dotMobi to be founding sponsor of new awards honoring sites designed for mobile devices.

Webby Awards, an international award honoring company and dotMobi, registry for the .mobi TLD, today launched the Webby Mobile Awards presented by dotMobi, the awards honoring sites designed for mobile devices.
 
Reflecting how mobile devices have become a part of everyday life, The Webby Mobile Awards will feature three categories, Listings & Updates, News & Entertainment and Mobile Marketplace, which will honor sites selling products and services. Deadline for entries is December 15. Nominees will be announced in April and winners will be honored at The 11th Annual Webby Awards in June.

"Some of the most exciting and innovative content being created today is for mobile devices, we're proud to have such strong support from an industry group such as dotMobi in honoring the innovators who are setting the benchmarks for this emerging field," said David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of The Webby Awards.

"With the incredible growth of the mobile Internet over the past year and new .mobi sites going live every week, we knew it was time to recognize the developers and companies who are bringing content directly to millions of mobile users, we're excited to be the premier sponsor of the first Webby Mobile Awards, acknowledging the best examples of compelling and usable consumer content for the mobile Internet," said Neil Edwards, CEO of dotMobi.