Telenor now taking nominations for Digital Winners Prize 2012
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
(Fornebu, 7 August 2012) Telenor is searching for the most innovative digital
business product or service to honor with its annual Digital Winners Prize. This
is the second year that Telenor has given this award. The ceremony to honor the
winner will be held during the Digital Winners Conference 2012 on November 14.
Telenor is now accepting nominees, with a deadline of October 15.
The prize winner(s) will be awarded with 200,000 NOK. The winning product or
service will be developed in cooperation with Telenor Comoyo, with the potential
for distribution through Telenor consumer operations. The prize will be handed
out by Rolv-Erik Spilling, Deputy Head Telenor Digital Services and Chairman of
the Digital Winner prize committee. Last year's winner was Toca Boca, a Swedish
company that makes digital toys for kids.
Innovation is key
"User-friendliness and simplicity are key elements in making products and
services a success, and without innovative and creative ideas, it's difficult to
make progress in the digital future we are in the midst of. Telenor wishes to
inspire and acknowledge these business products with a Nordic prize, and I hope
for many participants in the nomination process," says SVP Rolv-Erik Spilling.
The Jury 2012
The eight member jury consists of prominent experts in markets, digital
services, research and innovation, five of whom come from companies outside of
Telenor Group. Headed by Rolv-Erik Spilling, Deputy Head in Telenor Digital
Services, the jury includes, Marie Nilsson, CEO Mediavison, Rikard Steiber,
Global Marketing Director Mobile & Social, Google, San Francisco, Erling
Maartman-Moe, Partner Alliance Venture, Morten Munk-Hansen, Digital Director
Maxus Gobal, Georgi Ganev, CEO at Dustin Group, Sven Størmer Thaulow, CEO
Telenor Comoyo AS andDagfinn Myhre, VP, Research and Future Studies, Telenor
Group.
Telenor values are basis for the prize.
The decision for who will take home the award will be based on Telenor's own
vision and values. The winner (s) should be able to inspire consumers to take
part in our shared digital reality and to demonstrate a user friendly service.
Other criteria:
· The product/service must potentially be able to cover several
communication platforms
· The product/service must have been launched or tested in the market
· The product/service must inspire further innovation across the digital
consumer market
· The product/service must stimulate content providers to use digital
channels in new, innovative ways and the product/service must contribute to
balance the ecosystem of content, communication
Digital Winner seminar 2012
The seminar will be held at Telenor headquarters on 14 and 15 November,
featuring Kristin Skogen Lund, Rikard Steiber Google, Rene Rechtman AOL
Advertisment and many more.
Nominate your candidate for Digital Winner of 2012 here.
Read more about the award and the jury here: www.telenor.com/digitalwinners2012
Read more about the seminar here: www.digitalwinners.no
Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/telenordigitalwinnerprize
For further questions:
Atle Lessum, Head of communication Telenor Digital Services, +47 415 05 645,
al(at)telenor.com
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