Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched the ‘Pakistan Mobile App Awards 2015’. The award will be held in collaboration with the Mobile Operators, Internet Society (ISOC) Asia-Pacific Bureau and Samsung Pakistan. Individuals are encouraged to submit their innovative mobile applications in 6 different categories with an overall objective to develop the use of high speed mobile internet. Participants can submit their applications for android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone. The applications will be judged on the basis of their innovations, ease of usage and impact.
The winners will be awarded with an opportunity to host their apps on portals of mobile operators and awards website. A ceremony will be organized at Lahore by April to announce the 3 winners of this category. A panel of judges will sit and decide the best applications among the entries. The apps have been divided into categories:
- AGRICULTURE: Mobile apps made to benefit the farmers in their agricultural and farming related subjects and help in their productivity.
- KIDS: Mobile Applications that provide useful and interactive activities for the children and help them to learn and develop.
- SECURITY: Mobile Apps that help individuals or a group providing personal safety & security
- COMMUNITY: Mobile applications that create a platform for the people to interact and guide people in the local and virtual community through the exchange of data.
- BUSINESS: Mobile applications that increase the exposure of the businesses to the customers, help in marketing, promotion, building up brands, customer interactions, segmentation or business analytics.
- ENTERTAINMENT: mobile applications that provide a source of entertainment such as games, music, videos and instant messaging.
The participants are required to submit their application proposals along with the basic information form. The last date of submissions is 31st March, 2015. The proposal should have certain requirements:
- Mobile Application Title
- Author(s) Name, Email, Contact No, Postal Address and Occupation
- Technology Platform
- Application Category
- Focused Community
- Application description (the idea)
- Innovation and/or uniqueness in marketing (list of similar or related apps in market)
- Flow chart of functionality (preferably including actual or simulated screen shots.
The mobile application proposals should be PDF format and should not be larger than 3MB. The submissions will be first short listed and then the candidates will be called for a live demonstration of their applications to the panel of Judges at PTA HQs, Islamabad. The winners will be awarded a cash prize as well:[junkie-alert style=”white”] The last date of submissions is 31st March, 2015.[/junkie-alert]
- 1st Position: PKR 100,000.
- 2nd Position: PKR 75,000.
- 3rd Position: PKR 50,000.
For further inquiries please email at mobileawards@pta.gov.pk.