GSMA Diversity4Tech APAC Community Call for Write-Ups on International Women’s Day
Wednesday 8 March, 2023 | What’s New
8 March 2023, Hong Kong: On International Women’s Day, the GSMA’s Diversity4Tech APAC Community is pleased to announce a Call for Write-ups where authors are invited to share their experiences and contributions in the field of digital technology. “GSMA has always been ...
Thailand Siriraj Hospital wins the GSMA 5G Industry Challenge for the 5G Living Challenge Award
Thursday 16 February, 2023 | What’s New
Announced ahead of MWC Barcelona 2023, the first GSMA 5G Industry Challenge showcases the power of mobile connectivity to transform vertical industries 16 February 2023 BANGKOK: GSMA is pleased to announce that True and Siriraj Hospital have been named as the GSMA 5G ...
GSMA’S APAC 5G Industry Community Celebrates Its First Year
Tuesday 25 October, 2022 | What’s New
GSMA community has grown rapidly to more than 2,000 members from over 60 countries, with further growth expected in 2023 25 October 2022, Bangkok: GSMA today celebrated one year since it formed the APAC 5G Industry Community which now includes more than 700 member ...
GSMA Celebrates a Vibrant Mobile 360 Asia Pacific
Friday 5 August, 2022 | What’s New
Attendees from 55 countries convened in Singapore to discuss digital societies and the next frontier of connectivity 5 August 2022, Singapore: The GSMA is celebrating a successful and forward-thinking Mobile 360 Asia Pacific, the first in-person gathering of the mobile ...
GSMA’s recommendations on tax reforms to realise Smart Bangladesh
Monday 25 April, 2022 | What’s New
Nations that are digital leaders experience accelerated digital economic growth. Competition for investment and innovation to build a leading Digital Nation is intensifying across the region. For example, recently, India undertook major reforms to ensure the economic ...
GSMA SHARES MORE IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGLE WHOLESALE NETWORK 5G ROLLOUT FOR MALAYSIA IN NEW REPORT
Friday 10 December, 2021 | What’s New
The report examines the fundamental difference between single whole network and network sharing among operators that can result in contrasting outcomes 10 December 2021, Kuala Lumpur – GSMA Intelligence today is sharing further insights about single wholesale networks (SWNs) ...
GSMA Announces the Formation of a New Asia Pacific 5G Industry Community
Thursday 21 October, 2021 | What’s New
Launched at Mobile 360 Asia Pacific, the APAC 5G Industry Community is a forum for people to learn and advocate 5G benefits to industries and enterprises 21 October 2021, Singapore: GSMA today announced at Mobile 360 Asia Pacific the formation of the Asia Pacific (APAC) 5G ...
GSMA Signs Digital Development Agreements with Malaysia, Pakistan, Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association
Tuesday 3 November, 2020 | What’s New
Announcements made at Thrive Asia Pacific; event registrations are open 3 November 2020, London: To help foster and accelerate digital nation opportunities, the GSMA has signed three memorandum of understanding agreements with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporate (MDEC), ...
GSMA Report Shows Mobile Industry Continues Asia Pacific Region Investment to Support Economic Recovery and Growth
Tuesday 7 July, 2020 | What’s New
Mobile Industry Generates $1.6 Trillion of Economic Value to Asia Pacific London: Asia Pacific mobile operators are to invest over $400 billion on their networks between 2020 and 2025, of which $331 billion will be spent on 5G deployments, according to the latest Asia ...
Pakistan Progressing Towards A Fully-Fledged Digital Economy – Launching the GSMA Report
Monday 8 June, 2020 | What’s New
GSMA Report Highlights Mobile is the dominant form of digital connectivity in Pakistan, with 89 million unique subscribers as of the end of 2019. 8 June 2020, Islamabad: At a high-level event between the Government of Pakistan and mobile industry leaders, the GSMA today ...
stc Group signs MoU to join the GSMA APAC IoT Partnership Programme for the first time MENA
Thursday 28 May, 2020 | What’s New
stc Group has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the GSMA with the intent of joining the GSMA Asia Pacific (APAC) IoT Partnership Programme, one of the most extensive Internet of Things (IoT) communities worldwide. By signing this memo, stc Group ...
