Russian Mobile VAS Awards'2009 winners and shortlisted entries.
Russian Mobile VAS Awards'2008 winners and shortlisted entries.

Russian Mobile VAS Awards'2010 categories, submitted entries and winners (in bold/Italic):

1. Mobile content:
Bamboo Group: Wind OS;
MegaFon: Videoportal;
МТС: Omlet.RU (Unlimited entertainments);
SUP Fabrik: Application "Chempionat.ru" for App Store;
Vokrug Sveta: GPS-Guide "Vokrug Sveta".

2. Application for mobile terminal:
Gismeteo: Mobile client "Gismeteo Windows Mobile";
i-Free.Innovations: Smartive;
IMMO: Android LG Music Club;
MegaFon: Application for mobile phone "Videoportal";
Vokrug Sveta: GPS-Guide "Vokrug Sveta".

3. Mobile music:
Content Chaos: Appbum – new format of music publication;
MegaFon: Music channels in service Change signal;
MTS: "Svoja volna!" – new service within the service GOOD'OK.

4. Mobile TV & video service:
MegaFon: Videoportal;
Nizhni Novgorod University, FRUCT: Evaluation system of graphic software mobile devices interfaces' convenience.

5. Mobile game:
Dynamic Pixels Software Group: Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers;
HeroCraft: Majesty: the Fantasy Kingdom Sim;
i-Free: "Funny tags" game;
Petrozavodsk State University, FRUCT: Series of developmental games with accelerometer for mobile devices Maemo/MeeGo usage.

6. Mobile marketing campaign:
MTS: MMS-wall;
New marketing: SmartKupon – mobile marketing system.

7. Community and user generated content:
MegaFon: Dating;
MTS: SMS Community;
Petrozavodsk State University, FRUCT: Scribo: multiblog community support in intellectual space.

8. Usability:
Gismeteo: Mobile client "Gismeteo Windows Mobile";
i-Free.Innovations: Smartive;
MegaFon: SMS+;
MTS: Infocontent;
Petrozavodsk State University, FRUCT: Universal system of social communication network for mobile platforms;
SUP Fabrik: Application "Chempionat.ru" for App Store;
Vokrug Sveta: GPS-Guide "Vokrug Sveta".

9. Innovative service:
Armobi: Portal ММО-games in mobile internet Wap.mGates.ru;
Intervoks: Pliq.me;
Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov, FRUCT: Remote monitoring system of human health "Mobile telemonitoring";
MegaFon: Multifon;
MTS: Ecomonitoring;
Vokrug Sveta: GPS-Guide "Vokrug Sveta".

10. Innovative technology:
MegaFon: Multifon;
MTS: The tariff option "BIT" (Unlimited Internet with your phone);
SPIIRAN, FRUCT, Nokia Research Center: Intellectual system for automated conference conduction;
SPB Software: SPB Mobile Shell 5.0.

11. Innovative business model:
MegaFon: MegaFon- Yandex.Maps;
MTS: Mobile advertising MTS;
SPIIRAN, FRUCT, Nokia Research Center: Business sociable intellectual logistics model system of searching travel companions for supporting large number of users’ daily travel.

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Alexei Boiko
DOB: 1962. Education: Moscow Technical University of Communication, MBA. Chief of the department in "Science and Life" magazine; marketing manager in Motorola. Developed Sotovik.ru and MForum.ru projects. Marketing director for Sotovik.ru until 2003, from 2003 and currently - editor and expert working for MForum.ru and CForum.ru.

Andrew Borisevich
Andrew is SUP's Director of Business Development for Russia and the CIS. He has worked in the Russian internet and mobile field for a decade, in this time he led the Moscow office of Red Graphic and was head of mobile marketing at Promo Interactive. He joined SUP in 2006 and has overseen various business and product development roles before taking up his new position in August of 2008.

