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Collaboration key to beating coverage and connectivity gaps
Wednesday 16 September, 2020
In the last decade mobile has connected over 2.5 billion people to the internet and mobile broadband coverage is not over 90 per cent of the world’s population. As impressive as that is, 600 million people still live in areas with no coverage whatsoever. A second ...
U.N. Secretary General’s Task Force on Digital Financing for the SDGs
Wednesday 26 August, 2020
Since the start of the global pandemic, the world has witnessed the benefits of being connected and the danger of being left out. For nearly 6 billion mobile subscribers, mobile technology has proven a lifeline that keeps loved ones connected, facilitates remote access to ...
Using mobile big data to help inform the fight against COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Wednesday 29 July, 2020
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 epidemic. The country is already dealing with cholera, a measles epidemic that has caused 6,000 deaths since January 2019, as well as a new outbreak of Ebola in the Équateur province. At the ...
Driving Digital Transformation for Women and Girls through Mobile: Unlocking the Potential of Small States
Thursday 28 May, 2020
The 2019 Sustainable Development Goals Report from the United Nations Secretary General points to the fact none of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be achieved unless SDG5 (Gender Equality) is achieved first. A significant part of achieving gender parity is ...
Digital Declaration signatories: companies’ response to COVID-19
Thursday 21 May, 2020
It’s being said a lot: we are living in unprecedented times. It is precisely when we face the unknown, or a new endeavour, the need for leadership emerges stronger than ever. This is now particularly true in the digital age, given the key role technology is playing in ...
The Role of AI for Impact in the Fight against COVID-19
Monday 11 May, 2020
It is difficult to overstate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families, industries, and governments across the globe. The disease has caused widespread illness and enormous disruption to many aspects of modern life. As the physical economy became disrupted, digital and ...
5G: A Backbone for Europe’s Economic Recovery
Wednesday 6 May, 2020
One of the biggest strengths of the GSMA – our ability to convene 110,000 people from 90 countries for the annual MWC in Barcelona – suddenly became a challenge in the face of a fast-moving new virus, COVID-19. We were forced to cancel the trade show on 12 February, when ...
Adjusting mobile tax policy in light of COVID-19: How fiscal policy can keep us connected
Tuesday 5 May, 2020
As countries battle with the coronavirus outbreak, governments around the world are taking unprecedented fiscal and economic measures to support their economies. Recognising the critical role of digital technologies in keeping people connected, enabling business continuity, ...
Maintaining consumer trust in the fight against COVID-19
Thursday 9 April, 2020
COVID-19 continues to fundamentally change the global landscape. Responding to this crisis situation, mobile network operators are working with stakeholders around the world – including governments, international organisations, NGOs, and academics – to ensure that mobile can ...
Eleven Regulatory Recommendations to Sustain Connectivity During the COVID-19 Crisis
Monday 6 April, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis shared by all, requiring consumers, companies and governments to adapt to new circumstances and support efforts to contain the spread of this disease. The foremost goal is to save lives. But there are many other critical ...
Keeping the world connected: Development challenges in times of COVID-19
Thursday 2 April, 2020
The role of mobile technology in these trying times has never been more pivotal. Mobile technology is serving as a connectivity tool and a comfort tool, bridging the physical communication gaps between individuals and their families, friends and colleagues. The mobile ...
Keeping everyone and everything connected: How temporary access to spectrum can ease congestion during the COVID-19 crisis
Tuesday 31 March, 2020
In the wake of the social restrictions in place to help manage the threat of COVID-19, billions of people worldwide are relying on mobile access as family interactions, socialising and work activities move online. While the world shuts down normal activities to limit the ...
Mobile industry has never been more important to world’s citizens and global economy
Thursday 26 March, 2020
I would like to recognise the contributions that mobile operators around the world are making to help their communities meet the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing robust and secure connectivity to individuals, businesses and governments has ...
New Radio Frequency Guidelines Good News for 5G
Thursday 12 March, 2020
The debate on health concerns related to electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure has been ongoing through every generation of mobile technology. With the adoption of 5G and the expanded use of millimetre wave spectrum and small cells, the mobile industry has seen a renewed ...
Operators Delivering IoT Solutions Beyond Connectivity
Wednesday 27 November, 2019
The role of the mobile operator has evolved remarkably in recent years from being considered just a provider of mobile connectivity to establishing the foundations for the so-called fourth industrial revolution. In the current environment with the rollout of 5G networks and ...
Mobilising the industry on climate action
Monday 16 September, 2019
Climate change is the greatest threat humanity has ever faced and the mobile industry has a big part to play in fighting this global crisis. In 2016, mobile became the world’s first industry to commit to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Ever since, ...
Championing a Better Future through Business
Monday 2 September, 2019
The GSMA’s ‘Champions for a Better Future’ initiative is bringing an ever-growing number of mobile industry leaders together who are committed to showcasing how understanding and responding to social, environmental and ethical issues is good for business. Through embedding ...
What makes a data privacy law ‘smart’? A look at Africa and beyond
Tuesday 9 July, 2019
The mobile industry is forecast to contribute $185 billion to GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, and through mobile, nearly 250 million more people are expected to access the internet by 2025 (according to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa Report). Countries ...
GSMA Global Artificial Intelligence Challenge 2019
Monday 24 June, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have a profound impact on mobile operators’ businesses and the wider mobile ecosystem. Today, many operators are experimenting and deploying machine learning and other AI techniques at scale, but getting it right and scaling ...
GSMA BETA Labs: Saving Operators Millions and Helping to Usher in the 5G Era
Tuesday 18 June, 2019
The 5G era promises to deliver incredible mobile broadband speeds, transforming society and ushering in a host of socio-economic benefits. It’s expected to be the panacea that will address a diverse array of requirements and use cases such as enhanced transportation, public ...