The World Bank, WEF, GSMA and ITU Mobilized in the Fight Against COVID-19
Thursday 30 April, 2020 | What’s New
Partners discussed a set of concrete actions to help governments and private sector cope with the pandemic. WASHINGTON —During a high-level dialogue, Finance and ICT ministers, ICT regulators, CEOs of telecom and technology companies from around the world discussed an ...
KOMINFO will offer GSMA’s Online Capacity Building Training Courses to 450 employees starting on 16 April 2020
Thursday 16 April, 2020 | What’s New
In these times where country-wide lockdowns, travel restrictions, social distancing and working from home are the norm globally, turning challenges into an opportunity, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia (KOMINFO) in strategic partnership ...
Mobile industry has never been more important to world’s citizens and global economy
Monday 30 March, 2020 | What’s New
I would like to recognise the contributions that mobile operators around the world are making to help their communities meet the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing robust and secure connectivity to individuals, businesses and governments have ...
KOMINFO Study Trip to South Korea Hosted by GSMA Capacity Building
Tuesday 26 November, 2019 | What’s New
GSMA Capacity Building hosted delegates from the Republic of Indonesia Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (KOMINFO) for a study trip visit to South Korea, which ran from 15-19th of November. Led by Director General Basuki Yusuf Iskandar, the KOMINFO study ...
GSMA and Pakistan Government Work Together to Harness the Power of Mobile to Deliver Digital Transformation in Pakistan
Monday 21 October, 2019 | What’s New
GSMA Report Highlights Mobile Broadband Networks Now Cover 80 Per Cent of Pakistan, Representing a Great Opportunity To Deliver Life-Enhancing Services London: At a high-level roundtable meeting between the Government of Pakistan and mobile industry leaders, the GSMA today ...
GSMA Capacity Building Workshop with KOMINFO and first fee-based Advance training workshop for MNOs in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Monday 9 September, 2019 | What’s New
GSMA 5G/IoT Capacity Building training with KOMINFO and first fee-based Advance training workshop for MNOs in Indonesia marks the launch of the partnership with KOMINFO Indonesia. The GSMA now seeks to provide Capacity Building training to the industry on a paid basis. ...
GSMA Asia Pacific Tech4Girls Workshop in Hong Kong
Thursday 9 May, 2019 | What’s New
The GSMA is supporting ITU International Girls in ICT Day for a sixth year by launching its Tech4Girls programme globally through a series of events at its offices around the world. On 7 May 2019, GSMA Asia Pacific region hosted a Tech4Girls robotics and coding workshop for ...
GSMA Report: Assigning Vital Spectrum for Mobile will Boost Indonesia’s Economy
Friday 28 September, 2018 | What’s New
New Report Estimates that Assigning 700 MHz to Mobile Broadband Would Deliver $11 billion (IDR161 trillion) in Economic Benefits over 10 Years Jakarta: Indonesia is poised to become a digital powerhouse in Southeast Asia. However, this can only be fully realised if the ...
Attendance at GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018 Tops 60,000 Visitors
Friday 6 July, 2018 | What’s New
Business-to-Business Attendance Surges 14 Per Cent over 2017 Event; Nearly 8,800 Additional Consumer Attendees Participated at Migu Health and Fitness Festival Hong Kong: The GSMA today reported that more than 60,000 unique visitors1 from 112 countries and territories ...
GSMA Announces Winners of 2018 Asia Mobile Awards
Friday 6 July, 2018 | What’s New
Shanghai: The GSMA announced the winners of the 2018 Asia Mobile Awards (AMO Awards), which were presented in series of ceremonies at Mobile World Congress Shanghai this week. The awards honour achievement, excellence and innovation in mobile communications across the Asia ...
GSMA: Global Mobile Operators Commit to Common Approach to IoT Security
Friday 6 July, 2018 | What’s New
AT&T, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, KDDI, LG Uplus, Orange, Telefónica, Telenor Group, Telia, Turkcell, Vodafone Group and Zain Agree to Adopt GSMA IoT Security Guidelines Shanghai: The GSMA today announced that global mobile ...
