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5G Rollout the Central Theme of GSMA’s Mobile 360 Eurasia Event

The in-person conference features a visionary agenda and gathers decision-makers from a sector that generates 7% of GDP across the CIS ...

GSMA SHARES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DNB, MALAYSIA’S SINGLE WHOLESALE 5G NETWORK

An assessment commissioned by GSMA examined the key risks for the Malaysian Government’s proposal for a Single National 5G network and ...

How the rise of eSIM can grow MNO and OEM business

Customer and operator demand for eSIM has never been higher, and its growth is accelerating. Soon eSIM will be part of the mobile ...

GSMA Presents Health and Safety Plan for MWC Los Angeles

A multi-layered plan to ensure the safety of all 23 August 2021, Los Angeles: Today, the GSMA shared details of the health and safety ...

GSMA and ETNO call for a more equitable and balanced approach towards taxation of the telecommunications sector under the new tax rules proposed by OECD/G20, August 2021

GSMA, ETNO and their members welcome the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework landmark agreement for taxation of the digitalizing economy. ...

Keeping everyone and everything connected: How temporary access to spectrum can ease congestion during the COVID-19 crisis

During the pandemic, mobile broadband, fixed wireless connections and mobile apps have become the main tools to remain operational and ...

GSMA and Mobile Operators Launch “We Care” in DRC

We Care in DRC is a Collaborative Initiative Between Mobile Operators and Policymakers to Help Accelerate DRC’s Digital Transformation ...

ECA and GSMA Call on Central Africa to Leverage Mobile Connectivity for E-Commerce

New Policies Can Ignite Online Trade, Economic Growth and Inclusion 15 July 2021, London: The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ...

GSMA Calls for 2 GHz of Mid-Band Spectrum to Meet UN Targets

Spectrum shortfall for 5G networks risks higher consumer costs and environmental impact 8 July 2021, London: The mobile industry will ...

GSMA Celebrates the Return of MWC Barcelona

Getting back to business and back together to discuss Connected Impact at the historic hybrid event 5 July 2021, Barcelona: The GSMA is ...

GSMA Reveals Winners of 2021 GLOMO Awards

30 June 2021, Barcelona: GSMA has announced the winners of the 2021 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards at MWC Barcelona. The Awards celebrate ...

GSMA Invites Telecoms Industry to Collaborate in Trial to Combat Fraudulent and Nuisance Calls

GSMA and Mobileum have developed new international fraud deterrent system New system will target interconnect, robocalling and other ...

GSMA Announces Details of Innovative Edge Cloud Applications and Dedicated Telco Edge Cloud Forum

5G’s low latency and high bandwidth, paired with edge cloud functionality, can deliver valuable new services 29 June 2021, Barcelona: ...

GSMA Opens Doors to MWC Barcelona Celebrating New Era of Connected Impact

GSMA launches Global Mobile Economy Report and a host of new services, product launches and intelligence reports 28 June 2021, ...

Global Mobile Operators and GSMA Team up to Build Blockchain to Transform Back-Office Roaming

Introducing GSMA eBusiness Network, a blockchain solution developed by GSMA which aims to automate the complex business processes for ...

GSMA Study Reveals That The Gender Gap In Mobile Internet Use Is Shrinking, Despite The Onset Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

South Asia led the global trend, while the gap in mobile ownership persists 17 JUNE 2021, London: A record number of women in South ...

GSMA Reveals Virtual Event Details Welcoming a New Era of Connected Impact at MWC Barcelona

16 June 2021, Barcelona: GSMA is gearing up to celebrate the return of MWC Barcelona and has revealed more details of its virtual ...

4YFN Moves to the Heart of MWC Putting Startups in the Centre of the Mobile Ecosystem

Sir Ronald Cohen, the father of British venture capital among inspiring list of 150 keynote speakers 10 June 2021, Barcelona: 4YFN ...

