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Joint GSMA–ETNO comment on the adoption of the European Parliament and Council of the EU mandate to negotiate on the Data Act

Monday 27 March, 2023 | Latest News | News

Europe’s telecommunication industry welcomes the Data Act and supports the objective of fostering data sharing and re-use across sectors and national borders in the single market. However, as the European Commission states in the proposal, the regulation needs to strike a ...

ETNO-GSMA position paper on the Cyber Resilience Act

Monday 20 March, 2023 | Latest News | News

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) proposal comes at a time when European society, its citizens and businesses have been dealing with a crisis period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The telecommunications sector has been capable of responding to these ...

Key moments from MWC Barcelona 2023

Thursday 9 March, 2023 | News

MWC Barcelona 2023: debate | inspiration | business On 27 February – 2 March, the GSMA welcomed more than 88,500 attendees from 202 countries and territories to MWC Barcelona 2023, the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event. The GSMA Ministerial ...

GSMA welcomes European Commission’s ‘forward-looking’ leadership as consultation launches into Europe’s digital future

Thursday 23 February, 2023 | News

John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer at the GSMA, said: “In an increasingly digital world, Europe’s future economic success and social development will hinge on sustained investment in advanced communications networks. We applaud the European Commission’s launch of its ...

Mobile operators respond to the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

Wednesday 22 February, 2023 | News

We are deeply saddened by the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria and our thoughts are with all those impacted. Connectivity for the impacted population is a vital element to ensure that communities can access life-saving information, stay in touch with loved ones and access ...

Network rationalisation: making way for 4G and 5G

Tuesday 14 February, 2023 | News

With the smartphone revolution and the rapid growth in wireless data services, operators worldwide are exploring opportunities to reduce costs or to re-use 2G/3G spectrum for the more cost-efficient 4G and 5G technologies, by shutting down networks using the older legacy ...

EU and Ukrainian operators continue to help refugees from Ukraine stay connected

Friday 3 February, 2023 | Latest News | News | Ukraine response

Ukrainian and EU operators have signed a new statement to prolong voluntary measures that have been allowing affordable or free calls between the EU and Ukraine. Under the updated Joint Statement, signatories have renewed and extended the framework to continue to voluntarily ...

Highlights from the GSMA Winter Reception

Thursday 8 December, 2022 | News

On 5 December, the GSMA invited its members, EU institutions representatives, telecom attaches, and the broader EU stakeholders to its Winter Reception. The evening was dedicated to exchanging views on the latest policy developments, discussing end-of-the-year achievements, ...

Competition Dynamics in Mobile Markets in Europe

Wednesday 9 November, 2022 | Latest News | News

The mobile telecommunications market in Europe is undergoing a significant phase of investment in 5G networks. As articulated in the European Commission’s 5G Action Plan and the EU Digital Decade, the key objective is uninterrupted 5G broadband coverage for all urban areas ...

European Spectrum Policy for the Digital Decade

Wednesday 26 October, 2022 | News

The EU’s Digital Decade envisages full 5G or 5G equivalent coverage by 2030, which means ensuring digital inclusion for all European citizens and businesses no matter where they are. The important question is how do we deliver on that vision? Meeting the 2030 targets ...

GSMA restates importance of fair contribution to European Infrastructure investment

Wednesday 12 October, 2022 | News

The GSMA strongly believes that the future of Europe’s digital economy requires action to ensure that those Big Tech players, driving large and increasing traffic volumes over European networks, make a fair contribution to infrastructure investment. The publication of ...

The future of 5G connectivity in Europe

Tuesday 11 October, 2022 | News

The GSMA Mobile Economy Europe 2022 report, launched in October 2022, revealed that policy action is needed for EU to achieve Digital Decade goals. The report predicts that by 2025, the average adoption of 5G across Europe will hit 44%, with the UK and Germany expected to ...

GSMA report demonstrates policy action is needed for EU to achieve Digital Decade goals

Wednesday 5 October, 2022 | News

Economic contribution of mobile continues to expand, but market dynamics are impeding European 5G progress. 5th October 2022, Brussels: Mobile technologies and services contributed Eur757 billion to European GDP in 2021, but Europe’s ambitious Digital Decade goals remain ...

Joint EU and National Telecom Sector Statement on “Fair Contribution”

Monday 18 July, 2022 | News

Brussels, 18 July 2022 – EU and national associations AOMR (RO), APMS (CZ), AssoTelecomunicazioni (IT), ATI (BG), DigitalES (SP), ETNO (EU), Fédération Française des Télécoms (FR), GSMA Europe (EU) and and *Internetoffensive Österreich (Austria)* released the following Joint ...

Joint Statement by EU and Ukrainian Operators to Help Refugees from Ukraine Stay Connected – Extended

Sunday 10 July, 2022 | Ukraine response | What's New

Update: In July 2022, the European Commission asked European and Ukrainian mobile operators to extend the Joint Statement on connectivity to support Ukrainian refugees. Under the renewed three-month commitment, signatories will continue to voluntarily and bilaterally lower ...

Telecom Industry Applauds EU Institutions for New Platform Rulebooks

Tuesday 5 July, 2022 | News

The European telecommunications industry welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), resulting from the co-legislators’ provisional agreements earlier this year. Today’s vote confirms Europe’ political ...

The GSMA warmly congratulates the Czech Government on assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Friday 1 July, 2022 | News

This Presidency will play a critical role in advancing a number of initiatives that will be key to delivering the ambitious vision of the EU Digital Decade, whilst shaping the future of Europe’s digital economy, society and sovereignty. The mobile industry welcomes the ...