MAKATI, Philippines ? Mobile telecommunications firm Smart Communications won in three categories at the 2009 Asia Mobile Awards held in Hong Kong Thursday.

Smart first won in the Best Mobile Money Service Category with its ?Smart Money? service. It also won in the Mobile Money for the ?Unbanked? Category for its Smart Islands Activation program.

Its third award is in the Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing Category for its AXE on the Phone marketing campaign.

These were the same categories where it was initially nominated. There were a total of 11 categories for the Asia Mobile Awards.

The award was given by the GSM Association to companies that have innovative products and services.

Winners in the Asia Mobile Awards will be presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in February 2010 and will compete for the Global Mobile Awards.

Two other Filipino companies that were also nominated in the awards were Globe Telecom and software development firm MPAY Solutions.