Counterpoint Analysts on the Judging Panel of the GLOMO Awards 2024
Counterpoint Analysts on the Judging Panel of the GLOMO Awards 2024
We are thrilled to announce that our esteemed analysts have been chosen to be an integral part of the judging panel for the prestigious GLOMO Awards in 2024. This recognition is a testament to our commitment to excellence and expertise in the ever-evolving landscape of market research.
Unveiling the GLOMO Awards:
The Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards are the industry’s most prestigious accolade, judged by the sector’s most prominent subject matter experts.
To be selected in the shortlist for a #GLOMOAward means recognition as a serious player – one to be watched closely in the tech sector. And to then win a GLOMO Award, means achieving the highest merit by your peers across the entire digital industry.
As we celebrate the 29th edition of the awards, the connectivity industry sits on the cusp of a new digital era. The awards will recognise the brands, both established and new, who are leading the way into this hyper-connected, hyper-real, hyper-intelligent world. Don’t miss out.
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Meet Our Analysts:
Our analysts, the driving force behind our market research prowess, bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the GLOMO Awards judging panel. With a keen understanding of industry dynamics, market trends, and technological advancements, they are poised to recognize and honor the most groundbreaking contributions to the mobile ecosystem.
Best Mobile Innovation for Digital Life Award
Peter Richardson
Research Vice President
With 27 years in the mobile industry, Peter, formerly Global Head of Market and Competitive Intelligence at Nokia, holds expertise in market analysis and corporate development. Previously, he served as an equity analyst at SoundView Technology Group and VP/Chief Analyst of mobile and wireless research at Gartner, with early experience at NEC and Panasonic.
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2021 Winner | VisualCamp for SeeSo, AI based eye tracking SDK2022 Winner | Safaricom for M-PESA App2023 Winner | Metro Pacific Health Tech for mWell
About This Category
Mobile innovation to enhance connected living continuously unlocks new experiences every day; experiences that make life more efficient, enjoyable, informative, safer and smarter.
This award showcases the very best and most compelling services that allow people to do more through their mobile device and in better ways than ever before. Whether that is to communicate, organize, socialise, find information, enjoy and share media or make purchases on mobile devices anywhere and at any time.
The Best Mobile Service for Connected Living Award is open to entry for all players in the mobile eco-system involved in developing and delivering services in the key lifestyle segments. Such as health and wellbeing, smart homes, commerce and shopping, social networking, education and learning, fashion, sports, publishing, media, games and entertainment, automotive, transport and travel and leisure, utilities and indeed any other areas where being connected enables a smarter, stress free and enjoyable way of life.
Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough Award
Neil Shah
Research Vice President
Neil is a seasoned Industry Analyst with 18 years' expertise, notably in telecom. He's worked at Counterpoint, Strategy Analytics and Philips Electronics, contributing to diverse roles. An IEEE Certified Wireless Professional, Neil earned a Master's in Telecommunications & Business from the University of Maryland, USA.
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2021 Winner | Rakuten Mobile for 5G OpenRAN on Kubernetes2022 Winner | Samsung Networks for fully virtualized 5G RAN solution2023 Winner | Huawei for FDD Beamforming Radio System, Double Spectrum & Energy Efficiency
About This Category
The Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough Award highlights the contribution that Mobile Operators, manufacturers and suppliers make to increase mobile usage, expand the user experience and help expand business opportunities.
It is designed to capture breakthrough technology enhancement in the entire mobile ecosystem. This very wide ranging space includes components, microprocessors, memory, chips sets, screens, audio, batteries, operating systems and APIs, to name but a few and also looks at design innovation and form-factors. It recognises the tremendous diversity of the mobile eco-system as it continues to innovate and add new dimensions to the customer experience.
This award is open to all players in the mobile eco-system and all participating organisations that are developing a wide range of advanced mobile solutions.
Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award
Jeff Fieldhack
Research Director
With 25+ years in technology research, business development, and competitive intelligence, Jeff joins Counterpoint Research with a background at Microsoft, Nokia, Roth Capital Partners, and Gartner. A member of telecom industry organizations, he's a frequent speaker at major events and a 4x NCAA all-American in tennis, completing the Hawaii Ironman World Championships 12 times.
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2023 Winner | SK Telecom for Location Intelligent Solution ‘LITMUS’
About This Category
This award aims to identify a city authority, local government, metropolitan or municipality which is using mobile, digital and/or 5G innovation to address specific urban challenges such as; citizen services, environmental protection, emergency services, security, digital government services, transportation, energy and utilities and/or other services to improve the quality of life for citizens and visitors in a tangible, sustainable way.
The Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award is open to entry for all players in the mobile eco-system involved in developing and delivering services in the key societal segments and citizen services.
We very much welcome joint entries, particularly partnerships with local or regional government authorities, metropolitans and municipalities. Such as health and wellbeing, smart homes, commerce and shopping, education and learning, leisure and entertainment, smart mobility and travel, utilities, transportation and logistics, emergency services, environmental protection, security and monitoring, citizen services, digital government and indeed any other areas where being connected enables a smarter, more effective and enjoyable way of life.
Entries can either address specific city challenges in a singular approach, or demonstrate a combination of applications, products or services.
Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy
Tarun Pathak
Research Director
With 14 years of experience, Tarun focuses on the evolving mobile device ecosystem, specializing in Emerging Markets. As a Telecom Analyst, he's quoted extensively in leading media. Holding a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Amity and a Physical Sciences degree from Jammu University, he navigates clients through changing technological trends.
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Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy Award
2021 Winner | China Southern Power Grid 5G+Smart Grid2022 Winner | Tianjin Port, Huawei and China Mobile for Port Renaissance, Intelligent Twin empowers a Smart, Green Tianjin Port2023 Winner | Guangzhou Metro, China Mobile and ZTE for 5G-empowered Smart Metro in Guangzhou
About This Category
Mobile is changing the way people live and work in corporations, factories, logistics, hospitality, business, leisure and travel.
This award seeks to identify mobile-based innovation in work based environments, from remote working, service innovation, building management, logistics, security, data management, CRM, building loyalty, smart factories and enhancing productivity and much more in digitizing the workplace.
We want to hear from companies who are developing the landscape of mobile technology to deliver robust mobile strategies, intelligent mobile apps and best utilizing this within the business environment, with scalable and secure integration capabilities.
This award is open to all organisations that provide mobile products, devices, services, solutions and applications
Best Non-Terrestrial Network Solution Award
Gareth Owen
Associate Research Director
Gareth has been a technology analyst for over 20 years and has compiled research reports and market share/forecast studies on a range of topics, including wireless technologies, AI & computing, automotive, smartphone hardware, sensors and semiconductors, digital broadcasting and satellite communications.
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About This Category
Satellite has always been an important part of global communications and is increasingly integrated with current mobile offerings and services with different uses around the globe.
This award is designed to capture important and innovative use of satellite technology within the mobile ecosystem. This includes a broad set of markets notably consumer, enterprise, and industrial across a variety of sectors. It also includes services offered as a horizontal component technology within the ecosystem for use by other players in developing applications and services for end-users.
The category is open to all players in the mobile eco-system who have developed and launched a solution that involves working with non-terrestrial technology as an integral part of a mobile service.
Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Health and Wellbeing Judge
Mohit Agrawal
Associate Research Director
Mohit, overseeing Digital Transformation and IoT at Counterpoint Research, brings two decades of experience from Accenture, Airtel, Nokia, and Microsoft. Before Counterpoint, he co-founded a startup in competitive intelligence, utilizing big data and AI.
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2021 Winner | Fjord (Design and Innovation from Accenture Interactive) and The Scott-Morgan Foundation for Verbal Spontaneity – Personality Retention2022 Winner | China Unicom, Health Commission of Hainan Province and Huawei for 5G Smart Healthcare Lights up Hainan Healthy Island2023 Winner | Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, China Unicom, CITC, and Huawei for 5G Mobile Stroke Unit - Maintaining Brain Health
About This Category
The Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Health and Wellbeing Award recognises the broad range of innovation and advances in the growth and development of mobile connectivity to support the healthcare and wellness eco-system.
