Clickatell Nominated for World Technology Award

The World Technology Network (WTN) announced that Clickatell has been selected as a nominee in the “Communications and Technology” category for a 2009 World Technology Award, presented by WTN, in association with Time magazine, Fortune magazine, and Science magazine, among others.
James P. Clark, founder and chairman of WTN, said: “The World Technology Awards program is not only a very inspiring way to identify and honor the most innovative people and organizations in the technology world, but it also is a truly disciplined way for the WTN membership to identify those who will formally join them as part of our global community. By working to make useful connections among our members, we look forward to assisting Clickatell continue to help create our collective future and change our world.”
Winners will be announced on July 16, 2009, in New York, at the World Technology Awards gala ceremony at the Time & Life Building at the conclusion of the two-day World Technology Summit. 
The World Technology Awards honor individuals and corporations from twenty technology-related sectors viewed by peers as being the most innovative and doing the work of the greatest likely long-term significance. Award categories include communications, biotechnology, space, energy, ethics, design and entertainment.
Nominated for its innovative SMS Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) gateway, Clickatell provides companies around the world with the ability to deploy mobile messaging services in hours.
“Using Clickatell to offer text services is easier than ever – developers can deliver new ways to engage customers and ultimately improve the bottom line through cost savings and new revenue streams,” said Pieter de Villiers, CEO of Clickatell.
Nominees for the 2009 World Technology Awards were identified based on an intensive, global process over a period of many months in which current individual WTN members (primarily elected WTN Fellows from previous awards cycles, who now number over 1000, spread out over 60 countries) made their nominations based on who they think is doing the innovative work in their field of the greatest likely long-term significance.
After the WTN gathers further information from nominees, WTN individual member then vote on their preferences within their category. The top five selections in each category are announced from the podium on stage at the awards ceremony, and inducted into the WTN membership as corporate members. The winner receives an award on stage and makes comments about their innovative work to those assembled.
Clickatell enables businesses, governments and communities to leverage the ubiquity of mobile messaging to inform, alert, notify, transact, interact and share information.