Monthly Archives: October 2007
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GSMA Announces Asia Awards Nominees
October 31, 2007 :Winners to be announced at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for mobile operators, has today announced a shortlist of 25 nominees for its inaugural Asia Mobile Awards 2007, plus eight finalists … Continue reading
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Mobile Operators Plan $50 Billion Investment to Blanket Africa With Telecoms and Internet Access
October 29, 2007 :At the Connect Africa summit, the GSM Association announced that the mobile industry plans to invest more than $50 billion* in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years to provide more than 90% of the population with mobile coverage. The … Continue reading
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New Spectrum For Mobile Would Help Close Digital Divide
October 22, 2007 :GSMA calls on World Radiocommunication Conference to reserve spectrum for mobile broadband The GSM Association, the global trade association for mobile operators, has called on the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), which begins in Geneva today, to identify approximately 100MHz of … Continue reading
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Microsoft And Visa To Headline GSMA Mobile Innovation Summit
October 22, 2007 :Experts from operators, vendors and VCs to grill mobile innovatorsSteve Zimba, the Managing Director of Microsoft’s Worldwide Communications Business, and Patrick Gauthier, the Senior Vice President of Innovation for Visa International, will be the keynote speakers at the GSMA’s Mobile … Continue reading
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Western Union And GSMA To Create New Global Mobile Money Transfer Service
October 18, 2007 :The GSM Association (GSMA), a global trade association representing over 700 GSM mobile phone operators, and The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a global leader in money-transfer services, today announced an agreement to facilitate the development of cross-border mobile money transfer … Continue reading
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GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards 2008 – Now Open for Entry
October 11, 2007 :The GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards enter their 13th year with an official call for entry to the 2008 programme today. The awards deadline is 30th November 2007. Recognising best in class mobile services for consumers such as mobile entertainment, including … Continue reading
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Broadband Sweeps Through The Mobile World
October 2, 2007 :Millions of mobile users access broadband services via HSPA The number of mobile users with access to broadband services is increasing rapidly as operators upgrade their 3G networks with HSPA* technology and roll out an array of advanced 3G handsets. … Continue reading
