{"id":2719,"date":"2012-06-21T01:03:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T01:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2015-05-14T13:39:55","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T13:39:55","slug":"gsma-launches-data-roaming-transparency-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-launches-data-roaming-transparency-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Launches Data Roaming Transparency Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>New Measures Aim to Help Consumers Better  Understand and Manage Data Usage, Addressing Head-On the Issue of Bill Shock <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>21  June 2012, Shanghai:<\/strong> At the Mobile Asia Expo, the GSMA announced that it has  launched an initiative that will provide consumers greater visibility of their roaming  charges and usage of mobile data services when travelling abroad. At a solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencyting  held this week in Shanghai, 24 operator groups, including Am\u00e9rica M\u00f3vil, AT&amp;T, Axiata Group Berhad, Bharti  Airtel, Ltd., China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, France  Telecom-Orange, Hutchison 3 Group, KT Corporation, MTS, Qtel, SK Telecom, Smart  Communications, Inc., SoftBank Mobile Corp., Tata Teleservices Limited, Telecom  Italia Group, Telef\u00f3nica, Telekom Austria Group, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera, Verizon  Communications, VimpelCom and Vodafone Group agreed to undertake a number of measures which will help  mobile subscribers better understand their data roaming charges and more  effectively manage their use of data services. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A number of our operator members are already  implementing sound transparency practices, benefitting more than a billion  subscribers worldwide,&rdquo; said Franco Bernab\u00e8, Chairman of the GSMA and Chairman  and CEO of Telecom Italia Group. &ldquo;The initiative announced today will help to  promote an even broader adoption of principles that will offer a more  transparent and uniform experience for billions of consumers, wherever they  travel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The GSMA is committed to working with mobile operators  worldwide to adopt the following measures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sending  text messages to remind customers of their data roaming tariffs when they  arrive in another country and turn on their mobile device;<\/li>\n<li>Implementing  a monthly data roaming spending limit to help consumers manage their roaming  bill and sending alerts when their data usage approaches the limit; and<\/li>\n<li>Temporarily  suspending data service when usage exceeds the spending limit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the first phase of this initiative, these operators  and their group subsidiaries have agreed to implement these data roaming  transparency measures by the end of 2012, covering more than 4 billion mobile  connections worldwide. The GSMA will also work to promote the adoption of these  guidelines across its full membership base of nearly 800 mobile operators  globally.\u00a0 Further, the GSMA will develop  a trust mark that will identify to consumers that their mobile operator is  implementing these measures.\n<\/p>\n<p>Note (3rd August 2012): Subsequent to the June announcement, NTT DOCOMO has also agreed to implement these data roaming transparency measures.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">-ENDS-<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>About  the GSMA<\/strong><br \/>\n  The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning  more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world&rsquo;s mobile  operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem,  including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet  companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA also produces  industry-leading events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia  Expo.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>  For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at  www.gsma.com or Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile  communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts:<\/strong> <br \/>\n  Xiong Wen (Beijing): +86 10 8569  9918<br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:wxiong@webershandwick.com\">wxiong@webershandwick.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:press@mobileasiaexpo.com\">press@mobileasiaexpo.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>  Jerry Zhang (Shanghai): +86 21 2411 0003<br \/>\n  jzhang2@webershandwick.com or press@mobileasiaexpo.com<\/p>\n<p>  Abigail Faylor (London): +44 (0)2070 670 851<br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:afaylor@webershandwick.com\">afaylor@webershandwick.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:press@mobileasiaexpo.com\">press@mobileasiaexpo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GSMA Press Office<br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:press@gsm.org\">press@gsm.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Measures Aim to Help Consumers Better Understand and Manage Data Usage, Addressing Head-On the Issue of Bill Shock 21 June 2012, Shanghai: At the Mobile Asia Expo, the GSMA announced that it has launched an initiative that will provide consumers greater visibility of their roaming charges and usage of mobile data services when travelling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1133],"algolia_discover_type":[6627],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - 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