GSMA Announces That MWC Los Angeles 2021 Will Return to California as a Live Event This October

9 JUNE 2021, Los Angeles: The GSMA revealed details of MWCLA21, in Partnership with CTIA, which will return live and in person this ...

MWC2021 Launches New Initiative to Widen Access for Spanish Industry Professionals

GSMA’s Give To and Get Back initiative provides a limited number of €21 tickets for MWC2021 and funds local Covid-19 relief efforts 04 ...

GSMA Reveals Global Partners for MWC21 Barcelona

This year’s event centres on the theme of ‘”Connected Impact” 28 May 2021, London: The GSMA has today announced ...

The Nordic CEOs for a Sustainable Future, the Norwegian Finance Ministry, and the Oslo Stock Exchange Declare Support for the TCFD Recommendations

The joint stance behind the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) comes as the Nordic CEOs for a Sustainable ...

GSMA Calls on Governments to License 6 GHz to Power 5G

5G’s economic potential at risk as countries diverge on critical 6 GHz spectrum 17 May 2021, London: The global future of 5G is at ...

Capacity to Power Innovation: 5G in the 6 GHz Band

Spectrum in the 6 GHz range (5925-7125 MHz) provides the bandwidth to allow affordable connectivity for a 5G society. 5G is a pillar of ...

Plan your Route to a Successful 4G/5G Rollout

Access the device intelligence you need to time network rollout and sunset accurately. With more and more people using apps and social ...

MWC21 Barcelona Announces Event Highlights

Back to business, back to Barcelona for the world’s mobile ecosystem 6 May 2021, London: The GSMA has today announced event highlights ...

Over a Third of Mobile Industry Racing to Net Zero

UN ‘Race To Zero’ Celebrates Mobile ‘Breakthrough’ Almost Two-Thirds Mobile Industry Committed to Science-Based Carbon Reduction ...

GSMA Introduces MWC21 Travel Partner Gray Dawes

Travel service provided at no charge to MWC21 participants travelling to Barcelona 19 April 2021, London: Today, GSMA introduces Gray ...

Lessons from the pandemic: Planning a return to MWC Barcelona

The last 12 months have been a learning experience for all of us. Many have suffered great hardship or made sacrifices, personally and ...

GSMA Announces International Travel Authorisation for MWC21 Barcelona

Registered exhibitors and attendees to be permitted entry to Spain 7 April 2021, London: The GSMA and Ministry of the Interior of the ...

GSMA & UNDP announce an ‘Impact Partnership’ Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals at MWC Barcelona 2021

31 March 2021, London: The GSMA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced today a new partnership that will ...

GSMA Partners with Leading Medical Provider for Delivery of MWC21 Barcelona

Partner Updates for MWC’s health and safety plan, Committed Community 24 March 2021, London: The GSMA has shared further details ...

Mobile Money Accounts Grow to 1.2 Billion in 2020

Driven by the global pandemic, international transactions increased by 65% during 2020 24 March 2021, London: The GSMA has today ...

GSMA Statement on Connectivity and Network Disruptions

The GSMA is deeply concerned about the impact that government/authorities’ restrictions on connectivity and internet services are ...

GSMA ANNOUNCES TELCODR AS A MAJOR EXHIBITOR AT MWC BARCELONA 2021

12 March 2021, London: GSMA introduces TelcoDR, the public cloud transformation specialist, as one of the largest exhibitors by floor ...

GSMA PRESENTS HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN FOR MWC21

A multi-layered plan to ensure a safe environment for everyone MWC21 takes place 28 June – 1 July 2021 in Barcelona 8 March 2021, ...

MWC Shanghai 2021 Makes a Dramatic Return With 200,000 Representatives as an International Physical & Digital Event

4 March 2021, Hong Kong: Connected Impact was the theme of MWC Shanghai 2021 and the GSMA has just revealed that the event held in ...

