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RIM Announces Wireless Achievement Award Recipients At BlackBerry World

Awards presented to customers who are doing business in new and innovative ways with BlackBerry products and services.

May 03, 2012 / 13:35 IST
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Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the recipients of this year's Wireless Achievement Awards at BlackBerry World 2012.The Wireless Achievement Awards are presented to customers who are doing business in new and innovative ways with BlackBerry products and services. These customers have mobilised corporate systems to help increase performance, impact the bottom line and simplify life for their employees.A list of all finalists follows below, along with a brief summary of information and results provided by each winning recipient. The awards are classified into four categories: Attendee Choice, Business Impact, Innovation In Private Sector, and Innovation In Public Sector.Attendee Choice AwardThe Attendee Choice Award allowed BlackBerry World attendees to vote for one of the three finalists for applications developed by a business for its customers.Winner:Cines Unidos -- Venezuelan movie goers can now buy tickets and get news on upcoming features with the click of a button, thanks to Cines Unidos’s app for BlackBerry smartphones. As well as buying tickets and obtaining receipts and confirmations, the easy-to-use app, developed in partnership with Mobile Media Networks, gives users a 40-minute show-time warning and the ability to share movie schedules with friends and book dates over BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Cines Unidos makes the app—which now has about 1.5 million users—available for download on BlackBerry App World, and by scanning QR codes in theater lobbies, on posters and popcorn dispensers.Finalists:Banesco Banco Universal, C.A. – in partnership with Synergy Global Business C.A.OK! Magazine UK -

first published: May 3, 2012 10:24 am

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