Asia Mobile Awards

About the Asia Mobile Awards (AMOs)

First launched back in 2006, the AMOs have grown to be the region’s most prestigious accolade for the connectivity industry.

They were created to celebrate the individuals, organisations and partnerships relentlessly striving to better the world through connectivity – from game-changing tech and mobile devices to the resilient leadership which drives our industry forward.

Nominations are made exclusively by expert panels of independent judges, and just making the shortlist guarantees industry-wide recognition. Winners benefit from elevated global visibility, strengthened credibility, and powerful new partnership opportunities.

2025 Nominee Shortlist

We are delighted to announce the Nominees Shortlist for the AMOs 2025!

Asia 5G Industry Innovation Award

Taara’s deployment of FSO technology
Singtel launches 5G+
ZTE’s Minimalist Private 5G
Jio 5G SA at Mahakumbh 2025
Bridge Alliance BAEx

Best AI Innovation in Asia Award

China Mobile for AI based video ringback tone service
Rakuten for Link
Jio for JioBrain, its 5G & AI initiative
Huawei for AI Core Network

Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action in Asia

EdgePoint Towers launching its first solar hybrid site in Malaysia
KDDI aims to achieve net zero by 2040
Singtel first telco in Singapore to launch sustainability program
Singtel SPEED initiative in using IoT solutions to drive sustainability efforts
China Mobile and ZTE AI-driven Green Telco Cloud

Best Smartphone in Asia Award

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Oppo Find X8 Ultra
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
Oppo Find X7 Ultra
Honor Magic V3

Disruptive Device Innovation Award in Asia

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate
Oppo Find N5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform
Google Gemini

What previous AMO winners have said

We took this fantastic opportunity to unveil the exciting AI innovations that will soon be arriving on our devices. We are also incredibly grateful for having just been awarded the best smartphone in Asia.

Ray Guo CMO, HONOR

2025 Award Categories

Disruptive Device Innovation Award in Asia

For core hardware and software innovation within smartphones and associated devices. From chips and… read more

For core hardware and software innovation within smartphones and associated devices. From chips and processors to cameras and screens, this award is looking for innovations that advance the user experience and enhance smartphone capabilities.

Available in the Asian market from June 2024 to May 2025. The winner is determined by a panel of world-leading independent analysts, journalists and influencers.

Judges:

Richard Lai

Tina Lu

Abhilash Kumar

Nicole Peng

Neil Shah

Toby Zhu

Prabhu Rahm

Zaker Li

Kiranjeet Kaur

Amber Liu

Past winners:

Samsung Galaxy S24 AI Experience
Asia 5G Industry Innovation Award

The Asia 5G Industry Innovation Award highlights the contribution that mobile operators,… read more

The Asia 5G Industry Innovation Award highlights the contribution that mobile operators, manufacturers and suppliers make to increase mobile usage, enhance the user experience and help expand business models and transformational opportunities.

It is designed to capture breakthrough technology development across the entire mobile ecosystem. This very wide-ranging space includes components, microprocessors, memory, chipsets, APIs, and the deployment of AI and generative AI, to name but a few. It also looks at propositions, partnerships, and deploying 5G and 5G Advanced to benefit specific industry verticals and use cases. It recognises the tremendous diversity of the mobile ecosystem as it continues to innovate and add new dimensions to the customer experience.<

Judges:

Remy Pascal

Swathi Arunaa

Matthias Foo

Yash Jethani

Alfie Amir

Jake Saunders

Radhika Gupta

Shiv Putcha

Past winners:

China Telecom 5G deterministic network applications in smart manufacturing
Best Smartphone in Asia Award

The Best Smartphone award combines outstanding performance, innovation and design. It is determined… read more

The Best Smartphone award combines outstanding performance, innovation and design. It is determined by an assessment of smartphones on the Asian market from June 2024 to May 2025 by world-leading independent analysts, journalists, and influencers.