GSMA Heralds a New Era Of Connected Impact as MWC Shanghai Returns as a Hybrid Event

China continues its rapid uptake of 5G with 200m additional connections in the last year 23 February, Shanghai: GSMA is celebrating a ...

MWC Shanghai 2021 Launches Dedicated Virtual Portal Bringing Together an In-Person and Online Audience

A HYBRID EVENT FOR OUR NEW NORMAL 18 February, Shanghai: GSMA has announced that MWC Shanghai 2021 will be the first large-scale ...

GSMA Reveals Shortlist for 2021 Asia Mobile Awards

5 February 2021, Shanghai: The GSMA announced this week the shortlist of nominees for the 2021 Asia Mobile Awards (AMO Awards). The AMO ...

Sovereignty, Resilience and Trust: Strengthening Europe’s Digital Economy after COVID-19

The GSMA, on behalf of its European members, presents the mobile industry’s vision for 2021 and beyond in its latest report. Top ...

How Successful Spectrum Awards Can Accelerate Digital Agendas Across Africa

Blog attributed to Akinwale Goodluck, Head of Africa, GSMA The benefits of mobile broadband are clear to see all across Africa. For ...

GSMA Intelligence Shares ‘Global Mobile Trends 2021’

Navigating Covid-19 and Beyond: Trends and Updates for Global Mobile Markets 15 December 2020, London: GSMA Intelligence has published ...

GSMA Announces MWC Shanghai is Back for 2021

MWC Shanghai 2021 runs from 23 to 25 February exploring how technology and connectivity can lead the global recovery 15 December 2020, ...

GSMA Wins WEPs Award

11th December 2020, London: The GSMA was honoured to receive the 2020 G7-EU Women’s Empowerment Principles Award in the Best Network ...

How to Navigate the Era of Responsible Leadership in Today’s World

Fifty years ago, the economist Milton Friedman proclaimed that “there is one and only social responsibility of business – to use its ...

GSMA Launches Framework to Improve Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities

3rd December 2020, London: To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the GSMA is launching the ‘Principles for ...

Latin America Enters the 5G Era with 15 million Connections Expected by 2022

5G productivity boost in the enterprise segment set to improve further the mobile industry’s contribution to the regional economy, ...

The Nation of Shopkeepers Turns to Their Smartphones – Brits More Likely to Use Their Smartphones to Shop

Blog attributed to Jason Reed, Lead Analyst, Digital Consumer at GSMA Intelligence Cancelled seasonal parties, remembering face masks ...

GSMA Board Re-Elects Chair and Elects New Deputy Chair

Orange’s Stéphane Richard Continues as GSMA Board Chair; Verizon’s Rima Qureshi Elected Deputy Chair; Both to Serve from January 2021 ...

New perspectives: How COVID-19 has shifted sustainability priorities in the mobile sector

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it an unprecedented human and economic crisis, affecting all corners of the world. As ...

Children’s rights in the time of COVID-19: How can mobile play its part

Today is World Children’s Day – a day designated to children’s welfare. Celebrating child rights defines who we are and ...

GSMA Elects New Board Members

GSMA Names 26-Member Board to Serve from January 2021 through December 2022 16 November 2020, London: The GSMA has elected new members ...

Achieving Russia’s 5G Goals

Restrictive Radio Frequency Limits Should be Aligned with International Guidelines 12 November 2020, Moscow: 5G, the next generation of ...

Mobile Operators Set to Invest $25bn in Infrastructure Across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Region

Mobile technologies and services contributed $137b to region’s GDP in 2019 11 November 2020, London: The latest GSMA Intelligence ...

GSMA Signs Digital Development Agreements with Malaysia, Pakistan, Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association

Announcements made at Thrive Asia Pacific; event registrations are open 3 November 2020, London: To help foster and accelerate digital ...

