'Bango Takes Gold at the visiongain Mobile Content Awards'

Business Wire,  June 24, 2008  

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LONDON -- MCAs awards: Gold winner for Best Contribution for Mobile Content goes to Bango.

The MCAs awards dinner was a great success with Bango taking home the overall winning trophy.

Peggy Salz, chairwoman and MC at the MCAs was "impressed by "the variety of the companies attending and the quality of those that made the shortlist." In her view "the attendance at the event represented a microcosm of the mobile industry, encouraging a productive interplay between key players in the mobile industry and enabling valuable networking opportunities."

Guests presenting the awards at the MCAs included Dietmar Maierhofer, Solution Manager Mobile Advertising, Nokia Siemens Networks; Alex Hum, Head of Devices, Orange; and George Yaryura, Strategic Marketing Manager, Netsize

Bango, which won the award for Best Contribution for Mobile Content were thrilled. "Peggy Anne Salz, who presented us with the award commented, 'From its start Bango has worked tirelessly and pioneered mobile internet technologies. Today it sits firmly at the centre of the mobile web ecosystem'. It is fantastic to receive this recognition from the industry and such an esteemed judging panel," said Martin Harris, SVP of Sales of Bango.

MCAs award winners include: Best Entertainment / Information Service Twistbox - Gold Omnifone - Silver ShoZu - Bronze Best Handset Application Garmin - Gold NewBay Software - Silver XS 2TheWorld - Bronze Best Progress in Emerging Markets Buzz City - Gold TaTa Communications - Silver Thomson Reuters - Bronze Award for Best Technology Innovation InfoGin - Gold Cellent Technologies - Silver dotMobi - Bronze Best Start-Up Company CanvasM Technologies - Gold DeviceAnywhere - Silver cVidya Networks - Bronze Best Advertising or Marketing Campaign Buongiorno - Gold M Factory - Silver Rhythm Media - Bronze Award for Enriching Search & Discovery Bytemobile - Gold Medio System - Silver SnapNow - Bronze Most Innovative Business Model Camsense - Gold Spin3 - Silver Picsel Technologies Ltd - Bronze Overall winner: Best Contribution for Mobile Content Bango - Gold

To see the press photos of the event please click on:

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Visiongain is one of the fastest growing and most innovative independent media companies in Europe. Based in London, UK, visiongain produces a host of business conferences, newsletters, management reports and e-zines focusing on the Telecoms, Pharmaceutical and Defence sectors.

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