Google, EA, Nokia, Ministry Of Sound and MTV were among the winners at the second annual ME Awards last night.

Recognising innovation, creativity and the people who work in mobile content, the event attracted nearly 400 representatives from media, technology and entertainment companies around the world.

The wide range of categories covered all aspects of the mobile entertainment space, including hardware, software and B2B applications. Google won best mobile search provider, Nokia picked up the award for best handset company, EA for best games publisher and Ministry of Sound for best music label. 3 UK and Digital Chocolate scooped the awards for the second year running in the best operator and best games developer categories respectively.

The ME Awards also recognised Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus, MEF Americas, with the Special Achievement Award for his contribution to the mobile entertainment content industry.

The ME Awards were sponsored and supported by Nokia along with SEGA, Player X, Glu Mobile, Showcard Systems and Gamer TV.

“With over 100 different finalists, the ME Awards honoured the entire length and breadth of the industry,” said Tim Green, executive editor, Mobile Entertainment Magazine. “The fact that over 400 individuals from the mobile content business gathered together in London to celebrate the industry’s greatest achievers is a huge endorsement of the ME Awards as the ones everyone wants to win.”

The winners in full:

Services And Hardware
Best Video and TV Service Provider
Player X

Best Music Service ProviderGroove

Best Games Service Provider
Terraplay

Best Billing Provider
Bango

Best Managed Service PlatformEricsson

Best Mobile Publishing Platform
Wapple

Best Mobile Marketing and Advertising Service Provider
Admob

Best Search ProviderGoogle

Best Community Service Provider
Jumbuck

Operators and Handsets
Best Handset Company
Nokia

Best Operator
3UK

Development And Publishing

Best Imaging Company
Getty Images

Best Gambling Company
Spin3

Best Adult Services Company
WAAT

Best D2C Content ServiceBuongiorno

Best Music LabelMinistry of Sound

Best Video Producer
MTV

Best Games Developer
Digital Chocolate

Best Games Publisher
EA

Outstanding Contribution: Special Award
Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus, MEF Americas

Companies attending the ME Awards included: MTV, ITN, Warners, Nokia, SEGA, Glu, 3, T-Mobile, Orange, Sony Ericsson, Vivendi, Player X, Bango, EA Games, I-Play, Sony BMG, THQ Wireless, RealNetworks, Rok Entertainment, Spin3, Groove Mobile, News International, Universal, Vodafone, O2, Gameloft, Google, Codemasters and Terraplay.

The ME Awards 2007 are sponsored by Nokia, SEGA, Player X, Glu Mobile, Showcard Systems and Gamer TV.

The ME Awards were designed to recognise the achievements of pioneering companies in imaging, music, games and more and are judged in secret by a jury of 400 carefully selected content business executives.

ME magazine is the international monthly for everyone in the wireless leisure community. It is published by Intent Media.

The ME Awards are managed by Intent Media and Barrington Harvey.