This is the first year we hold a dedicated Global LBS Challenge competition in the India region, a reflection of the strong interest in LBS in India, the number of talented developers and NAVTEQ’s presence in the region. Eterno Infotech won the competition with its location-based mobile news services application, NewsHunt-Local, which incorporates local search and location-based advertising with information from India’s most popular mobile news services, all in local languages. NewsHunt-Local brings together leading Indian dailies from major Indian languages. It also offers user-generated news and blogs, taking advantage of citizen journalism.
Two Runners-Up were also selected by the judging panel:
First Runner-Up: MaxMobility Pvt. Ltd. − Child Tracker is a GPS and RFID-based bus tracking and child safety solution for parents.
Second Runner-Up: Genesys International Corp. Ltd. − GenesysGolf is a solution for GPS-enabled smartphones that eliminates the need for golfers to separately carry a range finder device.
The twelve applications were evaluated by a prominent panel of thirteen judges consisting of executives from leading wireless, technology and venture capital companies, including Aircel, Bharti Airtel Limited, deCarta, Digital Globe, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd., HTC, Intel, Microsoft Bing Maps, Nokia, Samsung, Tanla and Vodafone.
“This competition is about discovering innovative uses of location-based services and acting as a catalyst to grow LBS in places such as India where technology, entrepreneurship and innovation thrive,” said Rich Shuman, senior vice president, Asia Pacific sales, NAVTEQ. “We are extremely pleased to hold a NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge competition dedicated to India for the first time, and are proud to add it to our list of innovative offerings aimed at the developer community around the world.”
Two special recognition awards were also presented by Global LBS Challenge sponsors for outstanding achievements in specific categories:
- Eterno Infotech Pvt. Ltd., NewsHunt-Local: Best App for Use of Tanla License Manager, selected by global sponsor Tanla, and
- Genesys International Corp. Ltd., GenesysGolf: Most Innovative Use of Graphics, selected by global award sponsor Imagination Technologies.
Imagination award (left); Tanla award (right)
Learn more about all the twelve finalist applications by watching a video>>
Until recently, navigation and LBS solutions have been an unexplored territory in India. While personal navigation devices (PNDs) are still facing slow adoption, India is one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world and NAVTEQ continues to rapidly expand its coverage throughout the country.
Visit http://www.lbschallenge.com/ for information on the other four regions in this year’s competition: Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA), North America, South America and Asia-Pacific (APAC).
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