GSMA: The Right Policy Incentives will Help Realise 5G Opportunity in China’s Enterprise Sectors
Friday 6 July, 2018 | What’s New
To Deliver Full Potential of 5G, Governments Encouraged to Support New Policies to Incentivise Industry Collaboration; China Expected to be the Largest 5G Market by 2025 Shanghai: For China to realise the full potential of 5G, it needs to create a more supportive policy ...
Greater China Set to Dominate Global Industrial IoT Market, Says New GSMA Report
Friday 6 July, 2018 | What’s New
Government Backing 5G, AI and Data Analytics to Transform Industrial Sector; GSMA Intelligence Forecasts 13.8 billion IIoT Connections Worldwide by 2025, with China Accounting for One-Third of Global Market London: The GSMA today issued a new report, ‘The Industrial ...
GSMA spectrum engagement at the 23rd Meeting of APT Wireless Group
Tuesday 17 April, 2018 | Uncategorized
The 23rd Meeting of APT Wireless Group was organised from 9 to 13 April 2018 in Da Nang City, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. The work areas of the meeting included spectrum arrangements and harmonization; spectrum monitoring; spectrum sharing studies; future development of ...
GSMA: Mobile Spectrum and Tax Reforms Needed to Remove Barriers to Bangladesh’s Vision 2021 Goals
Wednesday 4 April, 2018 | What’s New
Mobile Industry Uniquely Positioned to Realise Bangladesh’s Vision 2021 Goals; Tax Reform Could Enable Fiscal Gains of Nearly $825 Million over Five-Year Period Hong Kong: The GSMA today released a new report outlining the rapid growth of the Bangladesh mobile industry ...
New GSMA Report Highlights Development of Mobile IoT Networks and Applications Across Greater China Regions
Tuesday 20 March, 2018 | What’s New
China Mobile, China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Huawei and ZTE Showcase How Mobile IoT is Helping to Deliver Everything From Smart Cities to Smart Metering Hong Kong: The GSMA today issued a new report, ‘Mobile Internet of Things Case Study, Greater China Report’, ...
GSMA Announces Nominees for 2018 GLOMO Awards
Wednesday 24 January, 2018 | What’s New
London: The GSMA today announced the nominees for the Global Mobile Awards 2018 (GLOMO Awards). Winners of the awards will be presented throughout Mobile World Congress, which takes place 26 February – 1 March in Barcelona. The full list of nominees can be found at ...
GSMA Launches Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018
Tuesday 28 November, 2017 | What’s New
2018 Edition Expected to Attract More Than 60,000 Attendees, 600 Participating Companies Hong Kong: The GSMA today announced the first details of the 2018 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, including confirmed exhibitors and sponsors, as well as a range of programmes and ...
GSMA and AIC Encourage Greater Engagement Among RCEP Countries to Enable a Truly Pan-Asian Digital Economy
Wednesday 18 October, 2017 | What’s New
RCEP Expected to Play Critical Role in Enabling Positive Policy Development in Digital Economy, Promoting Digital Trade and Investments Hong Kong: The GSMA and the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) today urged the participating countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic ...
GSMA Reports Record Attendance for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017
Tuesday 4 July, 2017 | What’s New
Nearly 67,500 Attendees Visit Shanghai Event, a 27 Per Cent Increase Over 2016 Hong Kong: The GSMA today reported that nearly 67,500 unique visitors1 from 104 countries and territories attended the 2017 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, held 28 June – 1 July in Shanghai. ...
GSMA Announces Winners of 2017 Asia Mobile Awards
Wednesday 28 June, 2017 | What’s New
Shanghai: The GSMA announced the winners of the 2017 Asia Mobile Awards, which were presented this evening at the AMO Awards Ceremony and Dinner Reception, held at DaGuan Theatre in Pudong, Shanghai. The awards, which were hosted by news anchor Jason He, honour achievement, ...
