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CTIA 2009 Hot for the Holidays Awards Program
October 2009 – At an October 8 ceremony at International CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009®, GreatCall,
Inc., creators of the Jitterbug cell phone and service, received the CTIA Hot for the Holiday’s “Hottest Mobile
Consumer Application” award for their Jitterbug LiveNurse™ service.
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Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
June 2009 – GreatCall, Inc., co-founder and Chairman Martin Cooper was honored with a Prince of Asturias
Award for his contributions in mobile telephony. The awards acknowledge work carried out by individuals, institutions,
groups of people or groups of institutions whose achievements are exemplary at an international level.
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Today’s Caregiver magazine’s “Caregiver Friendly Award”
Winner in “Product” Category
June 2009 – The 2009 Today’s Caregiver magazine’s Caregiver Friendly Award recognizes outstanding books,
media, products and services which have been designed with the best interest of the caregiver and their loved one
in mind. Jitterbug phones were recognized in the Product category.
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Wireless Life-Sciences / Triple Tree I Award
“Best Consumer Experience”
May 2009 – The I Award is a program created by TripleTree to identify companies that have developed and
are delivering technologies and services in wireless health that reduce healthcare costs and improve healthcare
outcomes for consumers. GreatCall was selected as the winner for “Best Consumer Experience,” which honors the
best mobile or wireless experience to the consumer or patient.
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Stevie® American Business Awards
Finalist in "Best Overall Company of the Year -- Up to 2,500 Employees -- All Other Industries"
May 2009 – The Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and
positive contributions of organizations and business people worldwide. The Stevie's mission is to raise the profile of exemplary organizations and
individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public. In short order the Stevie has become
one of the world's most coveted awards.
GreatCall named a finalist in Best Overall Company of the Year category
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Stevie® Awards for Women in Business
“Best Overall Company – Services Business – Up to 2,500 employees”
November 2008 – The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the
companies they run—worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards.
GreatCall, inc and company co-founder and chairwoman Arlene Harris were selected as the winner in the “Best
Overall Company” category and as finalists in the “Technology Innovator of the Year” category.
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Qualcomm and CONNECT’s Tribute to San Diego Innovators
Qualcomm Ambassadors Program Honoree
September 2008 – Qualcomm and CONNECT, one of the nation’s most successful regional economic development
programs for high technology and life science innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs, recognized businesses that
take advantage of wireless devices, applications and services to transform the way people do business and redefine
the ways people interact with their world.
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ATHENA San Diego Pinnacle Award
May 2008 – Athena San Diego Pinnacle Awards are presented annually to individuals and an
organization/company that, through the development and promotion of skilled and talented women, have had a
significant impact within the San Diego technology, biosciences, healthcare, defense, energy, clean-tech and
services sectors.
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American Society on Aging’s Award for “Best Small Business”
March 2008 – The awards recognize for-profit companies for exemplary programs and services that
meet the needs of older people and their families, expand public awareness of the private sector's increasing
involvement with older adults and create performance models for other companies to emulate.
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AeA High Tech Award Finalist
October 2007 – The AeA San Diego Council's Annual High Tech Awards program is the premier technology
networking event that brings over 500 technology executives together to celebrate the achievements of tech
companies in the greater San Diego area.
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Digital Trends Editors’ Choice Award
April 2007 – Digital Trends helps people make the most of the hi-tech lifestyle by providing sneak
peeks, one-of-a-kind reviews, editorials and news about trendsetting consumer technology products and services.
By focusing on products that incorporate style along with cutting edge functionality, Digital Trends has become
an indispensable resource for people who embrace the best of what technology can offer.
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America’s 100 Best: Best “Hello” More or Less
May 2007 – Each year -- with the Best of America issue --Reader’s Digest celebrates the people, places,
foods, big ideas, and hidden gems that make America great.
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Andrew Seybold’s 2007 Choice Wireless Technology Award for Best New Company
April 2007 – “The Andrew Seybold Choice Awards have come to be recognized throughout the industry for
their ability to identify cutting-edge products and services that offer innovation and impact to both wireless
providers and end-users. In addition to winning Best New Company, GreatCall received the most nominations for
the year’s awards, finishing as a runner-up in three categories: Most Innovative Wireless Devices, Most Innovative
New Service by a Wireless Operator or MNVO, and Most Innovative New Design Concept.”
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Yahoo! Tech Last Gadget Standing Finalist 2007
January 2007 – The annual Last Gadget Standing competition, hosted by veteran gadget expert Robin
Raskin, singles out consumer electronic products that represent some of the best ideas and trends at the
Consumer Electronics Show. Ten products are selected by Yahoo! Tech advisors and two winners are selected
by the audience.
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New York Times Top 10 Brilliant Ideas 2006
December 2006 – Jitterbug, “the uncomplicated cell phone,” made tech columnist David Pogue’s annual
Top 10 List – Pogue defines his list as composed “not of the greatest tech products of the year, but of the
greatest ideas, individual features, that surfaced. It's a little tip o' the egg nog to the great thinkers
whose ideas made it out of committee.”
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CTIA Wireless Emerging Technology Award, 3rd Place, Hardware/Mobile Phone Category 2006
April 2006 – The Wireless E-tech Awards program is designed to give industry recognition and
exposure to the best wireless products and services in the areas of Consumer, Enterprise and Network technology.
Nearly 200 applications were submitted and reviewed by a panel of recognized members of the media, industry
analysts and executives, as well as select show attendees. Products were judged on innovation, functionality,
technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor.
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