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Notice and Takedown: Company policies and practices to remove online child sexual abuse material

The GSMA’s Mobile Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Content was founded by an international group of mobile operators within the GSMA to obstruct the use of the mobile environment by individuals or organisations wishing to consume or ...

Digital inclusion and mobile sector taxation in Honduras 2016

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The mobile sector in Honduras has grown rapidly and today it reached 5.4 million users, or 66% of the population. However, barriers remain to the affordability of mobile services especially for the bottom of the pyramid. By affecting ...

Digital inclusion and mobile sector taxation in Tunisia 2016

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Mobile services in Tunisia connect over 6.6 million people, equivalent to 58% of the population, and deliver widespread social and economic benefits to the country. However, the sector is subject to high mobile specific taxation, ...

Mobile Money Regulatory Guide

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The Mobile Money Regulatory Guide helps mobile money providers, policymakers, regulators, donors, and other industry stakeholders to understand key mobile money policy issues through the eyes of both regulators and mobile money ...

Mandatory registration of prepaid SIM cards

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A number of countries have mandated the registration of prepaid SIM cards – a policy that requires mobile operators to check and record their customers’ identity documents before selling/activating their prepaid SIM cards. The GSMA ...

Digital inclusion and mobile sector taxation in Europe: The experience in Hungary 2016

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Hungary is lagging behind the rest of the EU in the development of the digital economy and society. It has the lowest mobile penetration levels among members and only 26% of Hungarians have access to mobile internet. The mobile sector ...

A new regulatory framework for the digital ecosystem

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The GSMA’s 2016 report, A new regulatory framework for the digital ecosystem, takes a hard look at how current regulation is coping with today’s dynamic digital economy. The conclusions make for ...

Mobile Privacy Principles

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In January 2011, the GSMA published a set of universal Mobile Privacy Principles that describe the way in which mobile consumers’ privacy should be respected and protected when consumers use mobile applications and services that ...

Digital inclusion and mobile sector taxation in India 2015

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The mobile market in India is the second largest in the world, connecting over 480 million people, equivalent to 38% of the population. Mobile services deliver widespread social and economic benefits to the country and mobile will play ...

eWaste in Latin America: Statistical analysis and policy recommendations

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In 2014, Latin America produced 9 per cent of the world’s electronic waste1 (e-waste), the equivalent of 3,900 kilo tonnes2 (kt), according to a new report from the GSMA and United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of ...

The GSMA’s Work with Child Helpline International to Protect Children’s Rights: 2015 year in review

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On 20 November 2014, on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the GSMA signed a memorandum of understanding with Child Helpline International (CHI) to work together to protect young people and promote ...

Child Helplines and Mobile Operators: Working together to protect children’s rights (A practical guide)

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Mobile Money Regulation and Policies in Paraguay: Vision, market dynamics and industry perspectives

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This publication traces the different stages of mobile money regulation in Paraguay, from its inception to the design and implementation of an enabling regulatory model, showing that by creating such regulation and nurturing new ...

Digital inclusion and mobile sector taxation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015

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Mobile services in the DRC connect over 22 million people, equivalent to 31% of the population, and deliver widespread social and economic benefits to the country. However, the sector is subject to high mobile specific taxation, ...

Competition Policy in the Digital Age: A practical handbook

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Growing digitalisation changes the communications sector. Competition policy and lawmakers are debating how law and policy should be applied to the new business models. Meanwhile, competition authorities and regulators need to apply the ...

Digital Inclusion and the Role of Mobile in Nigeria 2015

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Today mobile services connect over 83 million people in Nigeria, equivalent to 45% of the population, and deliver widespread social and economic benefits. With fixed line penetration only at 0.2%, mobile is best placed to extend access ...

Digital inclusion and mobile sector taxation in Mexico 2015

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Mobile services in Mexico connect over 47 million people, equivalent to 38% of the population, and deliver widespread social and economic benefits to the country. Mobile broadband has the potential to further support the growth of the ...

Digital inclusion and mobile sector taxation 2015

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Over the past 10 years, the GSMA has partnered with Deloitte to examine the role of taxation policies in promoting mobile industry growth and ultimately digital inclusion, especially in developing countries where sector-specific ...

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