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Case study: Digicel Jamaica deploys next generation power saving software technology to cut radio access network costs

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Thursday 24 Jan 2013 | 2013 | Case Study | Environmental Sustainability | Latin America & the Caribbean |

Serving two million customers, Digicel Jamaica is the flagship Digicel franchise in the Caribbean region. The company has committed itself to reducing energy costs and slashing its carbon footprint, taking numerous steps to become a ...

Mobile telephony and taxation impact in Latin America 2012

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Saturday 1 Dec 2012 | 2012 | Latin America & the Caribbean | Research & Reports | Taxation |

Mobile telecommunications makes a significant socio-economic contribution, estimated as more than USD 177 billion across nine Latin American countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay and Panama. However, high t

Research into mobile users’ privacy attitudes: Key findings from Mexico

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Friday 23 Nov 2012 | 2012 | Data Protection | Latin America & the Caribbean | Mobile Apps | Privacy | Research & Reports |

These documents present the key findings from a GSMA consumer research study on mobile users' privacy attitudes in Mexico. The research examines user privacy concerns and how they influence their attitudes towards the mobile internet ...

Research into mobile users’ privacy attitudes: Key findings from Brazil

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Friday 23 Nov 2012 | 2012 | Data Protection | Latin America & the Caribbean | Mobile Apps | Privacy | Research & Reports |

These documents present the key findings from a GSMA consumer research study on mobile users' privacy attitudes in Brazil. The research examines user privacy concerns and how they influence their attitudes towards the mobile internet ...

Impact of exclusion zones policies on siting base stations: Australian case study analysis

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Tuesday 20 Nov 2012 | 2012 | Asia Pacific and Greater China | Case Study | EMF and Health | EMF and Mobile Networks | EMF Policy | Research & Reports |

This report presents the results of a modeling analysis of the impacts of planning-based exclusion zones on the ability to site mobile communication base stations. In the context of mobile communications infrastructure deployment ...

What Is the Impact of Mobile Telephony on Economic Growth? 2012

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Thursday 1 Nov 2012 | 2012 | Digital Inclusion | Global | Research & Reports | Taxation |

The report ‘What Is the Impact of Mobile Telephony on Economic Growth?’ provides the first estimates of the impact of mobile data usage on GDP growth in developed and developing markets. The report draws from research of data usage and ...

Case study: Vodafone Romania implements innovative energy saving technology

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Tuesday 23 Oct 2012 | 2012 | Case Study | Environmental Sustainability | Europe |

Since 2006 Vodafone Romania has been closely managing its energy consumption and purchasing policy. At the end of 2011, it decided to implement a free cooling system that was particularly innovative. In one building alone this system ...

Mobile Phones and Male Fertility

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Thursday 20 Sep 2012 | 2012 | Brochure | EMF and Health | EMF and Mobile Devices | EMF Science | Global |

Several research studies from fertility clinics around the world have claimed to have observed effects associated with mobile phones on various markers of male fertility including sperm count, vitality, motility and morphology. ...

Case study: Telstra achieves A$1.5 million in mobile network energy savings

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Monday 17 Sep 2012 | 2012 | Asia Pacific and Greater China | Case Study | Environmental Sustainability |

Over the past two years, Australian operator Telstra has implemented mobile energy efficiency initiatives across its network, resulting in annual cost savings of A$ 1.5 million and carbon emission reductions of 6,700 TCO2e. With its ...

Case study: Telefónica Uruguay cuts €4.2 million off its network energy bill with free cooling

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Saturday 8 Sep 2012 | 2012 | Case Study | Environmental Sustainability | Latin America & the Caribbean |

Since 2002, Telefónica Uruguay has rolled out a series of energy efficiency initiatives across its network, resulting in cumulative cost savings of € 4.2 million at 2012 prices and carbon emission reductions of 10,900 TCO2e, as part of ...

International roaming explained – Africa

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Saturday 1 Sep 2012 | 2012 | Brochure | Roaming | Sub-Saharan Africa |

Africa continues to be the fastest growing mobile market in the world. Roaming services, however, are still emerging. Countries within the region are in different stages of economic development, with significant differences in ...

International roaming explained – Latin America

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Tuesday 14 Aug 2012 | 2012 | Brochure | Latin America & the Caribbean | Roaming |

In Latin America the mobile environment is growing, both in subscribers and data traffic; however, roaming services are still emerging. Latin American countries are in different stages of economic development, with significant ...

International roaming explained – Asia Pacific

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Friday 10 Aug 2012 | 2012 | Asia Pacific and Greater China | Brochure | Roaming |

The mobile environment is growing in the Asia Pacific region, both in subscribers and data traffic. Roaming services, however, are still being established. The Asia Pacific mobile market is evolving in different ways to other parts of the world...

Overview of International Mobile Roaming

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Monday 25 Jun 2012 | 2012 | Brochure | Global | Roaming |

This information paper provides an overview of the basic facts about the operation and economics of international mobile roaming (IMR) to inform the dialogue between policymakers, regulators and industry on matters related to ...

Mobile’s Green Manifesto

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Wednesday 20 Jun 2012 | 2012 | Environmental Sustainability | Global | Research & Reports |

Mobile’s Green Manifesto 2012 outlines the positive impact of the operator initiatives in energy and carbon management. An update on the 2009 report, it highlights the initial results from the GSMA’s Mobile Energy Efficiency (MEE) ...

Mobile operator contribution to notice and take down in the context of illegal child sexual abuse content

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Saturday 2 Jun 2012 | 2012 | Child Online Protection | Children and Mobile Technology | Europe | Mobile Alliance | Research & Reports |

The objective of this paper is demonstrate that the European members of the Mobile Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Content have processes in place to deal with the removal of illegal content that may be hosted on their ...

Children’s use of mobile phones: An international comparison 2012

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Friday 1 Jun 2012 | 2012 | Child Online Protection | Children and Mobile Technology | Global | mYouth | Research & Reports |

Children’s use of mobile phones – An international comparison 2012 provides a detailed picture of children’s mobile phone usage across five different countries – Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Japan. The GSMA and NTT ...

Femtocells and Health

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Monday 23 Apr 2012 | 2012 | Brochure | EMF and Health | EMF Science | Global |

This brochure has been designed to answer questions you may have about femtocells. We have all read or heard about concerns raised from time to time regarding the safe use of radio waves and wireless communications equipment. The ...

Case study: Telefónica Germany identifies €1.8 million per year of energy savings with GSMA Mobile Energy Efficiency Optimisation pilot

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Sunday 8 Apr 2012 | 2012 | Case Study | Environmental Sustainability | Europe |

Telefónica was keen to improve its ranking in Mobile Energy Efficiency Benchmarking. It became the first mobile network operator to sign up to the GSMA’s MEE Optimisation service, leveraging the combined expertise of the GSMA and Nokia ...

Mobile telephony and taxation in Turkey 2012

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Sunday 1 Jan 2012 | 2012 | Middle East and North Africa | Research & Reports | Taxation |

This report was commissioned by the GSM Association (‘the GSMA’) to examine the economic contribution of mobile telephony and the impact of mobile specific taxation in Turkey. The report provides an analysis of the impact of mobile telephony on Turkish cit