The Network and information Security Directive
Tuesday 25 March, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
On 7 February 2013, the European Commission published its proposal for a Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS). The main aim of the Directive is to strengthen reporting requirements and ensure a high common level of network and information security across the ...
European Parliament adopts General Data Protection Regulation proposal
Tuesday 25 March, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
On 12 March 2014, the European Parliament plenary adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) proposal with 621 votes in favour, 10 against and 22 abstentions. The next step in the legislative process is the beginning of informal trialogue meetings among the ...
Girls in Tech: Anne Bouverot on “Neelie Talks”
Tuesday 25 March, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
In an interview for the Neelie Kroes-led initiative to “get Every European Digital,” Anne Bouverot, the Director General of the GSMA, talked about the digital skills gap and the shortage of engineers, in particular, Ms Bouverot outlined how increasing the participation of ...
Highlights from GSMA Mobile World Congress 2014 – Creating what’s NEXT
Monday 24 March, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
The 2014 GSMA Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry’s most prestigious global event, was held in Barcelona on 24-27 February 2014 at the Fira Gran Via. The four-day Congress attracted more than 85,000 visitors from over 200 countries to discuss key industry trends under ...
4G driving mobile data usage, but impact is uneven
Tuesday 18 February, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
The rapid migration towards 4G-LTE in the world’s most advanced mobile markets is driving a surge in mobile data usage, with 4G users typically consuming twice as much data per month as other users. However, while the introduction of 4G has led to an uplift in ARPU, in some ...
Project Insight – Mobile for Employment
Tuesday 18 February, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
Millions of young people around the world are without a job, excluding them from productive social and economic life and leaving them stuck in a cycle of poverty. Research has shown that some of the main reasons for youth unemployment include lack of appropriate skills and ...
Base Station Licensing in Europe
Tuesday 18 February, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
In February 2014, the GSMA published its updated Base Station Planning Permission in Europe report, which presents a cross-country analysis of the base station planning procedures for 27 EU Member States and third countries (Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, ...
Regulatory issues impacting 4G deployment
Tuesday 18 February, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
Europe needs a comprehensive connectivity agenda that boosts investment, creates new jobs, drives innovation and removes obstacles to the deployment of innovative technologies. The European Institutions have taken an important step, in this respect, with moves to ...
The Payment Services Directive
Tuesday 18 February, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
On 24 July 2013, the European Commission published a proposal to revise the Payment Services Directive (PSD). The main aim of the Directive is to strengthen the European payments market and to increase the security of payment services within the EU. The GSMA has been highly ...
Mobile World Congress 2014 – Creating what’s NEXT
Tuesday 18 February, 2014 | GSMA Europe Blog
The 2014 GSMA Mobile World Congress, the mobile industry’s most prestigious annual event, will be held in Barcelona on 24 -27 February 2014 at the Fira Gran Via. Last year, the four-day event attracted more than 72,000 visitors from over 200 countries to discuss key ...
Project Insight – Mobile for Development
Wednesday 25 September, 2013 | GSMA Europe Blog
The GSMA’s Mobile for Development programme brings together mobile operators, the wider mobile industry and the development community to drive commercial mobile services for underserved people in emerging markets. GSMA Mobile for Development aims to stimulate the development ...
The GSMA calls for a more comprehensive connectivity agenda to help meet Europe’s growth, jobs and competitiveness challenges
Wednesday 25 September, 2013 | GSMA Europe Blog
Europe has lost its edge in mobile technologies and services and is now significantly underperforming other advanced economies, including the United States and areas of Asia, according to the “Mobile Economy Europe 2013” report released by the GSMA this month. But as mobile ...
Mobile commerce in retail
Wednesday 25 September, 2013 | GSMA Europe Blog
In July, the GSMA published a White Paper on Mobile Commerce in Retail. The paper presents both a compelling vision of how mobile commerce could transform retailing and the practical steps that mobile operators can take today. Crucially, it explores how operators can work ...
Digital Dividend Q&A: Laying the foundations for expanded mobile service
Wednesday 25 September, 2013 | GSMA Europe Blog
The GSMA spoke with François Rancy, director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau and a leading authority on international spectrum planning, to gain his perspectives on the progress of the Digital Dividend (the release of spectrum freed up by the switchover from analogue to ...
Highlights from the mHealth Grand Tour
Wednesday 25 September, 2013 | GSMA Europe Blog
After 2,100km of riding and 22,000m of climbs, the GSMA mHealth Grand Tour came to a very grand finale in Barcelona on 18 September 2013. The mHealth Grand Tour, a 13-day cycling challenge from Brussels to Barcelona, presented in partnership with the International Diabetes ...
Highlights from Mobile 360 Europe Conference 5 September – Connecting Cities, Connecting Lives, Connecting Europe
Wednesday 25 September, 2013 | GSMA Europe Blog
On 5 September, 300 experts from the telecoms and adjacent industries came together for the GSMA’s inaugural Mobile 360 Europe conference focused on the potential impact of mobile technologies beyond the telecoms sector. Delegates discussed the regulatory framework necessary ...