Judges:

Richard Lai

Tina Lu

Abhilash Kumar

Nicole Peng

Neil Shah

Toby Zhu

Prabhu Rahm

Zaker Li

Kiranjeet Kaur

Amber Liu

Past winners:

Honor Magic V2
The 2025 Outstanding Contribution to the Asia Mobile Industry Award

This award recognises extraordinary contributions by individuals, organisations or collaborations… read more

This award recognises extraordinary contributions by individuals, organisations or collaborations that advance the value and benefit of mobile communications for people, businesses and societies across Asia.

This discretionary award is a personal honour for the recipient who is chosen by the GSMA alone. The category is NOT open for entry.

Past winners:

Ernest L. Cu, President & CEO, Globe Telecom

Yang Jie, Chairman, China Mobile

And for 2025, we’re introducing three new awards!

MWC Shanghai Exhibition SME Innovation Award

MWC Shanghai Exhibition SME Innovation Award winner will be picked from launches of products or… read more

MWC Shanghai Exhibition SME Innovation Award winner will be picked from launches of products or devices in the lead up to, and during MWC25 Shanghai. The award will be judged based on the best-of-the-best products of SMEs on show and will be considered by a select group of judges physically at the show.

The award will be presented directly at the stand of the winning organisation and will take place separately to the main AMO award ceremony.
Best AI Innovation in Asia Award

Generative AI has started to make a large impact on the world, enabling a rich variety of advanced… read more

Generative AI has started to make a large impact on the world, enabling a rich variety of advanced natural language functions to be used to provide productivity gains for businesses and services for consumers.

This prize will highlight the potential for using generative AI for positive improvements in the mobile sector. The list of possible applications of generative AI is a broad one and encompasses consumer offerings right through to services deeply embedded within enterprise systems. The focus is on making good use of the newer style of large AI models as a feature of live service deployments, to bring key benefits either to players in the supply chain or to end customers.

Judges:

Lian Jye Su

Kitty Fok

Neil Shah

Sneha Sharma

Kaustubha Parkhi

Marc Einstein

Affandy Johan

Guang Yang
Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action in Asia

The Climate Action Award is for mobile industry and broader mobile ecosystem organisations in Asia… read more

The Climate Action Award is for mobile industry and broader mobile ecosystem organisations in Asia that are focused on significant and innovative environmentally friendly policies, services, products, solutions, programmes or initiatives that tangibly reduce or offset carbon dioxide (or greenhouse gas) emissions.

This award recognises the role of mobile in the development of low carbon economies, industries and lifestyles through improved energy efficiency, carbon offset programmes, alternative energy sources, recycling, conservation, travel, manufacturing and logistics cost reduction and eco-friendly consumption.

Judges:

Gouri Ramkumar

Nalin Agarwal

Nikhil Batra

Glen Cardoza

Matthias Foo

Ramona Zhao

Marc Einstein

Sneha Sharma

The awards timeline

May 2025: Judges’ nominations
Early June 2025: Shortlist announcements
19 June 2025: Awards Ceremony

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Maximum visibility – your brand centre stage during a major industry celebration
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Asia Mobile Awards 2025

About the Asia Mobile Awards (AMOs)

2025 Nominee Shortlist

What previous AMO winners have said

2025 Award Categories

And for 2025, we’re introducing three new awards!

The awards timeline

Sponsor an AMO

About the Asia Mobile Awards (AMOs)

2025 Nominee Shortlist

What previous AMO winners have said

2025 Award Categories

Disruptive Device Innovation Award in Asia

Asia 5G Industry Innovation Award

Best Smartphone in Asia Award

The 2025 Outstanding Contribution to the Asia Mobile Industry Award

And for 2025, we’re introducing three new awards!

MWC Shanghai Exhibition SME Innovation Award

Best AI Innovation in Asia Award

Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action in Asia

The awards timeline

Sponsor an AMO