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The Mobile Policy Handbook: An Insider’s Guide to the Issues – 2017
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Monday 3 Apr 2017 |
A country’s citizens benefit most when the private and public sectors work together in a spirit of openness and trust. This is why the GSMA is committed to supporting governments and regulators in their efforts to introduce pro- ...
5G Spectrum Public Policy Position
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Thursday 2 Feb 2017 |
This paper updates the GSMA’s key 5G spectrum positions. It is available in English, French and Spanish, and focuses on the areas where governments, regulators and the mobile industry should cooperate to make 5G a success. 5G is ...
2015 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money
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Tuesday 22 Mar 2016 |
Since 2011, GSMA Mobile Money has been tracking the progress of the mobile money industry through the State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money. Now in its fifth year, this report explores mobile money availability and the spread of ...
Spotlight on Rural Supply: Critical factors to create successful mobile money agents
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Wednesday 7 Oct 2015 |
Although mobile money services have extended further into rural areas than more traditional financial services have been able to in the past, rural customers still remain an underserved segment. A key barrier to reaching these ...
Mobile Policy Handbook 2014
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Wednesday 10 Dec 2014 |
The Mobile Policy Handbook 2014: An Insider’s Guide to the Issues - is an updated window into industry perspectives, a signpost to regulatory best practice and a portal to more information.
New Discussion Paper on Smartphones & Mobile Money: The Next Generation of Digital Financial Inclusion
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Thursday 10 Jul 2014 |
This blog post is co-written by Mireya Almazán and Elisa Sitbon. Converging trends offer great promise for the next generation of digital financial ...
Promising Starts in Mobile Microinsurance: Tigo Senegal & Telenor Pakistan
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Tuesday 25 Feb 2014 |
The global microinsurance market is estimated at 4 billion individuals, but the cost of selling and administering low-value policies makes microinsurance uneconomical for many traditional providers. Mobile phones have the potential to ...
Entertainment: the missing M4D value-added service
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Tuesday 18 Feb 2014 |
Is a greater focus on entertainment the key to still-elusive scale in M4D? I’ve been asking myself that question ever since a recent trip to visit with our
Arab States Mobile Observatory
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Friday 15 Nov 2013 |
This Report (the “Report”) has been prepared by Deloitte LLP (“Deloitte”) for the GSM Association (GSMA) in accordance with the contract with them dated 12 September 2012 (“the Contract”) and on the basis of the scope and limitations ...
Mobile Identity: A Regulatory Overview
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Wednesday 3 Jul 2013 |
This paper provides an overview of the regulatory background and key policy issues associated with digital and mobile identity services. Its objective is to inform and stimulate discussion on the key policy principles required for the ...
Mobile Signature in Turkey – A Case Study of Turkcell: MobilImza
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Wednesday 3 Jul 2013 |
In 2007, Turkey was the first country to launch a mobile signature solution – Turkcell’s “MobilImza” service. Since then, the solution has evolved, the number of available services has increased, and usage per subscriber has multiplied ...