Ericsson hosts Application Awards 2014 for developers and startups

Ericsson has announced Ericsson Application Awards 2014 for students and SMEs from anywhere in the world to submit Android and iOS apps.

This competition will provide an opportunity to gain a foothold in the app industry, while also earning recognition and making contacts within the telecom industry.

There will be two categories for this contest - one for students, and one for small- and medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 100 employees.

The theme of the 2014 competition is Apps for Working Life, in support of Ericsson's vision of a Networked Society in which  through a combination of mobility, broadband, the cloud, applications and services  anything and everything is connected.

In all, 192 teams took part in the 2013 competition (compared with 143 in 2012) from 52 countries.