This includes all aspects of mobile medical healthcare products, services, solutions and applications that are emerging today, from de-centralised access to health services and remote diagnosis solutions, chronic disease management and healthcare monitoring to treatment compliance health coaching as well as everyday lifestyle apps for well-being and fitness.
The award highlights how, through mobile (or cellular) technology, one of the biggest challenges is being addressed today, that of how to make high-quality healthcare affordable and accessible to all.
This award is open to all organisations that provide mobile products, devices, services, solutions and applications.
Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action Award
Jan Stryjak
Associate Research Director
Jan, Counterpoint Research's Associate Director in London, spearheads European research with 13+ years in the TMT sector. Formerly with GSMA Intelligence, he managed key research and led a team. Jan held strategic roles at Vodafone and Qualcomm, launching his career at TNS (now Kantar).
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2021 Winner | KT for AirMap Platform2022 Winner | China Mobile and Huawei for Green 5G Project2023 Winner | The Wiliot IoT Platform for Supply Chain Sustainability
About This Category
The Climate Action Award is for mobile industry and broader mobile eco-system organisations that are focused on significant and innovative environmentally friendly policies, services, products, solutions and programmes or initiatives that tangibly reduce or offset carbon dioxide (or greenhouse gas) emissions.
This award recognises the role of mobile in the development of low carbon economies, industries and lifestyles through improved energy efficiency, carbon offset programmes, alternative energy sources, recycling, conservation, travel, manufacturing and logistics cost reduction and eco-friendly consumption.
This award is open to all organisations that provide mobile products, devices, services, solutions and applications
Best Smartphone & Breakthrough Device Innovation Judge
Tina Lu
Senior Research Analyst
With over 14 years in the tech industry and 9+ years at Nokia in various roles and regions, Tina is an experienced consultant. She also has marketing experience with Bestfoods-Unilever and BGH. Tina holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
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Best Smartphone Award
2022 Winner | Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max2023 Winner | Apple iPhone 14 Pro
About This Category
The Best Smartphone award combines outstanding performance, innovation and leadership as determined through assessment of smartphones on the market during the period January 2023 to December 2023, by world leading independent analysts, journalists and influencers.
Breakthrough Device Innovation Award
2021 Winner | ARM for mobile device processor development2022 Winner | Oppo for its Hinge & Display Integration on the FIND N2023 Winner | Apple - Emergency SOS via Satellite
About This Category
For core hardware and software innovation within smartphone devices themselves. From chips and processors to cameras, screens and other innovative technologies that advance the user experience and enhance smartphone capabilities, available in the market during the period January 2023 to December 2023, as determined by world leading independent analysts, journalists and influencers.
Best Mobile Innovation for Digital Life Award
Anshika Jain
Senior Research Analyst
With over 10 years in market research and business intelligence, Anshika has led projects in BFSI and Telecom. She holds an MBA in Finance from IMT Ghaziabad and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Delhi University.
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2021 Winner | VisualCamp for SeeSo, AI based eye tracking SDK2022 Winner | Safaricom for M-PESA App2023 Winner | Metro Pacific Health Tech for mWell
About This Category
Mobile innovation to enhance connected living continuously unlocks new experiences every day; experiences that make life more efficient, enjoyable, informative, safer and smarter.
This award showcases the very best and most compelling services that allow people to do more through their mobile device and in better ways than ever before. Whether that is to communicate, organize, socialise, find information, enjoy and share media or make purchases on mobile devices anywhere and at any time.
The Best Mobile Service for Connected Living Award is open to entry for all players in the mobile eco-system involved in developing and delivering services in the key lifestyle segments. Such as health and wellbeing, smart homes, commerce and shopping, social networking, education and learning, fashion, sports, publishing, media, games and entertainment, automotive, transport and travel and leisure, utilities and indeed any other areas where being connected enables a smarter, stress free and enjoyable way of life.
