Categories and Criteria

One entry fee covers multiple entries

This category is for organisations that have produced infrastructure equipment and projects which have deployed new technologies, delivered an impact on technological performance and improved connectivity across communities and across the country. 

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Independent - Judges are all mobile industry professionals who have no current commercial relationship with Mobile News. They have no interest in who our sponsors and advertisers are. We appoint a new set of judges every year so if your entry didn’t win last year we can assure you a new set of eyes and ears will be appraising it in 2020.

This category is for all accessory distributors, . Judges will look at metrics such as product portfolio, new partnerships signed in 2023, customer testimonials, customer service improvements, logistics, green initiatives, and internal initiatives such as staff training.

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This category is for all accessory manufacturers.  Judges will look at metrics such as product portfolio, marketing effectiveness. new sectors entered, customer testimonials, product development, brand development, green initiatives, responses to competition, speed to market with new products,, R&D,  logistics, and internal initiatives such as staff training and manufacturing enhancements.
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  • This award is for the most effective recycling program intended to encourage the efficient recycling of old end-of-life devices that are unusable or unrepairable, liberating them from landfills and forgotten drawers and cupboards.
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  • This category is for B2B dealers.  Judges will look at metrics such as product portfolio, new clients signed in 2022, customer testimonials, customer service improvements, logistics, and internal initiatives such as staff training, local knowledge and expertise, community initiatives, value-added services, customer retention and churn reduction.
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The  Community Care category is for networks, manufacturers, resellers etc who can demonstrate how they engaged with local communities and community care and charity issues, especially in light of the Covid pandemic.  It covers equipment donations, working-from-home help, local business assistance, and fund-raising activities.
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  • This category is for all organisations seeking recognition for their customer service achievements. Judges will look at metrics such as customer testimonials, customer service improvements, logistics, and internal initiatives such as staff training, customer loyalty retention and churn reduction, initiatives have been put in place to increase customer engagement and retention.
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  • This category is for all organisations seeking recognition for their customer service achievements. Judges will look at metrics such as customer testimonials, customer service improvements, logistics, and internal initiatives such as staff training, customer loyalty retention and churn reduction, initiatives have been put in place to increase customer engagement and retention.
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This category is for deistributors of mobile devices.  The entry criteria are:
  • How has your business created value for your customers?
  • Describe up to 5 business examples supported by customer testimonials.
  • What new vendor distribution agreements has the business gained in the last 12 months?
  • Demonstrate how your services have driven demand and created market opportunity for your customers?
  • Demonstrate how you have achieved your portfolio and sales targets for the last 12 months?
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  • This category is for insurance providers dealing with the gadget and device sector. Judges will look at metrics such as how the  service fulfill demand and expectations for its market segment customer reviews,  revenue opportunities to carriers and dealers, unique selling points evidence the product and service fulfilled its sales and revenue targets.
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  • This category will examine the innovative products of 2023, Judges will want to see if the product introduced new or leading-edge technologies, created different ways of working, or introduced novel approaches that benefited users, unique selling points and evidence of meeting sales and revenue targets.
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  • This category will examine the innovative services of 2023, Judges will measure take-up of the service, what new functions and offerings out introduced, unique selling proposition, ,marketing and advertising effectiveness, customer reviews. revenue opportunities offered to carriers and dealers, evidence the  service fulfilled its sales and revenue targets?
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  • MVNO's are invited to enter this category. Things to tell the judges - does your MVNO service differentiate itself? What opportunities are offered to dealer and retailers? What customer engagement, tariff and roaming features and unique selling points?  Have you met subscriber and revenue targets?
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This category is open to resellers who provide channel partners with a portfolio of network mobile connectivity solutions, products and services thus enabling them them to deliver their own-brand mobile, unified communications and connectivity and cloud solutions to their enterprise customers
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  • Demonstrate how the billing platform has helped resellers and end-users (eg, cost savings, positive effect on churn, customer service improvements etc).
  • What makes your Billing Platform stand out from rival offerings (eg more advanced technology, ease-of-use, user interface, customer features, functionality)
  • Demonstrate how well the platform integrates with main carriers and the features associated with this facility (eg remote configuration of SIM cards, administration of PAC codes , remote access to handsets.
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This category is open to networks which have have successfully developed and deployed deployed special propositions aimed at professional users and businesses of all sizes. 
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  • This category is networks who can demonstrate how they approach the consumer market in terms of prices, products, network security, retention and encouraging loyalty.
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  • Online Retailers should  to show judges how they merged  channels and touchpoints into a seamless customer experience. How have yo reacted to the proliferation of the online shopping experience extending to mobiles and tablets as well as desktop and laptop computers? Explain initiatives and developments have been introduced in 2022 and how successful were they. 
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This category is open to all organisations that provide secondary market resellers with the platforms. software and other ancillary services that enable them to function efficiently and transact at a high level

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This category is for providers in the secondary market sector who deal in the recovery, processing and re-circulation of devices
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This category is for all organisations involved in the servicing and repair of smartphones and tablets. The category applies to independent as well as accredited repairers and those with bricks and mortar stores and online activity as well companies who are repairers for other retailers, insurance companies etc.
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This category is open to all companies who have evolved and enhanced their sustainability credentials, encouraged improvements in their operation and to help their customers and suppliers similarly improve their sustainability factor.
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This category is open to networks and technology companies who have platforms and infrastructure that enable resellers and start-ups to launch their own-branded mobile network connectivity services.

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