2008

17 Dec 2008

GSMA elects new board members and Alexander Izosimov as Chairman

The board of the GSMA, the global body for the mobile industry, has elected Alexander Izosimov, the Group Chief Executive Officer of VimpelCom, as its new Chairman for a two-year term

09 Dec 2008

Leaders of World's Largest Communications Companies to Address Critical Business Challenges at the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress

CEOs from companies including AT&T, Microsoft Corp., MySpace, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Telefonica, Telenor, Verizon Communications and Vodafone will address head-on the challenges presented by the…

03 Dec 2008

GSMA & Mofilm Announce Kevin Spacey as Film Festival Host and Keynote Speaker at the Mobile World Congress

Chevrolet unveiled as strategic partner of world’s first global mobile short film festival – with a grand prize of the new Chevrolet 'Cruze' car for winning filmmaker

18 Nov 2008

GSMA, Huawei and leading operators to ignite the embedded mobile market

The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, and Huawei, a leading provider of next-generation end-to-end telecommunications solutions, have joined forces to help the mobile industry…

20 Nov 2008

GSMA Announces Winners Of 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition - APAC Tournament

The GSM Association announced the winners of the APAC leg of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition. The Mobile Innovation Marketplace at the Mobile Asia Congress is a unique…

18 Nov 2008

Winners of the Asia Mobile Awards 2008 Announced in Macau

Samsung, KTF, SKT and Gameloft make it a spectacular night for South Korea

18 Nov 2008

GSMA delivers industry first in Carrier ENUM Initiative

Pilot programme achieves successful traffic exchange PathFinder™ brand name announced First certified vendors appointed

18 Nov 2008

GSMA calls for Pay-Buy-Mobile handsets

Nine operator trials underway. Device requirements finalised.

13 Nov 2008

Switzerland's Digital Dividend Decision Adds to Mobile Broadband Momentum

The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, applauded Switzerland's decision to allocate part of the digital dividend spectrum to mobile broadband services.

30 Oct 2008

GSMA Announces Asia Mobile Awards Nominees

Winners of the Asia Mobile Awards 2008 and Mobile Innovation APAC Tournament to be announced at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau.

21 Oct 2008

Digital Plan Will Boost France's Competitiveness

The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, called on governments across Europe to emulate the Digital Plan unveiled by the French Government.

20 Oct 2008

Thailand's Mobile Operators Set To Invest Heavily In Mobile Broadband

Thailand's mobile operators are poised to invest around US$4 billion in rolling out Mobile Broadband (HSPA*) services over the next three years following the government's decision to license new…

15 Oct 2008

Vodacom, GSMA and Qualcomm Bring High-Speed Internet Cafes to Tanzania

Vodacom, supported by the GSMA Development Fund and by Qualcomm, through its Wireless Reach™ initiative, has connected Internet cafes in three of Tanzania's cities to its HSPA mobile…

06 Oct 2008

Unprecedented Gathering Of China's Mobile Leaders In Macau

Leaders of China Mobile and China Unicom to speak at Mobile Asia Congress

30 Sep 2008

Industry Giants Unite to Deliver Mobile Broadband Future

GSMA partners with leading companies to deliver range of ready to run, easy to use Mobile Broadband devices

29 Sep 2008

GSMA & Mofilm Call For Short Films For First Ever Global Mobile Film Festival - At Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

Partnership to create a new forum for short films at the world’s biggest communications industry event

25 Sep 2008

GSMA And IDB To Drive Mobile Financial Services In Latin America

The GSMA, the global body for the mobile industry, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have joined forces to accelerate the deployment in Latin America and the Caribbean of mobile…

22 Sep 2008

GSMA Announces Virtual Tournament Global Finalist as part of 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Competition

The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, announced the overall winner of the ‘virtual’ online round of its 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Competition.

18 Sep 2008

GSMA Launches Renewable Energy Push For Mobile Networks

Target of 118,000 base stations in developing world using green power by 2012

15 Sep 2008

GSMA To Take Rich Communication Suite Forwards

The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, today announced that it has added the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) Initiative to its work programme.

03 Sep 2008

GSMA'S Global Mobile Awards 2009 And Mobile Innovation EMEA Tournament - Now Open For Entry

The GSMA announced that entries are invited for the 2009 Global Mobile Awards and the penultimate round of its Mobile Innovation Global Competition, both of which will be presented at the mobile…

21 Aug 2008

Global Mobile Broadband subscribers hit 50 million

Number of users connected to fast Mobile Broadband (HSPA) networks forecast to grow at more than 4m a month

04 Aug 2008

Brazilian Operators Commit to Interoperable Personal IM Services

Collaboration will create one of the largest mobile IM communities in the world

22 Jul 2008

Leading Ceos To Headline At GSMA's Mobile Asia Congress

New breed of advanced mobile services to take centre stage in Macau

21 Jul 2008

GSMA announces Virtual Award Tournament as part of the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Competition

Call for entries for ‘Virtual' round of global innovation tournament culminating on September 16 online and in Herzelia, Israel.

