Ericsson Application Awards

Ericsson Application Awards

Welcome to the Ericsson Application Awards – an opportunity for developers to gain exposure within the telecom world, a chance to reach out to customers via Ericsson distribution channels and a chance to win €25,000 in prize money.

The competition is global with two categories: one for students and one for companies.

The theme for 2013 was "Apps for City Life". It was chosen to promote innovations towards the Networked Society by connecting people, things and places to empower individuals and society.

Keynote speakers were:

Erik Kruse, Strategic Marketing Manager & Networked Society Evangelist at Group Function Sales & Marketing, Ericsson. He is driving the company’s Networked Society vision and developing insights in the Networked Society Lab.

Henrik Thomé, CEO at Sonetel. He is a serial entrepreneur within telecom and internet. Sonetel is his 7th venture and has attracted customers in 145 countries

The 2013 competition has now concluded. Information on the 2014 awards will be announced on this page in Q3.

Prizes

First prize winner - student category

GreenSpark from Portugal. Their application reduces the complexity of maintaining and monitoring a household solar-power system.

First prize winner - company category

Therapy Box from the UK. Their application has the ability to learn based on the user’s usage pattern. It draws from a phrase bank to give users instant access to messages so they can quickly get help, interrupt a conversation or join in a discussion.

Our Jury 2013

Jeremy Foster

Jeremy Foster

Director Marketing, Ericsson Group Function Sales and Marketing.

Marlène Sellebråten

Marlène Sellebråten

Editor-in-chief, Mobil and Mobil:Business.

Per Holmkvist

Per Holmkvist

Founder and Strategy Director, Mobiento.

Magnus Brandberg

Magnus Brandberg

Seed Investor and Business Angel, Gullspång Invest.

Tor Björn Minde

Tor Björn Minde

Head of research strategies at Ericsson Research.

Winners of EAA2013!

GreenSpark from Portugal won the student category of EAA 2013. Their application reduces the complexity of maintaining and monitoring a household solar-power system.

The first prize winner in the company category was Therapy Box from the UK. Their application has the ability to learn based on the user’s usage pattern. It draws from a phrase bank to give users instant access to messages so they can quickly get help, interrupt a conversation or join in a discussion.

Pictures

Visit our flickr page to see photos from the event

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Submission figures

  • More than 1000 registered users
  • 192 registered teams*
  • Teams representing 52 countries globally*
  • Submission of 91 prototype application*

*All time high