China and India to Account for Half of All New Mobile Subscribers Added by 2020, Finds New GSMA Study
Wednesday 28 June, 2017 | What’s New
Asia Pacific Mobile Economy Valued at $1.3 Trillion – Accounting for 5.2 Per Cent of GDP Shanghai: China and India will account for almost half of all new mobile subscribers expected to be added worldwide by the end of the decade, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 ...
New Study From GSMA and CAICT Forecasts that China will be the World’s Largest 5G Market by 2025
Wednesday 28 June, 2017 | What’s New
China to Account for 39 Per Cent of Global 5G Market by 2025 Shanghai: Chinese operators are on track to launch commercial 5G networks by 2020 and are expected to establish China as the world’s largest 5G market by 2025, according to a new study by GSMA Intelligence and the ...
GSMA Mobile IoT Initiative Takes Off with Multiple Commercial Network Launches Around the World
Monday 26 June, 2017 | What’s New
AT&T, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Verizon and Vodafone Launch Mobile IoT (LPWA) Networks Shanghai: The GSMA today announced that its Mobile IoT Initiative1 has taken off with the launch of multiple commercial rollouts of Low Power, Wide ...
GSMA Launches Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017
Tuesday 22 November, 2016 | What’s New
More than 65,000 Attendees, 650 Participating Companies Expected for the 2017 Event Hong Kong: The GSMA today announced the first details of the 2017 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, including confirmed exhibitors and sponsors, as well as a range of programmes and ...
GSMA Announces Launch of Mobile Connect Across India
Tuesday 19 July, 2016 | What’s New
Six Leading Operators Announce Commercial Availability of Mobile Connect, Provide Mobile Authentication Services to More than 800 Million Consumers New Delhi: At a launch event held in New Delhi today, the GSMA announced that the GSMA’s Mobile Connect mobile-based ...
GSMA Reports Record Attendance for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Monday 4 July, 2016 | What’s New
More than 53,000 Attendees Visit Shanghai Event, a 33 Per Cent Increase Over 2015 Hong Kong: The GSMA today reported that more than 53,0001 unique visitors from 104 countries and territories attended the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, held 29 June – 1 July in ...
Leading Operators Across Asia Commit to GSMA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter
Thursday 30 June, 2016 | What’s New
KDDI, KT Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC and SK Telecom Become Latest Signatories of Humanitarian Connectivity Charter Shanghai: Today at Mobile World Congress Shanghai, the GSMA announced that KDDI, KT Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC and SK Telecom have become the most recent ...
GSMA Announces Winners of the 2016 Asia Mobile Awards
Thursday 30 June, 2016 | What’s New
Shanghai: The GSMA today announced the winners of the 2016 Asia Mobile Awards, which were presented last evening at the AMO Awards Ceremony and Dinner Reception, held at DaGuan Theatre in Pudong, Shanghai. The awards, which were hosted by popular TV personality Bai Xuxu, ...
Asia Pacific to Add 600 Million New Mobile Subscribers by 2020, Finds Latest GSMA Mobile Economy Study
Wednesday 29 June, 2016 | What’s New
Mobile Ecosystem Adds $1.3 Trillion in Economic Value to Asia Pacific Economy Shanghai: The number of mobile subscribers in the Asia Pacific region reached 2.5 billion at the end of last year and will grow to 3.1 billion by 2020, according to a new GSMA study published at ...
New GSMA Report Predicts Chinese IoT Market will Exceed One Billion Connections by 2020, Underpinned by Licensed Low Power, Wide Area Market
Wednesday 29 June, 2016 | What’s New
Low Power, Wide Area Connections Driving Huge Market Growth in China; GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative Helping Mobile Operators to Accelerate Commercial Solutions Shanghai: China’s machine-to-machine (M2M) market will reach one billion connections by 2020, with the majority ...
GSMA Initiative to Drive Global Adoption of Universal Profile for Rich Communications Services Gains Momentum
Tuesday 28 June, 2016 | What’s New
Universal RCS Profile Backed by 57 Mobile Operators and Leading Handset Manufacturers; Service Will Deliver Enhanced Communications Experiences to Customers Globally Shanghai: The GSMA today announced that AIS, Axiata Group, Beeline, Bell Mobility, China Mobile, China ...
