Digital Empowerment Foundation and the
World Summit Award (WSA) are organising
together with the Center for e-Governance,
the South Asia Conclave on ICT & Digital
Content for Development as part of efforts
to strengthen the Digital Content Movement
in the countries of the region.
The strategic direction of WSA is to strengthen
the digital content industries and the
creative development in the region. WSA's
plan up to 2015 foresees a myriad of innovative
content in fixed line and mobile Internet
applications. WSA takes great pride at
leading this vision thanks to the cooperation
with the Manthan Award, which now proactively
encompass the entire South Asia for the
World Summit Award.
CellBazaar
received GSMA Global Mobile Award 2008,
in the category of "Best Use of Mobile
for Social & Economic Development."
The GSMA Global Mobile Awards are the 'Oscars'
of the mobile phone industry that serves
a third of the world's population. TheGSMA
represents a stage for all players in the
mobile world to attract the attention of
their peers and the global media.
Founded in 1987, The GSM Association (GSMA)
is a global trade association representing
more than 750 GSM mobile phone operators,
and 180 manufacturers and suppliers across
218 territories and countries. Members represent
more than 3 billion GSM and 3GSM connections
- over 86% of the world's mobile phone connections.
The GSM Association's Board comprises top-level
representatives of some of the world's leading
mobile operators, such as AT&T, China
Mobile, Orange, Telefonica Moviles, T-Mobile
and Vodafone.
CellBazaar
received "Asian Innovation of the
Year" award at 11th Telecom Asia
2008. This is the first year that Telecom
Asia presented an award for Innovation.
The other nominees in this new category
were mChek from Bharti AirTel (India),
M-Money from Maxis (Malaysia) and Globe
Telecom (Philippines), Mobile MiniPC from
SK Telecom (Korea), Recall from Idea Cellular
(India), and X-Series from Hutchison 3
(Hong Kong).
Kamal
Quadir became a Tech Museum laureate for
his role as founder of CellBazaar. The
Tech Museum Awards inspire global engagement
in applying technology to humanity's most
pressing problems by recognizing the best
of those who are utilizing innovative
technology solutions to address the most
urgent critical issues facing our planet.
People all over the world are profoundly
improving the human condition in the areas
of education, equality, environment, health,
and economic development through the use
of technology.
Each
year, an International panel of judges
selects 25 Laureates. Awards are presented
in five categories: Health, Education,
Environment, Economic Development, and
Equality.
The
IDEAS Competition provides an opportunity
for members of the MIT community to develop
their creative ideas for projects that make
a positive impact in the world. The IDEAS
Competition highlights MIT’s commitment
to public service and demonstrates its support
for student enterprise. It provides a chance
for students to be creative, recognizes
their ability to do important work for the
public good, and provides an opportunity
to have others recognize it as well.
The
IDEAS Competition has sparked projects that
have grown far beyond MIT. Since 2001, IDEAS
participants have leveraged more than $1.3
million in follow-on funding. IDEAS projects
have been carried out in more than 20 countries,
serving the needs of thousands of people.
