Press Releases

Monday 10 August, 2015 | Press Release

London: The GSMA has published a new report finding that terrestrial digital television broadcasting in the Arab States does not need an exclusive allocation of the UHF spectrum band (470-694MHz). The report “Terrestrial Broadcasting and Spectrum Use in the Arab ...

Thursday 6 August, 2015 | Press Release

Registration Now Open for Major Telecom Industry Event Held in Atlanta; AT&T Confirmed as Platinum Sponsor     6 August 2015, London: The GSMA has today announced the first speakers for its Mobile 360 Series – North America event, which will be held on October 27-29, ...

Wednesday 5 August, 2015 | Press Release

Future of Asia’s Digital Economy at Risk London: John Giusti, Deputy Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA, commented on the outcome of the final meeting of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity’s Conference Preparatory Group (APG) in Seoul, ahead of the World ...

Tuesday 28 July, 2015 | Press Release

Registration Now Open For Mobile 360 – Middle East Event In Dubai London: The GSMA has announced several additional speakers that will feature in the upcoming Mobile 360 Series – Middle East conference taking place in Dubai, 20 – 21 October 2015. The expanded speaker line-up ...

Friday 24 July, 2015 | Press Release

African Telecommunications Union Takes Important Step Towards WRC-15 London: John Giusti, Deputy Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA, commented on the outcome of the final meeting of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) in Nairobi, ahead of this November’s World ...

Wednesday 22 July, 2015 | Press Release

Attendance Increases 54 Per Cent Over the 2014 Event Hong Kong: The GSMA today reported that nearly 40,0001 unique visitors from 100 countries and territories attended the 2015 GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai, held 15-17 July in Shanghai. The three-day conference and ...

Thursday 16 July, 2015 | Press Release

Collaboration to Address Areas Including Machine-to-Machine, Mobile Internet and All-IP Communications Services Shanghai: The GSMA and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the deployment ...

Tuesday 14 July, 2015 | Press Release

London: The GSMA today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Barcelona City Partners to extend their contract for an additional five years, making Barcelona the Mobile World Capital and host city of the GSMA Mobile World Congress through 2023. The Barcelona City ...

Monday 13 July, 2015 | Press Release

Cape Town Programme Features Executives from Organisations including China Mobile, Huawei, the Internet Society, MTN and Telenor; GSMA Introduces ‘Jumpstart’ to Bring Together Start-Ups and the Mobile Industry London: The GSMA today announced the first speakers ...

Monday 13 July, 2015 | Press Release

Rapid Market Growth, Government Investment, Operator Industry Partnerships and Adoption of Common Specifications Helping to Drive Internet of Things (IoT) to Scale Shanghai: At Mobile World Congress Shanghai, the GSMA today issued a new report highlighting China’s ...

Monday 13 July, 2015 | Press Release

Latest GSMA Mobile Economy Report Finds Asia Pacific Leading Global Mobile Growth Shanghai: The mobile industry in Asia Pacific is now worth more than US$1 trillion per year to the region’s economy, fuelled by rising mobile broadband and smartphone penetration, ...

Monday 13 July, 2015 | Press Release

Smartphones Driving China’s Move to 4G Networks Shanghai: Smartphones are on track to account for two-thirds of mobile connections in China by the end of this year, according to a new study published today by GSMA Intelligence, the research arm of the GSMA. The new ...

Thursday 9 July, 2015 | Press Release

Ericsson, Mobile World Capital and Upstream Named Winners of First Mobile World Congress Green Stand Awards Barcelona: The GSMA today announced that the 2015 Mobile World Congress has officially been certified as carbon neutral, reaffirming its position as the world’s ...

Tuesday 30 June, 2015 | Press Release

Mobile Industry Set to Converge in Shanghai for Largest GSMA Event in Asia Hong Kong: The GSMA today announced the details of new programmes and exhibition features at Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will be held 15-17 July at the Shanghai New International Expo ...

Tuesday 30 June, 2015 | Press Release

More Needs To Be Done To Drive Growth of Europe’s Digital Economy 30 June 2015, Brussels: The GSMA appreciates the efforts of the Council of the European Union and European Parliament in concluding the Connected Continent legislation. “The clarity resulting from ...

Thursday 25 June, 2015 | Press Release

Immersive Exhibits to Demonstrate the Impact of Mobile Technology from Partners Including Huawei, KT Corporation, Oral B, Peel, Pittasoft, Qualcomm Incorporated, Thinfilm and Visa    Shanghai: The GSMA today announced further details on the GSMA Innovation City, which is ...

Thursday 25 June, 2015 | Press Release

GSMA, ITU, ICANN and ISOC Asia-Pacific Share Reports and Findings At Digital Societies Policy Forum in Bangkok Bangkok: New research reports produced by the GSMA, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and ...

Thursday 18 June, 2015 | Press Release

South Korean Mobile Operators to Launch Commercial Interconnected VoLTE Service, Delivering Higher Quality Voice and Faster Connection London:The GSMA welcomes the announcement by South Korea’s mobile network operators to launch the world’s first commercial ...

Monday 15 June, 2015 | Press Release

Brussels: The GSMA and ETNO welcome the general approach approved today by the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council with a view to adopt the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the end of the year. Data Protection and privacy are fundamental to building trust and ...

Thursday 11 June, 2015 | Press Release

London: Anne Bouverot, Director General of the GSMA, today commented on the release of the European Commission’s (EC) summary of the results of the Lamy Report public consultation: "Consumer take-up for mobile broadband has grown dramatically in recent years. ...