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GSM Association pushes 3G to developing world
News But members of the GSM Association (GSMA) said on Monday that they want to see this number grow and include people in poor regions of the world. Already more than 72 million people use third-generation, or 3G, GSM technology.
[June 14, 2006, 10:00]
Single charger coming for mobile phones
News Major phone makers and mobile operators have agreed to adopt a single interface for handset chargers, the GSM Association announced on Tuesday. The adoption of Micro-USB as a common standard has several advantages for users and the industry, the...
[February 17, 2009, 15:13]
Industry teams up to fight mobile theft
News Britain's mobile phone operators and the GSM Association have launched a database designed to prevent stolen handsets being used on any UK mobile network. The Association's unique database, the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR), will play...
[November 5, 2002, 15:53]
Mobile operators embrace HSDPA
News Mobile operators are increasingly investing in faster third-generation services, according to research published by the GSM Association late last week. A total of 109 mobile operators have launched WCDMA 3G networks, and the GSM Association...
[April 10, 2006, 17:00]
Piracy protection costs 'prohibitive'
News The GSM Association (GSMA) - the über mobile phone trade group whose members span Microsoft, BT and Nokia - has complained the current piracy protection for mobiles is "unworkable" and will cost them too dear.
[April 5, 2005, 9:25]
SMS messaging hits the nine billion per month mark
News A record nine billion Short Message Service (SMS) messages were sent worldwide during August, according to figures released Thursday by the GSM Association. According to Jim Healy, GSM Association chair, SMS has become a mass-market phenomenon.
[October 5, 2000, 7:33]
3.5G devices see huge annual growth
News The number of 3.5G devices on the market is mushrooming, with 150 percent annual growth in HSDPA gadgets, according to statistics from GSM/3G supplier association the Global mobile Suppliers Association.
[April 8, 2008, 12:51]
Mobile industry awaits roaming verdict
News Amid reports on Tuesday that the original proposals may be watered down, the GSM Association suggested that while it might consider a compromise solution, it would "balk at any reduction" in charges. We would welcome any dilution, but we're still...
[July 11, 2006, 12:35]
Congressman criticised for GSM quote
News Rob Conway, GSM Association's chief executive, said in a statement: "Congressman Issa's intervention that GSM is an 'outdated French standard' is as ill-timed as it is misinformed. However, the GSM Association has pointed out GSM equipment is also...
[March 31, 2003, 10:09]
GSM mobile reaches 20th birthday
News The 1987 agreement is widely regarded as the foundation of today's global mobile-phone industry and the birth of one of the greatest technological achievements of our age," said Rob Conway, chief executive of the GSM Association, on Thursday.
[September 7, 2007, 9:00]
GSM group declares victory in standards war
News The GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) standard for 3G (third generation) phones will dominate globally, according to the chief executive of the group backing the standard, the GSM Association's Rob Conway.
[September 25, 2003, 8:55]
3.5G drives rapid mobile broadband growth
News The number of commercial HSDPA networks launched worldwide grew by 69 percent last year, according to a survey by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) — a GSM/3G supplier association. The report added that almost 60 percent of HSPA...
[January 10, 2008, 7:14]
Mobile industry vows to fight roaming cuts
Talkback The GSM Association has continually supported the current pricing regime for roaming and maintains that there is a “very competitive market, characterized by high levels of service innovation”. However, there is no sign of competition really...
[July 14, 2006, 13:52]
Mobile firms claim e-money laws threaten m-commerce
News These operators -- all members of GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association -- want the EC to take a hands-off approach to the third-generation mobile market, and believe it should not regulate the industry too tightly.
[May 23, 2002, 13:21]
Femtocells gather steam after interoperability pact
News Agreeing principles for interoperability between femtocell access points and femto gateways is crucial for the longer term success of the technology, according to the Forum, which said it is collaborating with mobile operator body the GSM...
[May 22, 2008, 8:52]
Timofonica virus 'blown out of proportion'
News This whole thing has been blown way out of proportion," said GSM Association spokesman Mark Smith. Future generations of mobile phones will be much more capable, and more vulnerable," said the GSM Association's Smith.
[June 8, 2000, 14:17]
3G pits networks against phone makers
News The GSM Association, which is concerned with coordinating standards for GSM phones, and is promoting an "m-services" specification, admits that competition between handset makers has led to an uneven approach to bringing in new technologies, and...
[May 14, 2002, 16:54]
Happy 20th birthday, GSM
Leader The memorandum of understanding that created all this was merely an agreement, not an organisation — the GSM Association didn't actually exist until 1995. Over a third of the world's population now have GSM-compatible phones — nearly 90 percent of...
[September 7, 2007, 16:43]
Mobile operators angered by latest roaming proposals
News The GSM Association, which represents almost 700 mobile operators worldwide, reacted angrily to the concept of an averaged wholesale rate, saying it would put a "rigid straitjacket on retail prices across Europe".
[June 13, 2006, 16:40]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News The GSM Association, the trade body representing the mobile industry, believes impending cuts in roaming rates will see some customers plunged into coverage black spots. According to the association, 25 percent of roaming traffic will become...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
