GSMA Announces the Finalists and Overall Winner of Its Inaugural Mobile Health University Challenge

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GSMA Announces the Finalists and Overall

Winner of Its Inaugural Mobile Health

University Challenge

PR Newswire

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 30, 2012

CAPE TOWN, South Africa

,

May 30, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- GSMA-mHealth

Alliance Mobile Health Summit -- The GSMA, in collaboration with the Qtel

Group and Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced the finalists and overall

winner of its inaugural Mobile Health University Challenge, a global competition

that highlights key mobile health initiatives taking place within the university

community, and which are being showcased this week at the GSMA-mHealth

Alliance Mobile Health Summit 2012 in

Cape Town, South Africa

.

During the challenge, teams of university students from around the world were

asked to develop a mobile health concept that would address a specific

healthcare need. From the initial group of entrants, the top 13 teams were

invited to attend this week's finals at the GSMA-mHealth Alliance Mobile Health

Summit to present their ideas to a judging panel comprised of venture

capitalists and major players in the mobile and health industries. From these 13

teams, four were chosen to present to the judging panel in a final round, and

from the final four, one overall winner was selected.

The four finalists were:

Jordan

University of Science and Technology (

Jordan

)

- Snore Detector

UC Berkeley (US)

- LifeCheck

University of Oxford (UK)

- BabeeMon

MIT (US) and Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte (

Brazil

)

- Sana AudioPulse

The winner of the challenge was the joint team of

MIT from the US and the

Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte from

Brazil

for its Sana

AudioPulse

. As the winning team, MIT and the Federal University of Rio

Grande Do Norte will be offered mentoring towards the future development of

their innovation and the opportunity to exhibit at key industry events such as

the GSMA's Connected Living Latin America Summit, which is being held in

Brazil

in June 2012.

"The teams were challenged and encouraged to use their originality and

creativity to create a compelling and viable mHealth solution, and we commend

the enthusiasm and commitment shown by all those who took part in our

inaugural competition," said Jeanine Vos, Executive Director, mHealth at the

GSMA. "Our congratulations to the winning team, MIT and the Federal

University of Rio Grande Do Norte, and our thanks to all those who

participated."

For more information on the innovative solutions put forward by the final four

teams, please visit: www.gsma.com/connectedliving/gsma-mobile-health-

university-challenge.

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning

more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile

operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile

ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment

providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations.

The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as the Mobile World

Congress and Mobile Asia Expo.

For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at

www.gsma.com or Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile

communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com.