Resources

Monday 29 Apr 2019 |

This report by GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, and Gallup, reveals that bridging the mobile and internet gender gap may help boost women’s wellbeing across the developing world.

Saturday 29 Sep 2018 |

In the Handbook, we explore regulatory challenges that have faced industry since its inception, and recommend approaches key stakeholders can take towards creating an enabling environment. The Handbook also ...

Thursday 20 Sep 2018 |

Mobile telephone services are playing an increasingly important role in supporting economic growth and social inclusion across the world. Mobile penetration, and specifically 3G and 4G penetration, enhances digital connectivity by ...

Tuesday 4 Sep 2018 |

At the end of 2017, 3.3 billion people were connected to the mobile internet, representing an increase of almost 300 million compared to the previous year. However, more than 4 billion people still remain offline and 1 billion of these ...

Wednesday 18 Jul 2018 |

This case study looks at two start-ups that are using mobile technology to establish functional and foundational identities in the Caribbean and Burkina Faso, and looks at how those could be developed to provide people with further ...

Thursday 5 Jul 2018 |

Mobile money agents are a crucial asset for mobile money providers and have been key to the growth of the industry over the last decade. In December 2017, there were over 2.9 million active agents and 690 million registered customer ...

Thursday 12 Apr 2018 |

The GSMA Mobile Money Certification is a global initiative to bring safer, more transparent, and more ...

Tuesday 3 Apr 2018 |

This is a consolidated position paper (“Green Paper”) which summarizes the recommendations and observations of the experts during the multi-stakeholder workshop, organised under the auspices of the Iraq Communications and Media ...

Monday 26 Feb 2018 |

2017 saw a number of new trends in mobile money – from the accelerated growth of bank-to-mobile interoperability, to the emergence of South Asia as the fastest growing region, and a raft of innovations designed to reach the most ...

Monday 5 Feb 2018 |

This report responds to the need of tackling the regulatory barriers preventing operators from extending coverage of mobile broadband networks to rural areas in emerging markets. To do so, it provides a coherent set of recommendations ...

Monday 29 Jan 2018 |

Globally, 1.2 billion people lack access to electricity. The pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar industry uses an innovative model to provide customers access to electricity in remote areas while allowing them to pay for it incrementally using ...

Monday 9 Oct 2017 |

Adoption of Mobile Across Diverse Region Driving Innovative New Services, Generating Employment and Connecting the Unconnected Dubai: The GSMA today published a new report, titled

Monday 9 Oct 2017 |

By mid-2017, there were 365 million unique subscribers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, accounting for 63% of the population. Global subscriber penetration overtook MENA during the course of 2015. As a result, ...

Wednesday 9 Aug 2017 |

Bringing impactful mobile solutions to the people and places that need them most, generating the greatest socioeconomic impact.