Asia Pacific Digital Leaders Meet Online at Thrive Asia Pacific to Discuss Digital Transformation for the Region

GSMA Intelligence research shows a whole-of-government approach practiced by Asia Pacific countries is advancing their progress to ...

5G to Account for Half of North America’s Mobile Connections by 2025

Mobile’s contribution to the North American economy reached $1tn in 2019 27 October 2020, Los Angeles: 5G will account for more than ...

Mobile’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals: Good progress to date and much more to do

This blog was written by Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA “Even pre-COVID, the world was not on track to meet the SDGs.” This was ...

Thrive North America Convenes Mobile Industry Leaders with Focus on Connected Recovery for the COVID-19 Era

Speaker line-up includes CEOs from mobile operators, carriers as well as L.A. business leaders and national policymakers Registrations ...

Equal Access to Digital Technologies: A Key to Resilient Recovery

This blog was written in partnership with the World Bank. Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, ...

GSMA and BMZ Announce New Partnership to Drive Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development

29th September 2020, London: The GSMA and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) have recently ...

GSMA to Host MWC Africa in Kigali During 2021

News announced during GSMA Thrive Africa virtual conference Nearly half a billion people subscribe to mobile services in Sub-Saharan ...

Driving the Digital Revolution: Collaboration is Key to Closing Coverage and Connectivity Gaps

28 September 2020, London: Over the last decade, mobile has connected more than 2.5 billion people to the internet, with mobile ...

Mobile Industry Continues to Close the Digital Divide Accelerating Global Impact Across All SDGs, Says GSMA Report

In 2019, the mobile industry increased impact across all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals for the 5th year in a row Mobile ...

GSMA Announces Date Changes for its MWC21 Series

MWC Shanghai to Precede MWC Barcelona, MWC LA Remains as Planned 23 September 2020, London: GSMA today announced a rescheduling of its ...

Collaboration key to beating coverage and connectivity gaps

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 ...

U.N. Secretary General’s Task Force on Digital Financing for the SDGs

Since the start of the global pandemic, the world has witnessed the benefits of being connected and the danger of being left out. For ...

GSMA Announces Progress on Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme

24 August 2020, London: The GSMA today announced that the world’s leading mobile network equipment vendors, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and ...

GSMA AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ACCELERATE THE USE OF MOBILE FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

6 August 2020, London: The GSMA and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their partnership to help the world’s most ...

Using mobile big data to help inform the fight against COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 epidemic. The country is already dealing with ...

4YFN to Co-locate with MWC Barcelona in 2021

28 July 2020, London: The GSMA today announced that it is moving its 4YFN event from Fira Montjuïc and co-locating it with MWC ...

GSMA Outlines Details of GSMA Thrive 2020 Virtual Platform Series

Pre-registration is Open for all GSMA Thrive Events 28 July 2020, London: After the hugely successful inaugural Thrive China event, the ...

GSMA Report Shows Mobile Industry Continues Asia Pacific Region Investment to Support Economic Recovery and Growth

Mobile Industry Generates $1.6 Trillion of Economic Value to Asia Pacific London: Asia Pacific mobile operators are to invest over ...

How the emergence of connected drones is helping the fight against COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic has forced us all to adapt at speed, and ask some deeply unwelcome questions – among the most difficult of ...

5G Stand Alone to Become Reality

GSMA Releases Guideline Document to Expedite the Deployment 5G Stand Alone Networks London: The GSMA convened pioneers in 5G to develop ...

AI4I Webinar series : Using Mobile Big Data Analytics to combat global challenges inc. COVID-19

An overview of Mobile Big Data Analytics With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the globe, governments are seeking innovative and ...

AI for Impact : Mobile Big Data Analytics to combat challenges including COVID-19

Using Mobile Big Data Analytics to combat global challenges including COVID-19 With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the globe, ...

GSMA Transitions Remaining Mobile 360 Series in 2020 to Virtual Events

London: today the GSMA announced that for the balance of 2020, all remaining Mobile 360 2020 conferences will transition to a virtual ...

