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Peer Award went to Plazes

We are really glad, Mobile Monday Geneva selectedThe Audience Award winner that went to a Swiss LBS application called Plazes. The Plazes service adds physical presence to the web. The Plazes website automatically detects your location and connects you to people and places nearby.

More infos : http://www.mobilemondaybarcelona.com/2007/02/18/global-peer-awards-go-to-switzerland-france-and-us/

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Plazes Wins Global Peer Award 2007

The geo-community platform Plazes convinces both jury and public at the MobileMonday in Barcelona / Major industry award emphasizes the company’s innovative potential

Munich/Zurich/Berlin, 13th February, 2007 — Plazes, the geo-community platform and worldwide leading web service for mobile social navigation, has won the MobileMonday Global Peer Award 2007 in Barcelona. Founded by Felix Petersen and Stefan Kellner, the company was able to convince the international jury of experts and the public with the service which is available on a web-based and mobile basis.

MobileMonday is a worldwide initiative which originated in Helsinki in the year 2000. The aim of MobileMonday is to discuss mobile trends and developments and to encourage co-operation and exchange between the market’s players. The MobileMonday Global Peer Awards go to branch players and their innovations in three categories. Plazes AG based in Zurich was Switzerland’s entry and managed to win the category “Audience Favourite”.

“We were delighted about our nomination for the Global Peer Award 2007,” says a happy Plazes founder Felix Petersen. “Actually winning the award is fantastic and goes to show just how much potential there is in our development.” Plazes creates a bridge between people’s digital identities and the real places where they spend their time. This makes the link between the user’s digital and real-life activities. Tens of thousands of people are already using the beta version of Plazes to co-ordinate with friends and colleagues.

The prize was awarded to Plazes on 12th February at this year’s 3GSM World Congress which, taking place from 12th – 15th February, is the year’s most important forum for innovators in the mobile industry.

About Plazes AG
Plazes AG the developer of www.plazes.com, a web service for geo-social navigation. Members of this community can communicate their current location to others and can store their favourite and day-to-day locations in a geo-database. Members of the Plazes community can actively locate one another, so inter-linking their digital and real identities. This creates a locational context and real help in co-coordinating with friends, family and business contacts. Plazes AG is based in Zurich with a development studio in Berlin.

Plazes press contact:
Zucker.Kommunikation
Team Plazes
plazes@zucker-kommunikation.de
Tel: +49-(0)30/247 587-0
Fax: +49-(0)30/247 587-77

Plazes is MobileMonday Geneva Peer Awards Nomenee

The Global Peer Awards finalists are best-in-breed companies who have demonstrated exceptionally innovative mobile technologies, products, services and concepts.

The 20 finalists have reached this point by prevailing in a local selection process organized at the local MoMo chapter level.
PLAZES has been choosen to be the Mobile Monday Geneva candidate in this final.

MobileMonday, in cooperation with Telefonica Movistar, is honored to welcome representatives from these winners to Barcelona to compete in the Global Peer Awards competition 2007.

You should take the time to get to know our finalists as we are certain these are the companies that will be making important waves within the mobile industry over the next few years.

Here are the 2007 MobileMonday Global Peer Awards finalsits — congratulations to all, and good luck during the competition!

• Bangalore — mChek
• Bangkok — CryptoGraf
• Barcelona — MyStrands
• Beijing — Silk Road Telecommunication
• Boston — Skyhook Wireless
• Brussels — Ontrack Navigation
• Delhi — Wirkle
• Geneva — Plazes
• Germany — GoFresh
• Helsinki — UpCode
• Istanbul — Done
• Italy — Barefoot Software
• London — Reporo
• Melbourne — Locatrix
• Paris — Realeyes3D
• Silicon Valley — Mobile Complete
• Singapore — Tagit
• Shanghai — mInfo
• St Petersburg — Jamango
• Tokyo — Naviblog
• Ukraine — Nival Online
• Vancouver — RX Networks
• Washington, DC — Rave Wireless

Jury

The jury consists of some of the most recognized mobile industry experts and thinkers:

• Oliver Star, MobileCrunch
• Carlo Longino, TechDirt Wireless, Mobhappy
• Kelly Goto, Gotomedia
• Russell Buckley, Mobhappy
• Peter Versterbacka, Some Bazaar
• Daniel Appelquist, Senior Technology Strategist, Vodafone Group
• Michel Wendell, General Partner, Nexit Ventures
• Carlos Domingo, General Director, Telefonica R&D
• Master of Ceremony: Caroline Lewko, WIP Connector

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