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2008-12-17 09:00:00 CET 2008-12-17 09:00:01 CET REGULATED INFORMATION GeoSentric Oyj - Company AnnouncementGyPSii wins Best Application of the Year award from Telecom Asia for Location Based ServicesGEOSENTRIC OYJ BULLETIN December 17, 2008 at 10.00 GyPSii wins Best Application of the Year award from Telecom Asia for Location Based Services GeoSentric Oyj's (NASDAQ OMX: GEO1V) GeoSolutions BV Business Unit - GyPSii, (http://www.gypsii.com) the market-leading mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform, today announced that it has won the Best Location Based Service (LBS) Application of the Year award in the first, Telecom Asia Readers' Choice Awards held December 8th, Hong Kong, SAR, PRC. The Telecom Asia Awards recognise the most innovative technology within the Asia Pacific telecommunications industry. “For the first time in 11 years, we have chosen to recognise outstanding achievements of companies that provide advanced technologies and applications to regional network operators. GyPSii's has done that to great effect in a very short time. GyPSii has added the mobile dimension to the social networking phenomenon, connecting people and content in communities to places and networks, across devices,” said group editor Joseph Waring. Nominations were made by 78 analysts in early October, which were then evaluated against market data combined with specific input from an independent panel of telecommunication executives. Telecom Asia's editorial team then short-listed the final four nominations within each category, with the final votes being cast by the magazine's online subscribers. "This award reflects GyPSii's rapid international growth and position as the industry's mobile social network of choice across Asia. We are thankful to Telecom Asia and its reader's for recognizing our efforts." said Dan Harple, Executive Chairman, GeoSentric Oyj. Special Editor Recognition Awards - Best LBS Application of the Year award - GyPSii - Mobile Social Networking Platform - Network Innovation of the Year - Redback Networks -- SM480 Smart Ethernet Switch Readers' Choice Award Winners - Wireless Network Vendor of the Year - Nokia Siemens Network - Broadband Network Vendor of the Year - Cisco Systems - Wireless Broadband Network Vendor of the Year - Huawei Technologies - Wimax Vendor of the Year - Motorola - NGN Infrastructure Vendor of the Year - Huawei Technologies - Core Network Vendor of the Year - Ericsson - IPTV Vendor of the Year - Tandberg Television - Mobile TV Vendor of the Year - Samsung Electronics - FTTx Vendor of the Year - Alcatel-Lucent - Microwave Backhaul Vendor of the Year - NEC Corp - Carrier Ethernet Vendor of the Year - Cisco Systems - Optical Network Vendor of the Year - Nortel Networks - SDP Vendor of the Year - Oracle Communications - OSS Vendor of the Year - Comptel - BSS Vendor of the Year - Intec December 17, 2008 GeoSentric Oyj For more information, please contact: communications@gypsii.com (Americas) or geosentric@companycare.com (EMEA) Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Principal news media About GeoSentric Oyj (GyPSii) GeoSentric's GyPSii is the market-leading mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform: connecting people, places and communities across networks and devices. Based in Salo, Finland and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, GeoSentric operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. GeoSentric is listed on the Nordic Exchange (NASDAQ OMX: GEO1V). For more information, visit www.gypsii.com or www.gypsii.com.cn © 2008 GeoSentric Oyj. All rights reserved. The GyPSii related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of GeoSentric and/or it's business units. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. For Investor Relations, please email: investors@gypsii.com Contact for Press Dave McCann /Alex Sowden The CC Group +44 118 920 7650 gypsii@the-cc-group.com |
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