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GSMA warns against text-roaming price caps
News Mobile-operator industry body, the GSMA, has poured cold water on plans by European Commission telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, to create a single market for mobile text services in Europe and cap the cost of sending an SMS for EU citizens...
[July 17, 2008, 9:16]
Universal charger will spark innovation, says GSMA
News The GSMA, which has been involved in the standard, believes the UCS will lead to a 50 percent reduction in standby energy consumption of mobile chargers, as well as potentially eliminate up to 51,000 tons of excess hardware.
[October 30, 2009, 8:18]
Old School GSMA
Blog Comment This is a drum we've banged before, of course. It can't be banged enough, say I. The mobile operators can deliberately keep prices as high as they like, or they can try to grow the market by competing with each other to deliver good service at a...
[October 31, 2006, 13:26]
Old School GSMA
Blog Comment Frankly, they should hang their heads in shame, as though that'd make a difference. In China and India people actually prefer that you make calls through their mobiles rather than landlines, obviously due to the capital investment in cabling.
[October 31, 2006, 14:40]
Old School GSMA
Blog Check out this post from the always well-informed Dean Bubley. We received this press release too, but with all the hectic redesign stuff going on (how's the new site, by the way? it kind of fell by the wayside.
[October 31, 2006, 8:27]
Nigeria GSM operators Jamboree to GSM Awards in Barcelona
Blog GSMA is the global trade association representing more than 690 GSM mobile phone operators across 214 territories and countries of the world. The primary goals of the GSMA are to ensure mobile phones and wireless services work globally and are...
[March 14, 2008, 17:03]
Mobile operators respond to EC ticking off
Blog This just in from the GSMA - the organisation that represents mobile operators. The GSMA has just responded with a statement in which they claim "regulation is not the answer". The GSMA believes average prices have fallen further since then and...
[February 11, 2008, 13:44]
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]
Intel steps up 3G integration efforts
News Intel has signed a deal with the GSM Association (GSMA) to help hardware makers include mobile SIM card readers and 3G connectivity in new PCs. Craig Conway, chief executive of the GSMA, said: "This is important because it means the PC has gone...
[February 14, 2006, 15:55]
Fresh calls for 3G over 2G spectrum
News On Monday the GSM Association (GSMA), which represents the operators, released a study it had commissioned from analysts at Ovum. Making 3G data services more cost-effective would, of course, help fend off rival technologies such as mobile WiMax...
[June 25, 2007, 14:16]
Operators hit back at EC data-roaming threat
News The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents mobile operators, says prices are already falling and that any move to intervene in this market by regulators could stifle innovation and stunt the development of new data offerings for roaming.
[February 12, 2008, 8:00]
WiMax spectrum row heats up
News The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents a range of mobile operators worldwide, issued a plea on Monday for regulators to keep so-called 3G extension bands "reserved for the IMT-2000 family of technologies" — 3G, in other words.
[July 18, 2006, 16:50]
Operators want 3G handset for the masses
News The GSM Association (GSMA) announced on Monday that it was inviting handset manufacturers to "submit proposals for a 3G mobile phone that can support advanced services, such as high-speed Internet browsing, mobile TV and instant messaging, while...
[October 16, 2006, 11:55]
Mobile-broadband push may be slow to bear fruit
News Sixteen companies, led by the GSM Association (GSMA), this week unveiled an initiative to champion mobile broadband — primarily HSPA (high-speed packet access) technology — support in devices such as laptops.
[October 3, 2008, 8:16]
Operators want RFID in phones
News The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents operators serving more than 82 percent of the world's phone users, said on Monday that it was pushing for a global standard on near field communications (NFC).
[November 20, 2006, 15:57]
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. Through the "3G for all" programme, the GSMA plans to establish a core set of common requirements for...
[June 14, 2006, 10:00]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News The GSMA added it expects 20 percent of roaming and 40 percent of incoming calls to pre-paid phones will be provided at retail prices that don't cover third-party costs. Rob Conway, chief executive of the GSMA, said in a statement: "After years of...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
Mobile industry in RFID payment push
News On Tuesday, at the start of the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau, the GSMA said building NFC into phones would "ensure that consumers can reap the benefits of mobile-payment services as soon as possible".
[November 18, 2008, 11:42]
Single charger coming for mobile phones
News The adoption of Micro-USB as a common standard has several advantages for users and the industry, the GSM Association (GSMA) said. The mobile industry has a pivotal role to play in tackling environmental issues, and this programme is an important...
[February 17, 2009, 15:13]
High prices holding back 3G laptops
News With the right form factor, price and 'out-of-the-box' connectivity, the research has unearthed substantial demand for mobile broadband embedded notebooks that is not yet being met," said the GSMA's chief executive, Rob Conway, on Monday.
[November 13, 2007, 17:18]
