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The evolution of the LTE mobile networks expands 4G technology in Latin America
Friday 28 June, 2013 | English News
On a recent weekend, I went to the park with my family and using my mobile phone, recorded a high definition video of the good time we were having and instantly shared it with friends using social media. Comments and “likes” started popping up immediately...
Piloto NFC
Wednesday 19 June, 2013 | Uncategorized
Bem-vindo à página de informações sobre o piloto de transporte NFC para o qual você foi selecionado. Aqui você encontrará informações complementares que o ajudarão a compreender os objetivos desta iniciativa e da tecnologia de NFC. Informações sobre o piloto Utilização do ...
Socio-economic Impact of mHealth: Brazil and Mexico
Tuesday 21 May, 2013 | Uncategorized
This executive summary outlines the results of a study undertaken by PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the GSMA on the socio-economic transformation that mHealth adoption will bring about in Latin America. Top-line findings indicate that more than 40 million additional patients ...
GSMA: More than 40 million new patients could be treated in Brazil and Mexico in 2017 if action is taken to drive mHealth adoption
Tuesday 21 May, 2013 | English News
mHealth Services Extend the Quality and Reach of Patient Care and Help to Overcome the Growing Healthcare Burden and Lack of Resources. The GSMA today unveiled research that demonstrates the socio-economic transformation...
Enabling Roaming across LTE networks
Monday 20 May, 2013 | English News
By Matthew Tonkin, Global Head, IPX Business, SAP Mobile Services. Once again the mobile industry is entering a new phase of technological change. With the proliferation of data services and smartphones, the mobile operator community is working to address the increasing need ...
Children’s use of mobile phones – An international comparison 2012
Monday 13 May, 2013 | Uncategorized
Children around the globe are increasingly passionate users of mobile technology. Demonstrating a receptivity and enthusiasm that far exceeds those of their parents and teachers; they are embracing the opportunities provided by mobile phones in ways that could not have been ...
Plenary #39: Latin American operators met in Bogota to discuss quality of service, health and user protection
Monday 29 April, 2013 | English News
More than 400 executives representing 27 operators from 19 Latin American countries joined over 40 telecommunications suppliers, regulators and Colombian government officials at GSMA Latin America Plenary Meeting #39...
Success Story: Optimizing Core Roaming Services to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Churn
Monday 29 April, 2013 | English News
How BTC lowered costs while bolstering customer satisfaction by streamlining its roaming vendor relationships. Mobile service providers worldwide have to contend with the complexities of juggling multiple supplier...
GSMA reveals fears over mobile privacy are holding back the growth of mobile apps in Latin America
Wednesday 24 April, 2013 | English News
The GSMA today announced research exploring the impact of privacy concerns on the adoption of mobile apps and services in Latin America. The study of 4,500 mobile users across Brazil, Colombia and Mexico shows that...
Telecom Personal adopts GSMA Spam Reporting Service to identify spammers and protect subscribers
Monday 15 April, 2013 | English News | Homepage-news-eng
The GSMA today announced that Argentinean mobile operator Telecom Personal has launched the GSMA Spam Reporting Service, powered by Cloudmark, a system that will help it to proactively address messaging threats...
Wireless Intelligence: Slowing revenue growth prompts LatAm operators to look beyond voice
Thursday 11 April, 2013 | English News
Mobile operator revenue in Latin America reached $107 billion in 2012, growing 9% year-on-year, placing it as the second-fastest growing region globally (behind Asia). Latin America represents around 10% of global...
Universal Service Fund Study
Wednesday 10 April, 2013 | Uncategorized
This report examines 64 Universal Service Funds, how they are currently meeting their objectives and what mobile’s role is in delivering universal service and access. It concludes that most funds are not achieving their stated goal of widening access to telecommunication ...
Disaster Response: Guidelines for Establishing Effective Collaboration between Mobile Network Operators and Government Agencies
Tuesday 9 April, 2013 | Uncategorized
This landscape document will specifically examine relations between the operators and the public sector, including governments from both developing and developed nations, international bodies and regional authorities. These actors should leverage the expertise of the private ...
Latin American Summit at the MWC 2013: Creating consensus to drive the next wave of investments in mobile broadband
Thursday 14 March, 2013 | English News
Held in Barcelona, Spain, the Mobile World Conference boasted a strong show from Latin America. The Latin American Regional Summit 2013 (part of GSMA’s Ministerial Programme)...
Smarter Roaming With Smarter Controls
Wednesday 13 March, 2013 | English News
People love their smart mobile devices and especially love the multitude of applications including those that keep them connected to the social world. As mobile subscribers become more nomadic, increasingly traveling beyond their home networks, the need to seamlessly...
Ericsson Mobility Report Shows Rapid Smartphone Uptake and Doubling of Mobile Data Traffic
Tuesday 12 March, 2013 | English News
Approximately 40 percent of all phones sold in Q3 2012 were smartphones and the growth of smartphone data traffic is expected to exceed the overall average Mobile data traffic doubled between Q3 2011 and Q3 2012, and is expected to grow 12 times between 2012 and 2018, driven ...
Latin America seeks safety in numbers
Monday 11 March, 2013 | English News
By Oscar Miranda, Regional Vice President Sales, CALA Region As communication networks expand and smartphone usage increases, fraud and security threats intensify. Many operators are facing losses of almost six per cent of their annual aggregated revenue through fraud and ...
Latin America moves towards region-wide allocation of Digital Dividend spectrum for mobile on a harmonized basis
Monday 11 February, 2013 | English News
Brazilian and Chilean decisions add to list of countries that have secured this key spectrum for mobile broadband. Allocating the 700MHz band, known as the Digital Dividend, for mobile broadband presents a great opportunity to achieve universal access to broadband services ...
Wireless Intelligence: Smartphone subsidies driving mobile broadband growth in Latin America
Thursday 24 January, 2013 | English News
Mobile broadband connections in Latin America (Caribbean, Central and South America) are forecast to top 150 million this quarter, accounting for about one in five of the region’s mobile subscriptions. We expect the figure to reach close to 200 million by year-end, by which ...
Latin America Regional Summit 2013
Wednesday 16 January, 2013 | Uncategorized
Leveraging the New Mobile Horizon – Connecting Latin America through Mobile As we approach MWC13 in which our region will continue increasing its profile. The Ministerial Programme will support us with the “Latin America Regional Summit 2013: Leveraging the New Mobile ...