16 Jul 2008

GSMA Calls for Entries to the Asia Mobile Awards 2008 and Mobile Innovation APAC Tournament

New categories for 'Mobile Money', Mobile Internet and a 'Green Mobile' Award

16 Jul 2008

Successful Trials Of High-Quality Packet-Switched Communications Across Mobile Networks

The GSMA, the global body for the mobile industry, has completed successful trials of voice calls based on the SIP-I protocol* between core networks supplied by Ericsson and Nokia Siemens…

15 Jul 2008

GSMA Responds To European Commission Proposals To Regulate Roaming Costs For Text Messaging

The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, responded to the European Commission's announcement of proposed regulation to cap the cost of sending text, or SMS, messages across…

02 Jul 2008

Future Mobile Broadband Services Jeopardised By Regulation

Network spending in decline as regulation puts further pressure on profitability

30 Jun 2008

GSMA Teams Up With European Payments Council

Alliance will accelerate deployment of mobile payment services

30 Jun 2008

Operators To Define Requirements For NFC Handsets

This summer, the GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, plans to release a preliminary set of minimum requirements for handsets containing Near Field Communications (NFC)…

26 Jun 2008

Michael O'Hara Joins GSMA As Chief Marketing Officer

The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, has announced the appointment of Michael O'Hara, former General Manager for Marketing and Industry Management for the Communications…

19 Jun 2008

GSMA And NGMN Alliance Will Work Together To Steer The Future Of Mobile Broadband

The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, and the NGMN Alliance, the group focused on the evolution to the next generation of mobile networks, have agreed to cooperate to help steer…

17 Jun 2008

Momentum Grows Behind Mobile Broadband At 850MHz

850MHz accounts for more than 40% of global HSPA connections

12 Jun 2008

The GSMA Calls On Europe To Seize The Digital Dividend

Spectrum harmonisation across the EU is vital to ensure affordable handsets

11 Jun 2008

EU Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly Driven By Spread of Mobile Broadband

EU data roaming traffic growing at 75 per cent per annum

04 Jun 2008

GSMA Announces Winners Of 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition - Americas Tournament

201 organisations from 27 countries attend inaugural Americas event

29 May 2008

Africa’s Mobile Industry To Pay $71 Billion In Tax By 2012

GSMA says cutting mobile-specific taxes would boost government revenue.

22 May 2008

GSMA Announces Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition Top Innovators

Stellar line-up of speakers from Coca-Cola, Visa, Walt Disney and Yahoo! attend inaugural Americas event.

21 May 2008

GSMA and Femto Forum Team Up To Boost In-Building Coverage

The GSMA, the global trade association for the mobile industry, and the Femto Forum, the independent industry association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, will work together to define…

13 May 2008

Seventy Million More Africans Now Connected To GSM Networks

GSM coverage extended by an area the size of France in just 12 months.

11 May 2008

GSMA Honours Egypt with Government Leadership Award

The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, has awarded its prestigious Government Leadership Award 2008 to Egypt.

21 Apr 2008

GSMA Calls On Thailand To Issue New 3G Licences

The GSMA, the global trade association for the mobile industry, urged the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of Thailand to license the 2100MHz spectrum band for 3G services by August…

16 Apr 2008

3 Billion GSM Connections On The Mobile Planet – Reports The GSMA

The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, today announced that total connections to GSM mobile communications networks have now passed the 3 Billion mark globally.

16 Apr 2008

Industry Leaders Headline GSMA Mobile Innovation Marketplace - Americas

Thought leaders, top innovators showcased at inaugural Americas event

15 Apr 2008

India needs to rethink its universal service policy

GSMA calls for market forces to be allowed to bring down cost of mobile

15 Apr 2008

HSPA Mobile Broadband overtakes fixed broadband in Indonesia

The GSM Association, the global trade association for the mobile industry, announced that the number of Mobile Broadband (HSPA*) connections in Indonesia has surpassed the number of fixed…

07 Apr 2008

CEOs Of Leading Mobile Phone Operators Join GSMA Board

The chief executives of MTS of Russia, SK Telecom of Korea, Telstra of Australia, Telecom Italia and Zain, which operates in 22 countries, have all joined the board of the GSM Association, the…

02 Apr 2008

Industry Leaders To Gather In Cairo For Mobile Money Summit

New GSMA event to focus on convergence of financial and mobile services

02 Apr 2008

EU Mobile Industry Ensures Children Can Access Content Safely

GSM Europe framework being implemented in all 27 countries of the EU

28 Mar 2008

Global Mobile Broadband Connections Increase Tenfold Over The Past Year

Momentum gathers pace as 166 Mobile Broadband (HSPA) networks are now live in 73 countries

27 Mar 2008

The World of Mobile Innovation is Heading to Atlanta

GSMA to showcase the best in mobile innovation at the Mobile Innovation Marketplace - Americas in Atlanta in June 2008

13 Mar 2008

Zain, Ericsson and the GSMA to save lives on Lake Victoria by extending mobile coverage

The 200,000 fisherman that work on Lake Victoria will soon have the opportunity to use mobile phones to call for help if they get into trouble on the world’s second largest inland lake

29 Feb 2008

Completion of Core Mobile NFC Standard to Spark New Services

ETSI decision adds a key piece to the Mobile NFC jigsaw puzzle

14 Feb 2008

Mobile World Congress Breaks New Ground

More than 55,000 visitors* attended the world's premier mobile event, the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona to do business and debate the future of the mobile phone industry, making…

14 Feb 2008

Voice Messages to Cross Networks in Pakistan

Mobile phone users can send voice messages instead of SMS

13 Feb 2008

GSMA To Pilot A Carrier ENUM Service For Mobile Operators

NRS will make it easy to access a rich suite of communications services

13 Feb 2008

GSMA Announces Winners Of 2008 Mobile Innovation Global Awards

Innovation took the spotlight last night as the overall winner of the Mobile Innovation Global Awards was announced.

13 Feb 2008

GSMA Announces 13th Annual Global Mobile Award Winners

The 13th Annual GSMA Global Mobile Awards proved lucky for some, as the winners were announced last night at a glittering gala dinner in Barcelona, hosted by international comedian Graham…

13 Feb 2008

GSMA Chairman’s Award 2008 presented to India’s Sunil Bharti Mittal

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of India’s Bharti Enterprises was last night presented with the GSMA Chairman’s Award, the Association’s most prestigious…

12 Feb 2008