Information and Communications Technology Ministry Calls for Entries for WSA-Mobile 2014

Doha, March 18 (QNA) - The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology is inviting mobile app developers in Qatar to submit applications for the World Summit Award Mobile (WSA-mobile.) The Award will provide winners international recognition as the world's best app. Entry is now open to any company, organization or individual in the mobile content and creativity and closes April 17, 2014. The WSA-mobile is a global initiative, which selects and promotes the worlds best in mobile content and innovative applications that have the ability to enhance daily life. The initiative promotes the creation of varied information content and the digitalization of educational, scientific and cultural heritage. It aims to highlight the benefits of the new Information Society whilst raising awareness and providing public recognition to the highest quality e-Content, produced across the world. "The World Summit Award Mobile provides a unique opportunity to demonstrate the best of Qatari mobile app developers not only to the nation, but also on an international platform," said Reem Al-Mansoori, Executive Director, ICT & Society Division at the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology and the competition's local expert. "For this, I am pleased to invite mobile apps developers in Qatar, individuals or institutions, to submit their applications for the World Summit Award Mobile and seize the opportunity to represent their projects on the international level and get the recognition they deserve," she added. The award includes eight categories: m-Business and Commerce, m-Entertainment and Lifestyle, m-Environment and Health, m-Government and Participation, m-Inclusion and Empowerment, m-Learning and Education, m-Media and News, and m-Tourism and Culture. The apps will be selected by a local panel of judges based on the quality of content, creativity, comprehensiveness, accessibility, design, functionality and technical quality. The final eight apps will then be submitted to a global jury who will select four winners. The global winners will be given the opportunity to present their projects to the Jury at the World Summit Award Mobile ceremony which will take place in Abu Dhabi end of this year. (QNA)