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- 27 Jun 2017
GSMA Mobile IoT Initiative Takes Off
The GSMA has announced that its Mobile IoT Initiative1 has taken off with the launch of multiple commercial rollouts of Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) solutions by several of the world’s leading mobile…
- 14 Jul 2017
GSMA Unveils New ‘Mobile for Development’ Initiatives
At the 2017 Mobile 360 – Africa, the GSMA announced several developments in its Mobile for Development programme, all of which support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The…
- 6 Oct 2016
GSMA Global Mobile Trends Report Highlights Rise of the Mobile Internet
The GSMA has launched its inaugural ‘Global Mobile Trends’ report, offering a vast wealth of data and insight on the state of the mobile ecosystem today and mapping out its future development. This…
- 28 Mar 2013
GSMA Launches Mobile Enabled Community Services Programme
GSMA has launched Mobile Enabled Community Services (MECS) programme, which leverages mobile technology and infrastructure to help improve access to basic energy and water services in underserved…
- 6 May 2022
GSMA Launches a Mobile Money API Specification Compliance Service
GSMA, the global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem, recently launched a Mobile Money API Compliance Verification Service; a quality assurance initiative which aims to reduce the complexities…
- 11 Jul 2016
Additional Speakers for GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Africa
The GSMA on Monday announced additional speakers participating in the 2016 Mobile 360 Series – Africa conference, which will take place 26 – 28 July at the Julius Nyerere International Convention…
- 18 Sept 2017
GSMA Highlights Mobile Industry Progress in Achieving SDGs
The GSMA yesterday published the ‘2017 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, at the United Nations General Assembly Week, the second annual study assessing the mobile…
- 13 Apr 2018
GSMA Launches Global Mobile Money Certification Scheme
The GSMA announced the launch of the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient financial services to millions of…
- 9 Dec 2014
5G Will Deliver Fresh Wave of Mobile Innovation- GSMA
The GSMA has released a major new report at the GSMA Mobile 360-Europe event being held in Brussels today, outlining its perspectives on the development of 5G. The new GSMA Intelligence report,…
- 13 Jul 2016
GSMA Launches New Tool to Measure Mobile Internet Connectivity Worldwide
The GSMA has launched a new online tool that measures the ability of more than 130 countries worldwide to connect offline citizens to the mobile internet. The GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index measures…
- 16 Feb 2015
GSMA Mobile World Congress 2015 Gathers Momentum
The mobile communications revolution is driving the world’s major technology breakthroughs. From wearable devices to connected cars and homes, mobile technology is at the heart of worldwide…
- 24 Sept 2018
GSMA to Showcase Mobile Impact on Sustainable Development @ UNGA
The GSMA will represent the global mobile industry at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) being held in New York this week, advancing the leading role the sector is playing in meeting…
- 16 Jun 2025
GSMA, Mobile Industry Call for Strengthened Action to Advance Child Online Protection in Africa
The GSMA, in partnership with the mobile industry, is calling for strengthened collective action to protect children online across Africa. Building on insights from a high-level roundtable convened…
- 7 Aug 2020
GSMA, UN Use Mobile Money in Digital Assistance Drive
Industry body for mobile operators, the GSMA, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are accelerating the use of mobile money in times of global emergencies, including pandemics and…
- 21 Dec 2009
Duran Duran to Headline at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress Awards Party
The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, has announced that Duran Duran, one of the world’s most successful rock bands, will headline the…
- 13 Feb 2020
GSMA Cancels Mobile World Congress Over Coronavirus Fears
GSMA, organiser of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), has cancelled the event because of fears of the deadly coronavirus. The conference, which was set to take place from 24 to 27 February in…
- 7 Oct 2015
Mobile Industry Backs GSMA Embedded SIM Specification
The GSMA has announced that Indosat, Tele2 and Telefónica | Vivo are the latest mobile operators to launch commercial solutions based on the GSMA Embedded SIM Specification for the remote…
- 23 Feb 2016
GSMA Says Registered Mobile Money Accounts Increased to 411m in 2015
The GSMA yesterday released its fifth annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’. The report provides a quantitative assessment of the industry, drawing on the results of the annual GSMA…
- 12 Nov 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa Leads Mobile Growth, Impact –GSMA
The GSMA yesterday published its latest comprehensive study of the socio-economic impact of the mobile industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report, “Sub-Saharan Africa Mobile Economy 2013”, developed…
- 4 Nov 2014
WITIN President Speaks at GSMA Mobile 360 Africa 2014
Martha Alade, president Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) will be speaking at the GSMA Mobile 360 – Connected Women Africa conference taking place today at the Clock Tower Conference Centre,…
- 27 Oct 2014
Umeh, Terragon Boss to Speak at GSMA Mobile 360 Africa 2014
Elo Umeh, managing director and chief executive officer, Terragon Group, will be a speaker at the GSMA Mobile 360 Africa event which will hold on November 5-7 at The Clock Tower Conference…
- 12 Aug 2019
GSMA Says Nigeria, Others Mobile Economies Hit $150Bn in 2018
Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA) has reported a burgeoning growth in mobile economy of Nigeria and other African countries which it said rose to over $150 billion last year.…
- 23 Apr 2018
GSMA Partners Mobile Operators, Others on Global Standard for eSIM
The GSMA, working with leading mobile operators, device makers and SIM manufacturers worldwide, is facilitating the development of a universal standard for eSIM that will be deployed globally. This…
- 29 Sept 2021
Over 4Bn People in the world Now Use Mobile Internet – GSMA Report
GSMA, at the MWC Africa conference on Wednesday launched its global State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2021 showing that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of the world’s…
- 14 Jul 2020
GSMA Launches Mobile Money Interoperability Test Platform
Interoperability can help the mobile money industry shift to a higher gear, where customers can pay merchants and transfer money without having to consider which mobile money provider they are using.…
- 10 Feb 2016
MTN Nigeria Selects Gemalto for GSMA Mobile Connect Authentication Service
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been selected to provide its LinqUs Mobile ID platform to MTN Nigeria. This new project, operated for MTN in SaaS mode by Gemalto Allynis Services,…
- 27 Feb 2017
GSMA Estimates Global Mobile Subscribers to Surpass 5Bn this Year
The number of unique mobile subscribers around the world will surpass 5 billion later this year, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 global edition of the GSMA’s ‘Mobile Economy’ report reveals…
- 17 Jul 2018
More Than Half of Sub-Saharan Africa to Be Connected to Mobile by 2025, Says GSMA Report
More than half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by 2025, according to the latest edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy report series, published at the GSMA…
- 23 Feb 2009
Visa Partners GSMA on Mobile Financial Services
Credit card merchant, Visa plans to work with the GSM Association to advance the delivery of mobile financial services around the world. As part of the continuing collaboration between the two…
- 13 Jul 2015
GSMA Announces Speakers for Mobile 360 Series – Africa
The GSMA on Monday announced the first speakers for the 2015 Mobile 360 Series – Africa conference, including executives from organisations such as China Mobile, Huawei, the Internet Society, MTN and…