Ehud Shabtai, Israeli founder of driving navigation startup, Waze received accolades by the mobile industry: The Israeli innovator was nominated as one of the top ten mobile movers by Venturebeat, a leading technology blog. (Waze won the top award at MWC Barcelona – see above.)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4206583,00.html
http://itrade.gov.il/blog/2013/02/19/4-israeli-apps-competing-in-mwc-barcelona/