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, D.C.

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