Michael Bravo
Independent IT consultant, innovative technologies consultant for i-Free company. Michael joined the i-Free team when it had only 6 employees - as a sysadmin and IT manager, and went the whole way from networking engineer and IT infrastructure designer to R&D. Before i-Free Michael was busy with computer networks (starting with Fidonet back in the day), was one of the early adopters and proponents of Linux in Russia. He is particularly interested in open source software. photography, online communities and virtual worlds.

Mikhail Denisenko
Mikhail started his professional carrier as a research officer in the Military Space Force, with a PhD degree in optical electronics. In 1998 Mikhail made a turn from technology to commercial activities, got excellent international business practice during 7-year occupation in overseas offices of Transas company group in positions of business development and project manager. Within United Fun Traders Mikhail leads technology-critical projects, finding and developing innovative ways and new business models for mobile VAS services distribution on and off deck. Also Mikhail supervises several projects with operator WAP portals management and billing connectivity.

Dmitry Luchkin
Graduated public administration at the Lomonosov University (Moscow State University) in 2001, postgraduate studies and thesis were devoted political communications (2004). Worked in different positions of marketing & PR for systems integrator Andek, web-portal Mail.ru, search advertising provider Begun.ru (2001-2005). Directed marketing & PR of aggegator and service-provider InCore on Russian VAS market (2005-2008) and was responsible for business development of systems integrator group Asteros (2008-2009). From May 2009 - head of international development unit of Svyazinvest holding company.

Oksana Pankratova
Oksana is Research Director and Partner at Advanced Communications & Media. She graduated from the University of Maryland (USA) in 2000. Since that time she held many positions in the telecoms consulting field in Russia. Prior to joining AC&M, Oksana was a managing partner of ComNews Research. Oksana is one of the top Russian experts in value added services and content based mobile applications.

Kirill Rozhkovskiy
Graduated from Higher School of Economics (State University) in 2000. Since 1997 started to pay attention to content and marketing aspects of internet technologies, and started to professionally deal with it in "Manifest" advertisement agency since 1999. Became interested in mobile technologies in 1999. This resulted in launch of his own project mcom.ru in 2000 and work for PagerGate.ru project in Altermedia studio. He started Oemdesign company in 2003. In 2004 the company's business direction changed from web development to development of solutions targeting join of mobile and traditional internet. Concept of Wapstart.ru was formed in Autumn 2005, and first services launched in a year. WAP search engine and visitors statistics service "Top" were among these. Now Wapstart is a fast growing startup specialized on mobile web services/projects development. Key products are: mobile B2C portal Wapstart.ru, mobile sites builder Wapface.ru (B2B)/Wapzone.ru (B2C) and mobile advertisement system Plus1 (B2B). In two years, we became one of the most prominent developer companies in our field, with clients like MTS, Megafon, Beeline,Tele2, Kyevstar, Mamba, Mail.ru, Rambler, TNT Tv, Independent Media, I-Free, Svyaznoy, Film.ru & TimeOut, Nashe Radio and other companies. Kirill has hobbies: Yoga, car traveling, Crimea and Music.

Roman Savvin
Graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine in 1999 (specialty: Technical Cybernetics), and Harvard Business School in 2010. More than 12 year experience in cellular communications, from the employee of Golden Telecom GSM service department to the Head of the Management and Development Department, relations with content partners, KYIVSTAR . Assigned in 2002. From 2002 to 2009 took active part in formation and development of content services and mobile advertising in Ukraine. Current position: Director of projects development in the CIS, MTS.

Kirill Zelenski
Business Development Manager, ForumNokia EMEA, Nokia Corporation. Born at 1971 in Saint-Petersburg, educated from University of Economics and Finance (Saint Petersburg), Faculty of Economy of production and Management; MA in Economics and Management. Finished also several courses of MIT and Walsh University in field of marketing and management, having MBA. Having more than 10 years experience in software development, both management and marketing. Employers before Nokia were Garant International Ltd (St-Petersburg, Russia), Fimet Oy (Monninkyla, Finland). Personally likes slalom, reading, football, chess. Married with three children.

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