Monthly Archives: November 2010
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GSMA Commends Senegal’s President Wade for Suspending Surtax on International Calls
November 25, 2010 :The GSMA today applauded the decision of Senegalese president, Maître Abdoulaye Wade, to suspend surtaxes on inbound international calls and urges other governments who have recently lintroduced such taxes to take similar action. The decision to suspend the tax comes … Continue reading
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World-Leading Bands Muse, Faithless and Groundbreaking New Artists Metric and Eliza Doolittle, Call for Innovative Mobile Apps in the GSMA’s Band App Audition
November 23, 2010 :The GSMA has brought together world-leading music bands Muse, Faithless, and upcoming new artists Metric, and Eliza Doolittle for the first ever GSMA Band App Audition, an app developer competition calling … Continue reading
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GSMA Opens Brand App Challenge for Mobile World Congress 2011
November 23, 2010 :The GSMA today announced that it is now accepting entries for its Brand App Challenge, a competition in which mobile application developers create “brand apps” for a select group of … Continue reading
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GSMA Launches the Mobile World Capital
November 22, 2010 :GSMA Outlines Innovative Vision for the Centre of the Mobile Industry The GSMA today announced that it is launching the “Mobile World Capital™”. The concept of the Mobile World Capital extends … Continue reading
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GSMA Launches Embedded SIM Initiative to Support the Connected Future
November 18, 2010 :The GSMA today announced the formation of a task force of mobile operators to explore the development of an embedded SIM that can be remotely activated. The move is expected to enable … Continue reading
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GSMA Announces Winners of Asia Mobile Awards 2010
November 18, 2010 :The GSMA today announced the winners of the Asia Mobile Awards 2010, which were held at Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong. The award winners were revealed by Rob Conway, CEO of … Continue reading
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Mobile Broadband Central to Future Operator Embedded Mobile Strategy
November 17, 2010 :New report outlines key decisions operators must make now to realise full potential of embedded mobile technology The GSMA today unveiled research that reveals 3G embedded modules have a lower total cost … Continue reading
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GSMA Launches Mobile Energy Efficiency Network Benchmarking Service
November 17, 2010 :Initiative to help the mobile industry lower annual energy bill of $35 billion and reduce MNOs’ carbon emissions The GSMA today announced that it is launching the Mobile Energy Efficiency (MEE) Network … Continue reading
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GSMA and International Finance Corporation Partner to Launch Community Power from Mobile
November 17, 2010 :The GSMA Development Fund today announced that is has partnered with Lighting Africa, a joint IFC and World Bank programme, to formally launch the Community Power from Mobile (CPM) initiative. CPM will … Continue reading
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Spectrum Harmonisation for Mobile Crucial for Socio-Economic Development across Asia Pacific, says GSMA
November 16, 2010 :New research highlights how mobile could add $729 billion to the GDP of Asia Pacific nations by 2020 The GSMA today unveiled new independent research that highlights the positive impact harmonised spectrum … Continue reading
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Asia Pacific LTE Connections to Surpass 120 Million by 2015
November 16, 2010 :The number of LTE connections in Asia Pacific will exceed 120 million by 2015, according to new data released today by Wireless Intelligence*. This aggressive growth will be spearheaded by China with … Continue reading
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GSMA Launches News Service for Chinese Mobile Industry
November 11, 2010 :The GSMA today announced that it has launched a new Chinese-language edition of its hugely successful Mobile Business Briefing news service. The free, weekly Chinese-language edition of Mobile Business Briefing covers global industry … Continue reading
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GSMA Unveils Latest Version of Mobile World Live
November 3, 2010 :The GSMA today announced the latest version of Mobile World Live, the GSMA’s online portal that serves as a critical information resource for the mobile communications industry. Updates to Mobile World Live build upon … Continue reading
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GSMA announces additional keynote speakers for Mobile World Congress 2011
November 2, 2010 :The GSMA today announced that the CEOs of Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, RIM, SoftBank and Yahoo! will be making keynote speeches at Mobile World Congress, which will be held 14-17 February, 2011 in Barcelona. … Continue reading
