The 10 finalist teams now make a final effort to present the most competitive project at the final Award ceremony. Held at SIMposium in Rome on April 20th (www.simposiumglobal.com), the final award phase will be lead by a judging panel composed of 12 members, representatives of the SIM and mobile industry. They will judge the projects according to innovation, commercial potential, usability and quality of design criteria.  The awards will have a double nature: a money reward linked to each prize (gold, silver and bronze) and complementary development, research, coaching, consulting, educational/training and promotional services. (More about the awards: www.simagine.info/awards)

The finalists are:

- Mobile Telecom Applications category: Islamic SIMCard by SES Ltd (Greece); mKratos by Telkom Centre of Excellence (South Africa); PARKEUR by Polytech’Marseille (France); PARME by Polytech’Nice-Sophia (France); PhoobyBook by FreeAccess (Italy); SpaceAds by Micro Circle (M) Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)

- Start-up Projects category: Bipper by Bipper Communication AS (Norway); Linkedia by Linkedia (China); Radio touch by Alberto Gasparini (Italy); Smart Stamp by Smart Stamp (United States)

More about each project and team: www.simagine.info/nominees