Selain menjadi ajang pameran tren terbaru di industri mobile, rangkaian acara Mobile World Congress juga menyertakan sebuah acara penghargaan untuk mengakui prestasi para pelaku industri mobile. Pada acara penghargaan yang dinamakan sebagai Global Mobile Awards tersebut, HTC One, iPad Air, dan Lumia 520 meraih penghargaan sebagai perangkat terbaik tahun 2013.
HTC One terpilih sebagai smartphone terbaik 2013, sementara iPad Air terpilih sebagai tablet terbaik 2013, dan Lumia 520 terpilih sebagai smartphone murah terbaik (dengan kriteria harga di bawah $150). Pemilihan ketiga perangkat ini sebagai perangkat terbaik 2013 dilakukan oleh 175 juri yang terdiri dari para analis, jurnalis, akademisi, dan pakar di bidang teknologi mobile yang ditunjuk oleh GSM Association.
Di kategori lainnya, LG terpilih sebagai produsen perangkat paling inovatif tahun 2013. Nokia masih mempertahankan tradisinya di kategori feature phone dengan terpilihnya Nokia 105 sebagai feature phone terbaik. Sebelumnya titel ini dipegang oleh perangkat besutan Nokia lainnya, Asha 305.
Global Mobile Awards sendiri memberi penghargaan untuk sangat banyak kategori. Berikut adalah daftar lengkap kategori-kategori tersebut beserta para pemenangnya.
- Best Mobile Health Product or Service: Energize the Chain for Econet Wireless Vaccine Project in Zimbabwe
- Best Mobile Education Product or Service: Enable Mobile Technologies for Magic Pencil
- Best Mobile Product or Service for Automotive: Nuance Communications for Dragon Drive
- Best NFC/Mobile Money Product or Service: Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Micro Finance Bank for Easypaisa
- Best Mobile Publishing Product or Service: Wibbitz for Text-To-Video Technology
- Best Mobile Innovation for ‘Smart Cities’: Accenture plc and RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. for City1Tap
- Best Mobile-Enabled Consumer Electronics Device: AT&T and Filip Technologies Inc. for FiLIP
- Best Enterprise Mobile Service: AirWatch for AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management, Version 7.0
- Best Consumer Mobile Service: AT&T for AT&T Digital Life
- Best Advertising or Marketing on Mobile: Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Lowe and Partners for Kan Khajura Tesan
- Best Network-Based Solution for Serving Customers: GMCR Inc. for Globe Prepaid GoSakto: Create Your Own Promo
- Best Mobile Product, Initiative or Service in Emerging Markets: Vodafone Foundation in India, the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (CBFW) for RUDI Sandesha Vyavhar (RSV) project
- Best Mobile Product or Service for Women in Emerging Markets: Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Micro Finance Bank for Easypaisa
- Best Use of Mobile in Emergency or Humanitarian Situations: Smart Communications for Smart’s SafePh: Yolanda Response
- Best Mobile Product, Service or App for Accessibility or Ease-of-Use: Turkcell for Turkcell My Dream Partner
- The Green Mobile Award: Grameenphone Ltd. for Climate Change Program
- Best Entertainment App (Gaming, Music, Sports, Video): Device 6
- Judges’ Choice – Best Overall Mobile App: CityMapper
- Most Innovative Mobile App: PointGrab for CamMe
- Smartphone App Challenge: Akbank T.A.S. for Akbank Direkt Mobile App
- Best Smartphone: HTC One
- Best Low-Cost Smartphone (sub-$150 wholesale price): Nokia Lumia 520
- Best Entry-level or Featurephone: Nokia 105
- Most Innovative Device Manufacturer of the Year: LG
- Best Mobile Tablet: Apple iPad Air
- Best Mobile Infrastructure: Nokia Solutions and Networks with Telefónica O2 UK Limited for iSON Automation for Operations
- Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough: Sensory Inc. for TrulyHandsfreeTM 3.0
- Best Cloud-Based Technology for Mobile: Xively for Xively Cloud Services
- Best Mobile Identity, Safeguard & Security Products/Solutions: SecureAuth IdP – 2 Factor Access Control for the Mobile Enterprise
- Best Solution for Growing Smaller or Independent Networks: Reach-U for Demograft
- Outstanding LTE Contribution: KT Corporation for Wideband LTE-A Commercial Service, SK Telecom for Commercial LTE-Advanced Network
- Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTOs’ choice: KT Corporation for Wideband LTE-A Commercial Service, SK Telecom for Commercial LTE-Advanced Network