{"id":12096,"date":"2016-09-15T16:48:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=12096"},"modified":"2016-09-15T16:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:52:30","slug":"spotlight-innovation-gsma-mobile-360-series-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/article\/spotlight-innovation-gsma-mobile-360-series-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Innovation at GSMA Mobile 360 Series \u2013 Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whilst the mobile industry globally is already talking about 5G, much of the focus and reality in Latin America today revolves around driving innovation and services over LTE data networks. In fact, a recent GSMA Latin America study found that 10% of the population in the region did not have access to mobile broadband (3G and 4G), and only 33% of the population actively uses mobile broadband. With these figures in mind, the question beckons: How can Latin American operators and partners pave the road to 5G, whilst continuing to improve and expand the existing coverage across the entire region?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile360series.com\/latin-america\/\">GSMA Mobile 360 Series &#8211; Latin America<\/a>, taking place in Mexico City on September 20th \u2013 22nd, will be an opportunity to discuss how the exciting new services, innovation and partnership models in the region is driving mobile penetration in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event will be an opportunity to hear from the key stakeholders from across the industry. Regional and national CEOs from the largest operators will be sharing their views on developing the telecommunications sector in Latin America and, more importantly, how they can shape and improve people\u2019s lives in the different countries of the region. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile360series.com\/latin-america\/#learn\">Mobile Money, Identity, IoT, Connected Cars and Media<\/a> are just some of the areas that will be discussed during the two day conference sessions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the focus of the event is also to highlight, celebrate and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation from Latin America, the event will also feature the exclusive \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile360series.com\/latam-start-up-pitch\/\">Spotlight on Innovation<\/a>\u2019 session, during which a series of start-ups from within the region will pitch their start-ups to a group of experts from the likes of Microsoft, UNICEF, Deloitte, Telef\u00f3nica Open Future among others. The winner of the competition will be invited to share their story and progress at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/\">Mobile World Congress 2017<\/a>, in Barcelona, Spain!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The range and breadth of speakers at this year\u2019s Mobile 360 Latin America is truly unprecedented. Some of the key speakers include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Daniel Hajj, CEO, Am\u00e9rica M\u00f3vil<br \/>\n\u2022 Mauricio Ramos, CEO, Millicom<br \/>\n\u2022 Thadeus Arroyo, CEO, AT&amp;T M\u00e9xico<br \/>\n\u2022 Carlos Morales, CEO, Telef\u00f3nica M\u00e9xico<br \/>\n\u2022 Daniel Fuchs, CIO, Vodafone Brazil<br \/>\n\u2022 Alex Sayago, Director of Sales &amp; Marketing Latin America, John Deere<br \/>\n\u2022 Mary Clark, CMO, Syniverse<br \/>\n\u2022 Todd Parker, Head of Business Development for RCS Messaging, Google<br \/>\n\u2022 Qiu Heng, President, Wireless Network Marketing Operations, Huawei<br \/>\n\u2022 Salvador Blasco, VP, Country Head, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Mexico<br \/>\n\u2022 Jeffery McElfresh, President, DirecTV Latin America<br \/>\n\u2022 Daniel Barrientos, VP Digital &amp; Mobile Financial Services, Tigo El Salvador<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nFull list of speakers can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile360series.com\/latin-america\/#speakers\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you haven\u2019t done so already, register to attend Mobile 360 \u2013 Latin America <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile360series.com\/latin-america\/#register\">here<\/a>. GSMA Members receive a 30% discount on the full-price pass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can be part of the conversation on social media using #M360LatAm and following us on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/gsma\">@GSMA<\/a>. Lastly, don\u2019t forget to follow the latest news and developments on all GSMA Mobile 360 Series events on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gsma\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst the mobile industry globally is already talking about 5G, much of the focus and reality in Latin America today revolves around driving innovation and services over LTE data networks. 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