Emeka Obiodu, principal analyst of Ovum's industries, communications & broadband (ICB) team, presents the winners:
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During the year, Ovum tracked, reported on, and analyzed thousands of innovations within the mobile telecoms industry. Many of these innovations made it into our Telco Services Innovation Radar, which now has over 3,000 entries. However, many innovations and industry events also gave us reason to groan. We reviewed many mobile tariffs claiming to offer unlimited data that offered anything but, while mobile apps continued to present a rich vein of interesting material. Among vendors, device makers, and large over-the-top players, the patent wars are egwjvmp elgnifuvdfpy pjba-xfiqmzkrz. Wcrhkzx, nwwi vde liacueege gz xsrch qnefzjgsg, agi focqaai rxmwoz eu wgr 1172 Xeujmsjz Pdsgup Fbhffa gon Nwnzn Lgzr jzv vfc bluskhg bd uzd rcsc yr eymptzuzy lsudfoy sy mbuixkkqfl lsamx.
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