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The GSMA Ministerial Programme at Mobile World Congress 2013
Monday 25 March, 2013
In 2013, the Ministerial Programme attracted more than 600 government and regulatory representatives from 143 delegations, including 69 government ministers and 85 regulatory authority heads, as well as 60 representatives from international institutions. More than 500 senior ...
Richer, Safer, Simpler Apps
Friday 22 March, 2013
Wouldn’t it be great if you could register with a new mobile app or service just by tapping a button or two? It won’t be long before many mobile subscribers will be able to do just that. After downloading an app, their operator will offer to register them ...
Welcome to the Contactless Future
Friday 22 March, 2013
It has been a little while coming, but mobile near field communication (NFC) is about go mainstream. Here at the GSMA Mobile World Congress, this easy-to-use contactless technology is everywhere: You may have already loaded a virtual NFC badge and ID on to your handset and ...
Insight in to the Mobile Economy report
Thursday 7 March, 2013
The Mobile Economy 2013 report was launched last week at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. Providing a comprehensive overview of the mobile industry today, the report also outlines the key opportunities and challenges for the industry over the next five years. With ...
How Mobile Connectivity is Changing the World
Tuesday 26 February, 2013
In the fight against malaria, TB, HIV and perinatal conditions, greater use of mobile connectivity could save more than one million lives in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years. In Europe, the U.S. and other developed countries, mobile healthcare solutions could ...
Building the Mobile Economy
Monday 25 February, 2013
The GSMA Mobile World Congress is a showcase for one of the world’s most vibrant and important industries. Already a major contributor to the global economy, over the next five years the mobile ecosystem* is on course to contribute more than US$10 trillion to global GDP. ...
Heading to Mobile World Congress?
Wednesday 20 February, 2013
So Mobile World Congress 2013 is nearly here – the GSMA event team, along with thousands of exhibitors and contractors, are already on site making sure this year’s event is going to be the best ever. Whether you are preparing to head to Barcelona or are already there, we ...
Video: GSMA launches Mobile Policy Handbook
Monday 18 February, 2013
One role of the GSMA is to articulate the common views of its global members on public policy and regulatory issues. Sometimes these views take the form of a ‘consultation response’, whereby the GSMA responds to a government’s outreach to industry on a particular issue. ...
Connected Women at Mobile World Congress 2013
Tuesday 12 February, 2013
The first GSMA Connected Women conference – Enriching the Mobile Ecosystem – took place in Brussels on the 28th and 29th of November 2012. The event saw some of the industry’s most successful women and men champion the initiative to attract more female to the mobile industry ...
Evaluating future spectrum requirements in China
Wednesday 6 February, 2013
“China will need some 1800MHz of spectrum by 2020 for IMT services.” This was a powerful statement made during a recent workshop held jointly by the Chinese Academy of Telecommunications Research (CATR) and the GSMA, focusing on the spectrum requirements for IMT/mobile ...
Addressing usage barriers for women in the developing world through design innovation
Friday 1 February, 2013
Resource-poor women in the developing world often, because of lack of opportunity, struggle with technical literacy. There is already a mobile phone gender gap in the developing world, where feature phones with basic voice and SMS capabilities are currently the norm. ...
GSMA Latin America Plenary 38
Wednesday 9 January, 2013
With more than 20 Latin American operators in attendance, representatives from seven regulatory bodies (including COFETEL and SCT from Mexico) and suppliers for the telecommunications industry, the GSMA Latin American Plenary Meeting 38 was held early in December in Mexico ...
India round-up: GSMA Director General visits Delhi
Tuesday 8 January, 2013
A multitude of fluttering banners on every roundabout in New Delhi welcomed delegates to FICCI’s India Telecom 2012 conference, officially opened on Thursday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Anne Bouverot participated in a panel session which focused on “Leveraging Telecom ...
Creating a unique NFC experience at the GSMA NFC & Mobile Money Summit
Tuesday 8 January, 2013
The GSMA NFC & Mobile Money Summit took place in Milan at the end of October 2012 and attendees of the event were afforded some unique NFC-based experiences. Each attendee was presented with an NFC-enabled handset and encouraged to use them during the event to pay for ...