New GSMA Report Finds Global Mobile Customers Seeking Feature-Rich, IP-Based Messaging Services from Operators
Tuesday 28 June, 2016 | What’s New
New Report Highlights Growing Demand for Operator-led Advanced Communications Services Such as Pre-Calling, Instant Messaging and Real-time Video Shanghai: Global mobile subscribers are demanding richer, global and open IP-based messaging experiences from mobile network ...
GSMA Announces New Keynote Speakers, Programmes and Events for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Wednesday 22 June, 2016 | What’s New
Executives from Alibaba, China Financial Asset Exchange, Ericsson, LeEco, Qualcomm and Volkswagen Confirmed for Keynote Programme; The MMIX Asia Summit, Graphene Summit and Exhibition Tours Debut Hong Kong: The GSMA today provided further updates on the GSMA Mobile World ...
GSMA Announces Nominees for 2016 Asia Mobile Awards
Tuesday 7 June, 2016 | What’s New
Winners to be Announced Live at Asia Mobile Awards Ceremony and Dinner Reception at Mobile World Congress Shanghai Hong Kong: The GSMA today announced the nominees for the 2016 Asia Mobile Awards. Winners of the inaugural “AMO Awards” will be honoured at the Asia ...
Consumers to Experience Connected Lifestyle at GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Tuesday 31 May, 2016 | What’s New
Connected Cars, Devices, Drones, eSports, Gaming and Virtual Reality Take Centre Stage at Annual Shanghai Event Shanghai: Consumers attending the GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai will have the opportunity to experience the hottest mobile trends, all in one place. Held ...
GSMA Innovation City Returns to Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Wednesday 25 May, 2016 | What’s New
Immersive Exhibition Demonstrates How Mobile Technology is Transforming Our Lives; Partners Include Akyumen, DTS, Hangar 18 NOA, Huawei, KT Corporation, MyFC, NAES, nubia, OPPO and Thinfilm Shanghai: The GSMA Innovation City will return to Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016 ...
CEOs from Leading Mobile Players to Keynote at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Tuesday 17 May, 2016 | What’s New
GSMA Announces Additional Exhibitors, Sponsors, Partners and Programmes Beijing: The GSMA announced confirmed keynote speakers for Mobile World Congress Shanghai, including CEOs and senior leaders from companies such as AT&T Mobility, Baidu, China Mobile, China Telecom, ...
GSMA Announces Further Details for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Wednesday 13 April, 2016 | What’s New
Hong Kong: The GSMA today provided further details for the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will be held 29 June – 1 July 2016 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). The GSMA announced additional exhibitors, sponsors, partners and programmes ...
GSMA Report Shows Registered Mobile Money Accounts Increased by 31 Per Cent to 411 Million in 2015
Tuesday 23 February, 2016 | What’s New
Mobile Money Industry Continues to Grow With More Than One Billion Transactions Processed In December 2015 Barcelona: The GSMA today released its fifth annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’. The report provides a quantitative assessment of the ...
Mobile Industry to Add One Billion New Unique Subscribers by 2020
Monday 22 February, 2016 | What’s New
GSMA Intelligence Forecasts 72% Global Unique Subscriber Penetration by 2020 Barcelona: Almost three-quarters of the world’s population will be connected to a mobile network by 2020, according to the latest study from GSMA Intelligence, the research arm of the GSMA. ...
Global Operators, Google and the GSMA Align Behind Adoption of Rich Communications Services
Monday 22 February, 2016 | What’s New
Operators align on universal RCS profile; Google to provide RCS messaging client in Android Barcelona: Global operators, including América Móvil, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Globe Telecom, KPN, Millicom, MTN, Orange, PLAY, Smart Communications, Sprint, ...
GSMA Provides Update for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Thursday 28 January, 2016 | What’s New
GSMA Signs Partnership for New Co-Located Event, Launches GSMA Asia Mobile Awards Hong Kong: The GSMA today provided further details for the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will be held 29 June – 1 July 2016 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre ...