The GSMA yesterday announced winners of the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards in Barcelona, Spain, during the Mobile World Congress show.

More than 450 entries representing Internet, finance, music, advertising, television, mobile and gaming companies were submitted to the London-based GSMA, the world's leading trade association for wireless carriers.

Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am performed his latest single last night at a gala dinner for the awards ceremony at Barcelona's National Palace. He was followed by Grammy-winning Jazz musician Jamie Cullum. Comedian Michael McIntyre hosted the event.

THE 2009 GLOBAL MOBILE AWARDS WINNERS

Best mobile game
Winner: Gameloft - Real Football 2009
Highly Commended: Digital Chocolate - AvaPeeps: FlirtNation

Best mobile music or video service
Winner: BBC iPlayer on Mobile

Best mobile advertising service
Winner: Turkcell - Tonla Kazan

Best mobile TV service
Winner: MobiTV - MobiTV

Best mobile enterprise product or service
Winner: Vodafone - Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited

Best mobile Internet service
Winner: Nokia - Nokia Sports Tracker

Best mobile money service
Winner: Safaricom and Vodafone - M-PESA

Best mobile handset or device
Winner: INQ - INQ1
Highly Commended: Nokia - Nokia E71
Highly Commended: T-Mobile - T-Mobile G1

Best broadcast commercial
Winner: KT Freetel -- 'Show isâ?¦'

Best mobile brand campaign
Winner: R/GA London - Nokia Urbanista Diaries

Best use of mobile for social and economic development
Winner: Nuance Communications - Airtel-T9 India Consumer Vernacular Messaging Campaigns

Best network technology advance
Winner: Nokia Siemens Networks - Flexi Multimode BTS Software defined HSPA/LTE

Best service delivery platform
Winner: NewBay Software - LifeCache Social Networking Solution 2.0

Best billing and customer care solution
Winner: Expert System - COGITO Answers

Best mobile technology breakthrough
Winner: Research In Motion - BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen

The green mobile award
Winner: Smart Communications - Alternative Power for Cell Sites program

GSMA's CEO award for outstanding environmental contribution
Winner: Nokia

Government leadership award
Winner: The Government of France

GSMA chairman's award
Winner: Research In Motion

2009 mobile innovation global award champion
Winner: Cootek, China (most innovative wireless device-centric technology)

The 2009 mobile innovation global award competition -- EMEA tournament
Global Finalist: Advanced Receiver Technologies, USA
Global Finalist: Intivation, Netherlands

The five category winners are:

Most innovative wireless device-centric technology
Intivation, Netherlands

Most innovative carrier infrastructure or platform
Sunbay, Switzerland

Most innovative mobile application in a vertical market
WorldMate, USA

Most innovative consumer application or service
Mobile Nordic AS, Norway

Most innovative true mobile start-up
Advanced Receiver Technologies, USA

Platinum sponsor of the Global Mobile Awards: Qualcomm
Category sponsors:
A.T. Kearney (green mobile category)
Purple Labs (best mobile handset category)
Movius (marketing and promotion category)
HiT (mobile entertainment category
Government of Catalunya (mobile innovation category and host sponsor)