GSMA Statement on MWC Los Angeles 2020 from John Hoffman, CEO GSMA Limited

Los Angeles: Since the first edition of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSMA has convened the industry, governments, ...

GSMA Launches ‘GSMA Thrive’ Virtual Convening Platform

GSMA Thrive China First Event in Virtual Series London: the GSMA today announced the launch of the GSMA Thrive series, with the ...

5G: Empowering Recovery and Fighting Misinformation in Europe

On 3 June, the GSMA, alongside ETNO, hosted an online event on 5G: Empowering Recovery and Fighting Misinformation, garnering over 700 ...

COVID-19: Digital Contact Tracing Applications

As the world works around the clock and across many fronts to combat COVID-19, the mobile industry is playing a critical role. Mobile ...

Stephanie Lynch-Habib Makes Capacity Magazine’s Power 100

GSMA CMO Hailed as ‘a driving force for the entire telecommunications industry’ London: GSMA Chief Marketing Officer, Stephanie ...

GSMA and O-RAN Alliance Collaborate on Opening up 5G Networks

Collaboration Aims to Accelerate Industry-Wide Consensus on the Adoption of Open, Interoperable Interfaces and Radio Access Network ...

COVID-19 Network Traffic Surge Isn’t Impacting Environment Confirm Telecom Operators

More Energy Efficient Networks and Renewable Energy Usage are Negating Negative Environmental Impacts London: The energy consumption ...

Driving Digital Transformation for Women and Girls through Mobile: Unlocking the Potential of Small States

The 2019 Sustainable Development Goals Report from the United Nations Secretary General points to the fact none of the Sustainable ...

Digital Declaration signatories: companies’ response to COVID-19

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 ...

A message from the GSMA Leadership Team on the mobile industry during COVID-19

Hear from the GSMA Leadership Team on how the mobile industry is supporting emerging technology, protecting privacy, connecting ...

Joint Statement of the UNI Europa ICTS and the Telecom Industry Representatives: Attacks against telecom employees must stop now

Brussels, 19 May 2020 – The European trade union federation representing telecom workers, UNI Europa ICTS, and the Associations ...

The Role of AI for Impact in the Fight against COVID-19

It is difficult to overstate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families, industries, and governments across the globe. The disease ...

5G: A Backbone for Europe’s Economic Recovery

One of the biggest strengths of the GSMA – our ability to convene 110,000 people from 90 countries for the annual MWC in Barcelona – ...

Adjusting mobile tax policy in light of COVID-19: How fiscal policy can keep us connected

As countries battle with the coronavirus outbreak, governments around the world are taking unprecedented fiscal and economic measures ...

The Mobile Industry: Keeping us connected during COVID-19

Mobile operators are working around the clock; strengthening their networks, connecting the unconnected and supporting all of us during ...

COVID-19 Crisis Response: Digital Development Joint Action Plan and Call for Action

Agreed by the World Bank, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the GSMA and the World Economic Forum (WEF) this Joint ...

The World Bank, WEF, GSMA and ITU Mobilized in the Fight Against COVID-19

Partners discussed a set of concrete actions to help governments and private sector cope with the pandemic. WASHINGTON —During a ...

COVID-19: Mobile Cyber Security & Fraud Threat Observations and Incidents

This report has been prepared by members of the GSMA Fraud and Security Group (FASG) management team which comprises the various ...

GSMA Statement on MWC Shanghai 2020

17 April 2020, Shanghai: In light of current government guidance1, the global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel ...

A message from the GSMA Leadership Team during COVID-19

A message of thanks from the GSMA Leadership Team to mobile operators and key workers during the current global pandemic.

GSMA and Host City Parties Extend MWC Barcelona Agreement

World’s Premier Mobile and Vertical Ecosystem Event Extended Through MWC2024 London: The GSMA today announced an agreement to extend ...

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