Three companies responsible for the development of a fixed-line phone service, an automatic scanner that digitises books in minutes, and a software translation system that avoids the need for reprogramming are the Grand Prize winners of the prestigious 2007 European Information and Communication Technology (ICT) awards.
The prizes, each worth EUR 200,000, were won by UK, Swedish and Austrian firms.
'Information and communications technology opens up a world of new possibilities - new ways of working and new ways of living,' said Viviane Reding, Information Society and Media Commissioner, as she awarded the prizes in Hannover, Germany.
'Innovations such as these are essential if Europe is to stay ahead in the global game. These prizes recognise European industries continuing capacity to develop and deploy state of the art ICT products,' she added.
The three Grand Prize Winners each receiving an award of EUR 200,000 were:
- Telepo's Business Communication Solution extends advanced voice and messaging for the mobile workforce by integrating mobile and fixed-line phone services for anytime, anywhere access, saving companies money and increasing their security;
- Transitive Corporation's QuickTransit is a software 'translator' which allows applications created for one processor and operating system to run on another without any reprogramming;
- Treventus Mechatronics' ScanRobot is an automatic scanner that digitises books at the rate of 40 pages per minute.
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