{"id":2457,"date":"2017-02-28T17:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:28:50","slug":"2457","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/ai-for-impact\/2457\/","title":{"rendered":"The GSMA Launches the Big Data for Social Good initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Mobile World Congress 2017, the GSMA launched the \u201cBig Data for Social Good\u201d initiative, which will leverage mobile operators\u2019 big data capabilities to address humanitarian crises, including epidemics and natural disasters. The programme is being launched with 16 of the world\u2019s leading mobile operators \u2013 Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Hutchison, KDDI, KT Corporation, Millicom, MTS, NTT DOCOMO, INC., Orange, SK Telecom, Telef\u00f3nica, Telenor, Telia, Turkcell, Vodafone and Zain \u2013 which collectively account for over 2 billion connections across more than 100 countries. The United Nations Foundation is a supporting partner, providing coordination and integration with the broader ecosystem, including organisations such as Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) and the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL). Trials of Big Data for Social Good, focusing on epidemics, will start from June 2017 in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Myanmar and Thailand.<\/p>\n<span class=\"shortcode_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"shortcode_button gsmacolor_red size_medium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-launches-big-data-for-social-good\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Press Release<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Mobile World Congress 2017, the GSMA launched the \u201cBig Data for Social Good\u201d initiative, which will leverage mobile operators\u2019 big data capabilities to address humanitarian crises, including epidemics and natural disasters. 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