mYouth: protecting children through collaboration
Tuesday 20 September, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
On May 20th, the GSMA and CHI (Child Helpline International) hosted a joint workshop at GSMA HQ, focusing on the safe and responsible use of digital services by children and young people. Mats Granryd, GSMA Director General, and Kees Peijster, Child Helpline International ...
Will the Winter Olympics in 2018 give 5G a boost?
Tuesday 20 September, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
At both the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, mobile operators are planning to use 5G to provide innovative new services to spectators, viewers and the organisers. The next generation of mobile technologies could transform the ...
The GSMA to chair workshop on Connected and Automated Driving at the Digital Assembly
Tuesday 20 September, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
Co-organised by the European Commission and the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Digital Assembly 2016 will be attended by high-level officials from EU Member States and European institutions, policymakers, representatives of industry and academia, ...
The GSMA Collaborates with the United Nations and Project Everyone to Drive Action on Sustainable Development Goals
Tuesday 20 September, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
At the 2016 Social Good Summit, held in New York alongside the General Assembly, the GSMA announced a collaboration with the United Nations and Project Everyone, a non-profit global campaign, to increase awareness of and engagement with the United Nations Sustainable ...
Telecoms package must drive step change in infrastructure investment and support 5G leadership
Tuesday 20 September, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
On 14 September, the European Commission tabled legislative proposals to revamp Europe’s telecoms regulatory framework. “The Commission has recognised the need to incentivise a step change in infrastructure investment in order to fulfil the potential of the Digital Single ...
Slovakia sets ambitious digital agenda for its Council Presidency
Thursday 14 July, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
On 1 July, the College of Commissioners met with the Slovak government in Bratislava to launch the country’s first-ever Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Despite unprecedented challenges and growing uncertainty, the Slovak Presidency is putting forward a ...
Building trust and empowering innovation by repealing the E-Privacy Directive
Thursday 14 July, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
Ten tech and telecom industry associations (The GSMA, ETNO, Cable Europe, CCIA, COCIR, Digital Europe, ECTA, EuroISPA, IAB Europe and the EPC) have called for privacy regulation to be simplified and streamlined to benefit consumers. The industry bodies highlighted the need ...
The GSMA shares the Commission’s ambition for Europe to be a global leader in 5G
Thursday 14 July, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
The GSMA supports the 5G Manifesto for Timely Deployment of 5G in Europe, which was presented at a meeting between Commissioner Oettinger and CEOs from across the telecommunications and applications industries. Backed by telecoms operators, equipment vendors and players from ...
Securing Europe’s leadership in connected cars
Thursday 14 July, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
In spring 2015, Commissioner Oettinger invited the GSMA to join four other Brussels-based trade associations (spanning automotive and telecoms) to accelerate the take up of connected and automated driving in Europe. The Commissioner wants Europe to be a global leader in ...
Mobile World Congress Shanghai sees record attendance
Thursday 14 July, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
The biggest event in Asia’s mobile calendar, the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016, took place from 29 June to 1 July. The three-day exhibition and conference attracted executives from the industry’s largest and most influential mobile operators, device makers, equipment ...
Science and policy debate at the GSMA Electromagnetic Fields Forum 2016
Thursday 30 June, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
Held in Brussels on 13 June, the GSMA Europe Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) Forum 2016 focused on the latest scientific developments with regard to possible health risks from the radiofrequency signals used to provide mobile communications and how government policies impact ...
GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016
Thursday 30 June, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
A GSMA event, the Mobile World Congress Shanghai brings together C-level mobile executives from across the global industry and tech-savvy consumers to discuss and experience a connected life full of exciting new technologies and products. Entitled Digital is Me, the Mobile ...
Spectrum at the core of the policy discussion in Europe
Thursday 30 June, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
Experts from the GSMA recently participated in two key events; a live debate, organized by ViEUws, with the European institutions to discuss spectrum policy in Europe, and panel discussions at the Forum Europe 11th Annual European Spectrum Management conference in Brussels. ...
Innovation-proof implementation of the Open Internet Regulation for Europe’s digital future
Thursday 30 June, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
The demands placed on mobile networks today are straightforward compared with the future requirements posed by the Internet of Things, connected apps and the likely tenfold growth in data traffic over the next five years. In a 5G Europe, connected cars, smart transport, the ...
Policymakers and industry leaders explore EU digital leadership at GSMA Mobile – 360 Europe
Thursday 30 June, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
Building on the success of the first edition in December 2014, the GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Europe conference brought together thought leaders and industry experts within the expanding mobile value chain to discuss how to optimise the potential of mobile technologies and ...
Highlights from GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Privacy and Security
Friday 27 May, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
In a digital world, the more people are connected, the more vulnerable they become to cyber-crime. To address the importance of this issue, the GSMA devoted a Mobile360 event to the topic of privacy and security across the global mobile enterprise ecosystem. On 11 and 12 ...
Vice-President Ansip and Commissioner Oettinger confirmed to speak at Mobile 360 Series – Europe
Friday 27 May, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
The Europe edition of the Mobile 360 Series will bring together the European Commission’s Vice President Andrus Ansip, Commissioner Günther Oettinger, and senior industry executives in Brussels to discuss how to mobilise the Digital Single Market. In light of ...
New GSMA Study Describes the Changing Economics of the Digital Ecosystem
Friday 27 May, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
On 17 May, the GSMA published a new report examining the structure, economic drivers and financial performance of the global internet economy and its respective segments. The Internet Value Chain, developed by A.T. Kearney for the GSMA, assesses how the internet ecosystem ...
EU countries need to allocate the 700 MHz band to mobile before 2020
Friday 27 May, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
Mobile data traffic is increasing exponentially as more people consume more and more content on mobile devices. To be able to deliver this growing amount of content and reach citizens both within buildings and rural areas, mobile operators need additional spectrum below 1 ...
GSMA ready to help shape a forward-looking policy for EU telecoms
Friday 27 May, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog
As part of the Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Commission is undertaking the first fundamental review of the EU telecoms rules since 2009. The review proposals are likely to be published in autumn 2016. The Commission’s efforts to modernise regulation in the ...