Best AI Innovation Award
Akshara Bassi
Senior Research Analyst
Akshara specializes in Global Cloud & Server Markets with 5+ years of experience across Semiconductor, Aviation & FMCG. She holds an MBA from MDI Gurgaon, a Business Master's from ESCP Paris, and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from Panjab University.
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About This Category
Generative AI has started to make a large impact on the world, enabling a rich variety of advanced natural language functions to be used to provide productivity gains for businesses, as well as services for consumers. Generative AI also includes models that can create and enhance audio, images and video.
This prize will highlight the potential for using generative AI for positive improvements in the mobile sector. The list of possible applications of generative AI is potentially very broad and encompasses consumer offerings right through to services deeply embedded within enterprise systems. The focus is on making good use of the newer style of large AI models as a feature of live service deployments to bring key benefits, either to players in the supply chain or to end customers.
The category is open to applicants from across the entire technology ecosystem who have worked to integrate generative AI for use in improving mobile services.
Best Mobile Operator Service for Connected Consumers Award
Soumen Mandal
Senior Research Analyst
Soumen specializes in IoT, Automotive, and Telecom ecosystems, focusing on applications, electric vehicles, semiconductors, and emerging technologies. With experience in Indian power and energy, he holds an Electrical Engineering degree and an MBA in Marketing & Finance.
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2021 Winner | Telenor Digital for ‘Millom - Engage with customers where they spend time’2022 Winner | Veon Group for MobileID2023 Winner | VEON: DO1440
About This Category
This prominent award seeks to recognise the best operator service or solution for delivering seamless access to mobile users. It highlights the critical importance of network delivered solutions and services which are rich and sophisticated, developed to offer outstanding services to the end user.
The entry may be delivered on new platforms or existing platforms in the network but must be network centric. Hosted platforms and services are eligible in this category as long as the elements form part of an extended mobile ‘network’.
This award is open to all organisations that provide mobile products, devices, services, solutions and applications
Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award
Ankit Malhotra
Senior Research Analyst
Ankit Malhotra is a Senior Analyst based out of Gurgaon. His speciality lies in Smartphones and related technologies but is always looking to expand his horizon. Before joining Counterpoint, he worked as a Product Manager for Vivo.
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2023 Winner | SK Telecom for Location Intelligent Solution ‘LITMUS’
About This Category
This award aims to identify a city authority, local government, metropolitan or municipality which is using mobile, digital and/or 5G innovation to address specific urban challenges such as; citizen services, environmental protection, emergency services, security, digital government services, transportation, energy and utilities and/or other services to improve the quality of life for citizens and visitors in a tangible, sustainable way.
The Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award is open to entry for all players in the mobile eco-system involved in developing and delivering services in the key societal segments and citizen services.
We very much welcome joint entries, particularly partnerships with local or regional government authorities, metropolitans and municipalities. Such as health and wellbeing, smart homes, commerce and shopping, education and learning, leisure and entertainment, smart mobility and travel, utilities, transportation and logistics, emergency services, environmental protection, security and monitoring, citizen services, digital government and indeed any other areas where being connected enables a smarter, more effective and enjoyable way of life.
Entries can either address specific city challenges in a singular approach, or demonstrate a combination of applications, products or services.
Best Mobile Innovation for Cities & Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy Award
Varun Gupta
Research Analyst
Varun focuses on Consumer IoT, Emerging Devices, and IP Licensing. With 2 years at Dyson in Consumer Electronics, he tracks emerging technologies, robotics, automobiles, and smartphones. Based in Faridabad, Varun holds a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering.
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Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award
2023 Winner | SK Telecom for Location Intelligent Solution ‘LITMUS’
About This Category
This award aims to identify a city authority, local government, metropolitan or municipality which is using mobile, digital and/or 5G innovation to address specific urban challenges such as; citizen services, environmental protection, emergency services, security, digital government services, transportation, energy and utilities and/or other services to improve the quality of life for citizens and visitors in a tangible, sustainable way.
The Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award is open to entry for all players in the mobile eco-system involved in developing and delivering services in the key societal segments and citizen services.
We very much welcome joint entries, particularly partnerships with local or regional government authorities, metropolitans and municipalities. Such as health and wellbeing, smart homes, commerce and shopping, education and learning, leisure and entertainment, smart mobility and travel, utilities, transportation and logistics, emergency services, environmental protection, security and monitoring, citizen services, digital government and indeed any other areas where being connected enables a smarter, more effective and enjoyable way of life.
Entries can either address specific city challenges in a singular approach, or demonstrate a combination of applications, products or services.
Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy Award
2021 Winner | China Southern Power Grid 5G+Smart Grid2022 Winner | Tianjin Port, Huawei and China Mobile for Port Renaissance, Intelligent Twin empowers a Smart, Green Tianjin Port2023 Winner | Guangzhou Metro, China Mobile and ZTE for 5G-empowered Smart Metro in Guangzhou
About This Category
Mobile is changing the way people live and work in corporations, factories, logistics, hospitality, business, leisure and travel.
This award seeks to identify mobile-based innovation in work based environments, from remote working, service innovation, building management, logistics, security, data management, CRM, building loyalty, smart factories and enhancing productivity and much more in digitizing the workplace.
We want to hear from companies who are developing the landscape of mobile technology to deliver robust mobile strategies, intelligent mobile apps and best utilizing this within the business environment, with scalable and secure integration capabilities.
This award is open to all organisations that provide mobile products, devices, services, solutions and applications
Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award
Hanumant Pawar
Research Analyst
Hanumant Pawar, in Counterpoint's IoT and Automotive research, focuses on the cellular IoT module market and applications like point of sale devices and smart meters. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Pune University.
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2023 Winner | SK Telecom for Location Intelligent Solution ‘LITMUS’
About This Category
This award aims to identify a city authority, local government, metropolitan or municipality which is using mobile, digital and/or 5G innovation to address specific urban challenges such as; citizen services, environmental protection, emergency services, security, digital government services, transportation, energy and utilities and/or other services to improve the quality of life for citizens and visitors in a tangible, sustainable way.
The Best Mobile Innovation for Cities Award is open to entry for all players in the mobile eco-system involved in developing and delivering services in the key societal segments and citizen services.
We very much welcome joint entries, particularly partnerships with local or regional government authorities, metropolitans and municipalities. Such as health and wellbeing, smart homes, commerce and shopping, education and learning, leisure and entertainment, smart mobility and travel, utilities, transportation and logistics, emergency services, environmental protection, security and monitoring, citizen services, digital government and indeed any other areas where being connected enables a smarter, more effective and enjoyable way of life.
Entries can either address specific city challenges in a singular approach, or demonstrate a combination of applications, products or services.
Best Mobile Innovation supporting Emergency or Humanitarian Situations Award
Shubham Nimkar
Research Associate
Shubham Nimkar closely tracks the Indian Smartphone market. With a background in social media marketing and degrees in Electronics & Telecommunication and MBA Marketing from BIMTECH, Greater Noida, he operates from Navi Mumbai.
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2021 Winner | IrisGuard UK Ltd for Covid-safe mobile iris payments enable access to aid for millions2022 Winner | Hormuud Telecoms for The WAAFI APP2023 Winner | lifecell for Project Operator's Work Under Fire
About This Category
Mobile connectivity can provide a lifeline in major humanitarian disasters, pandemic response and recovery, and complex emergency situations, providing access to critical information and communication, when supported by the network.
This award recognises its critical role as a critical tool in times of disaster. It is specifically for mobile services, initiatives, applications, solutions or products that have been in place, developed or deployed to provide emergency support to communities affected by natural disasters such as earthquakes, famine, tornadoes, floods etc. or other humanitarian emergencies, such as refugee crises, conflict, terrorist events or epidemics, in terms of speed and scale of support or through innovation that provides new ways to save and enhance lives.
This award is open to all organisations that provide mobile-based products, devices, services, solutions and applications.
