Ericsson flags-off annual mobile application awards 2013

End-to-end telecommunications solutions provider, Ericsson, has
flagged-off its annual apps competition and awards for young mobile
apps developers. Developers, start-ups and anyone who has an idea for
a great app, now have the opportunity to enter and win as this year
there will be a global competition and several regional competitions.
First prize is EUR 25,000, second prize is EUR 10,000 and third prize
is EUR 5,000.

The Ericsson Application Awards give you and your team the opportunity
to gain a foothold in the app industry while also earning recognition
and making contacts within the telecom industry.
This year there will be two categories; one for students and one for
small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 100 employees. The
theme for this year’s competition is “Apps for City Life”, in support
of Ericsson’s vision for a Networked Society in which – through a
combination of mobility, broadband, the cloud, applications and
services – anything and everything is connected.

Teams need to develop an application based on the Android platform
that addresses the theme. Last year’s winner in the company category
was a mobile health-care app developed in Kenya. First prize in the
student category, meanwhile, was awarded to a painting and chatting
app developed in China. Finally, a medico-social platform that
provides access to medical information developed in Egypt won the
Technology for Good prize. In all, 143 teams from more than 50
countries took part and a total of 242 ideas, videos and apps were
submitted – twice as many as in the previous year.

This year, several prizes will be awarded in each category which
includes: First place: EUR 25,000, Second place: EUR 10,000, Third
place: EUR 5000 and Fourth and fifth place: certificates.

Interested? Please follow the links below for details on the rules and how to submit. Its a global contest but regional acknowledgement goes to folks who have really creative ideas and an opportunity to network with telcos and phone manufacturers is a possibility. All the best.


http://www.ericssonapplicationawards.com/rules

http://www.ericssonapplicationawards.com/team-registration-and-application-submission

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