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Wednesday 27 April, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

This year, the Mobile World Congress attracted more than 100,000 visitors and government delegations from over 200 countries to discuss key industry trends and explore the innovations on show from more than 2,000 exhibitors. Numerous EU officials attended the event in ...

Wednesday 27 April, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, has said the Digital Single Market (DSM) could add up to EUR 250 billion to the European economy and generate hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Although the ePrivacy Directive is just one small part of the DSM, it ...

Wednesday 27 April, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

Entitled Driving Growth in the Digital Single Market, the 2016 edition of the Net Futures conference took place on 21 and 22 April in Brussels. Net Futures 2016 explored how the “Future Internet” can best serve and benefit from the Commission’s Digital Single Market ...

Wednesday 27 April, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

  The GSMA’s Mobile 360 Series – Europe event returns to Brussels on 14 June to explore the theme: Mobilising the Digital Single Market. The high level event will again bring together key mobile industry and European policy leaders to build on the progress made at the ...

Monday 21 March, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

On March 16, The Parliament Magazine held its annual  ‘The MEP Awards’ at the Concert Noble in Brussels. The event, which the GSMA was proud to support, brings together members of the European Parliament, the Commission and the EU Stakeholder community, and provides a great ...

Monday 21 March, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

As the existing rules governing digital content are no longer fit for purpose, there is a need for new solutions that follow a holistic approach. Specific rules for particular service characteristics should only apply if they indispensable, and should be kept to a minimum. ...

Monday 21 March, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

The mobile industry saw unprecedented growth in 2015, driven in part by the adoption of 4G technologies in more than 150 countries, according to the GSMA Mobile Economy Report 2016.  There are now 4.7 billion unique mobile subscribers of which 47% are connected to mobile ...

Monday 21 March, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

From 22-25 February, executives and policymakers gathered in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress to debate and shape the future of the mobile industry. More than 100,000 visitors, of which 55 percent were C-Level executives, attended the event, making this year’s edition ...

Wednesday 17 February, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

On 26 January, GSMA Europe hosted the Mobile Meetings Series breakfast debate on Mobile Fun: Enhancing the user experience for mobile gaming. Participants, including officials from the European Commission (DG JUST and DG GROW) and representatives of operators, Internet ...

Wednesday 17 February, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

On 27 January, GSMA Europe organised the Mobile Meetings Series breakfast on Competition Policy in the digital age and used it as a platform to launch the Competition Policy Handbook: a practical guide. The handbook provides thought-leading insights into how current ...

Wednesday 17 February, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

Afke Schaart, Vice President Europe, GSMA, made the case for greater spectrum harmonisation in Europe at the High Level Dialogue on spectrum-related issues, organised by the European Commission on 3 February. One day before the event, the European Commission published its ...

Wednesday 17 February, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, which took place in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland on 20-23 January, global leaders and policymakers gathered to share opinions and ideas on how best to prepare for the future. One of the main topics of discussion was the ...

Wednesday 17 February, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

The combination of wider access to mobile broadband, greater usage of smartphones and the evolution of Internet technology has fostered new mobile and communication services often delivered by powerful Internet players through digital platforms. This new competition for ...

Wednesday 17 February, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

While the advent of the General Data Protection Regulation will mark a good step forward, anomalies in the e-Privacy Directive still need to be addressed to ensure the policy landscape reflects current technologies and how European consumers use them. To that end, the GSMA ...

Wednesday 17 February, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

The 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC16), the mobile industry’s most important annual event, will be held in Barcelona on 22 -25 February. The theme of the event, held at the Fira Gran Via, will be Mobile is Everything. Last year, the four-day Congress attracted more than ...

Tuesday 19 January, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

The European Commission has conducted a’s public consultation on online platforms, which ran between September 2015 and January 2016. Part 1 of the consultation focused on the definition of platforms, problems faced by platform users, transparency issues, switching and ...

Tuesday 19 January, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

 In submissions to the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) consultation, the GSMA highlighted how exclusive spectrum access (through the licensing process) provides benefits to both consumers and the mobile industry. Spectrum licences should be no less than 20 years with a ...

Tuesday 19 January, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

In late 2015, two EU Member States trialled Mobile Connect, establishing proof-of-concept of cross-border authentication to e-Government services. The pilot, launched on November 16, demonstrated how Mobile Connect could be used to identify a EU-citizen of one Member State ...

Tuesday 19 January, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

On Thursday 21 January, a GSMA Connected Living seminar in Brussels will focus on the importance of sustainable regulatory and policy environments to enable operators to unlock the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) for consumers and businesses. Leading experts from ...

Tuesday 19 January, 2016 | GSMA Europe Blog

In cooperation with The Hague Security Delta and The Municipality of The Hague, the GSMA is organising Mobile 360 Series – Privacy & Security in The Hague, Netherlands, on 10 – 11 May 2016  – during the Dutch Presidency of the EU. The two-day event will explore the ...