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4YFN to Co-locate with MWC Barcelona in 2021
Tuesday 28 July, 2020 | Press Release
28 July 2020, London: The GSMA today announced that it is moving its 4YFN event from Fira Montjuïc and co-locating it with MWC Barcelona 2021 at Fira Gran Via. Combining these two influential events signals a new era and commitment to working together to fulfil the potential ...
GSMA Outlines Details of GSMA Thrive 2020 Virtual Platform Series
Tuesday 28 July, 2020 | Press Release
Pre-registration is Open for all GSMA Thrive Events 28 July 2020, London: After the hugely successful inaugural Thrive China event, the GSMA today announced full details of the GSMA Thrive 2020 series of events. Through GSMA Thrive, the virtual convening platform gives ...
GSMA Report Shows Mobile Industry Continues Asia Pacific Region Investment to Support Economic Recovery and Growth
Monday 6 July, 2020 | Press Release
Mobile Industry Generates $1.6 Trillion of Economic Value to Asia Pacific London: Asia Pacific mobile operators are to invest over $400 billion on their networks between 2020 and 2025, of which $331 billion will be spent on 5G deployments, according to the latest Asia ...
5G Stand Alone to Become Reality
Tuesday 30 June, 2020 | Press Release
GSMA Releases Guideline Document to Expedite the Deployment 5G Stand Alone Networks London: The GSMA convened pioneers in 5G to develop a guidelines document that provides technological, spectrum and regulatory support to operators in the deployment of 5G Stand Alone (5G SA) ...
GSMA Transitions Remaining Mobile 360 Series in 2020 to Virtual Events
Tuesday 23 June, 2020 | Statement
London: today the GSMA announced that for the balance of 2020, all remaining Mobile 360 2020 conferences will transition to a virtual series of events. Unfortunately, due to the global circumstances it is impossible to host in-person events. Health and safety remain our top ...
GSMA Statement on MWC Los Angeles 2020 from John Hoffman, CEO GSMA Limited
Monday 15 June, 2020 | Statement
Los Angeles: Since the first edition of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSMA has convened the industry, governments, ministers, policymakers, operators and industry leaders across the broader ecosystem. Our expansion to other cities around the world is our ...
GSMA Launches ‘GSMA Thrive’ Virtual Convening Platform
Tuesday 9 June, 2020 | Press Release
GSMA Thrive China First Event in Virtual Series London: the GSMA today announced the launch of the GSMA Thrive series, with the inaugural GSMA Thrive China event taking place 30 June – 2 July at www.mwcshanghai.com/gsmathrive. A virtual industry convening platform, GSMA ...
Stephanie Lynch-Habib Makes Capacity Magazine’s Power 100
Tuesday 2 June, 2020 | Press Release
GSMA CMO Hailed as ‘a driving force for the entire telecommunications industry’ London: GSMA Chief Marketing Officer, Stephanie Lynch-Habib, has been named one of Capacity Magazine’s Power 100 in its second annual ranking of the wholesale telecommunications industry’s ...
GSMA and O-RAN Alliance Collaborate on Opening up 5G Networks
Friday 29 May, 2020 | Press Release
Collaboration Aims to Accelerate Industry-Wide Consensus on the Adoption of Open, Interoperable Interfaces and Radio Access Network Virtualisation London: The GSMA and O-RAN ALLIANCE have joined forces to accelerate the adoption of Open Radio Access Network (RAN) products ...
COVID-19 Network Traffic Surge Isn’t Impacting Environment Confirm Telecom Operators
Friday 29 May, 2020 | COVID-19 | Press Release
More Energy Efficient Networks and Renewable Energy Usage are Negating Negative Environmental Impacts London: The energy consumption and carbon emissions of telecoms networks have remained mostly unchanged in recent weeks, despite significant increases in network traffic ...
The World Bank, WEF, GSMA and ITU Mobilized in the Fight Against COVID-19
Tuesday 21 April, 2020 | COVID-19 | Statement
Partners discussed a set of concrete actions to help governments and private sector cope with the pandemic. WASHINGTON —During a high-level dialogue, Finance and ICT ministers, ICT regulators, CEOs of telecom and technology companies from around the world discussed an ...
GSMA Statement on MWC Shanghai 2020
Friday 17 April, 2020 | Press Release
17 April 2020, Shanghai: In light of current government guidance1, the global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel restrictions and other circumstances, the GSMA has cancelled MWC Shanghai 2020. The GSMA has been in regular contact with stakeholders, and sought ...
GSMA and Host City Parties Extend MWC Barcelona Agreement
Wednesday 15 April, 2020 | Statement
World’s Premier Mobile and Vertical Ecosystem Event Extended Through MWC2024 London: The GSMA today announced an agreement to extend MWC Barcelona through to 2024. In light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the GSMA and the Host City Parties have been working through the ...
GSMA Opens Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion
Wednesday 15 April, 2020 | Press Release
GSMA Calls for Applications to Develop Digital Access Solutions in Africa and Asia London: the GSMA today opened applications for the Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion. The Innovation Fund aims to increase mobile internet adoption and usage ...
GSMA Condemns Attacks Against Mobile Phone Masts
Sunday 5 April, 2020 | COVID-19 | Press Release
Health Experts Confirm No Link Between 5G and COVID-19 London: Police and counter-terrorism authorities are investigating acts of arson against mobile phone masts in the UK. The GSMA condemns these acts of violence designed to weaken our communications networks in a time ...
Japan’s RCS Service Seeing Strong Momentum and Growing Business Messaging Opportunity
Thursday 26 March, 2020 | Press Release
More Than 40m Users of Japan’s +Message Service Forecast by 2021 Tokyo: Japan’s RCS-based ‘+Message’ service is demonstrating strong consumer adoption and is aiming to become a leading platform for business messaging in the country, according to a new report. Japanese ...
GSMA Statement on Financial Package for MWC Barcelona 2020
Wednesday 25 March, 2020 | Statement
London: Following the cancellation of MWC Barcelona 2020, the GSMA has given much consideration to a financial package for its clients which demonstrates genuine goodwill and also ensures the longevity and sustainability of the GSMA and MWC series of events. Our vision at ...
GSMA Report Highlights That Mobile Money Accounts Now Exceed One Billion Worldwide
Wednesday 25 March, 2020 | Press Release
Mobile Money Industry Processed US$2 Billion in Transactions Per Day in 2019 London: The GSMA today unveiled the annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, offering a view of the mobile money landscape and highlighting the impact that greater financial inclusion ...
Reform Policy to Boost Kenya’s Mobile Connectivity Says GSMA
Tuesday 24 March, 2020 | Press Release
48 Per Cent of the Population of Kenya Remains Unconnected to Mobile Networks Nairobi: Kenya is making excellent progress to achieve its target of universal broadband coverage by 2030 and there is an opportunity for the government to accelerate the country’s digital ...
GSMA: China Maintains 5G Leadership Role in the Face of COVID-19
Tuesday 17 March, 2020 | Press Release
GSMA Partners with Mobile Industry in China to Highlight 5G Momentum Beijing: China has cemented its position as a global 5G leader as a result of significant operator investment, and growing enthusiasm amongst consumers and enterprises, according to several new industry ...