The GSMA today announced that the CEOs of Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, RIM, SoftBank and Yahoo! will be making keynote speeches at Mobile World Congress, which will be held 14-17 February, 2011 in Barcelona. The GSMA also provided further details on its conference programme and announced new ADCs as part of its App Planet event at Mobile World Congress.
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GSMA Announces Additional Keynote Speakers For Mobile World Congress 2011
November 2nd, 2010 
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No Comments »Survey Reveals Clear Revenue Generating Opportunity for European Operators from Personalized Services
September 13th, 2010 Markus A new survey from Evolving Systems, Inc. reveals the potential for European telecoms operators totap into new revenue streams by delivering number choice and other personalized service offerings to prepaid customers.
GSMA Announces Open Call For Entries for 16th Annual Global Mobile Awards
September 13th, 2010 Markus The GSMA today announced that the Global Mobile Awards 2011 are now open for entry. The Global Mobile Awards, which recognise excellence, achievement and innovation within the mobile communications industry, will be presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday 15th February 2011.
Posted in Applications, Awards, Events, Mobile Solutions, Press Releases Tags: applications, apps, Apps of the Year, Award Winners, barcelona, Best App Award, best apps, Best Mobile Broadband Technology, Best Mobile Device, best mobile Handset, emerging trends, Global Mobile App Awards, Global Mobile Awards, Green Mobile Award, GSMA, Michael O'Hara, Mobile Awards, mobile comminications industry, mobile communication, Mobile Device manufacturer of the Year, mobile ecosystem, Mobile Innovation, Mobile World Congress 2011 No Comments »GSMA Reveals New Developments for Mobile World Congress 2011
September 7th, 2010 Markus The GSMA today announced several new developments for the 2011 GSMA Mobile World Congress, which will be held 14-17 February, 2011 in Barcelona. Building on the success of the inaugural App Planet event held in 2010, the GSMA is expanding the developer-focused programme at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011 to include new elements such as Macworld Mobile and the Brand App Challenge.
Posted in Events, Press Releases Tags: América Móvil, App Planet, Apple iPhone, Application Developer Conference, barcelona, BlackBerry developers, Brand App Challenge, brand apps, Daniel Hajj, GSMA, HTC, IDG World Expo, iPad, iPhone, Macworld, MacWorld Mobile, Mary Dolaher, Michael O'Hara, Ministerial Program, mobile application developers, mobile application engineers, Mobile iOS Developer Conference, Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress 2011, Palm, Peter Chou, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, RIM, Saudi Telecom, Sir Martin Sorrell, Vittorio Colao, Vodafone, WPP No Comments »High Risk for Operators that Fail to Offer Personalized Services
July 19th, 2010 Markus A recent survey from Evolving Systems, Inc. reveals that if wireless operators fail to offer number choice and other personalized services, they risk a significant proportion of their prepaid subscribers defecting to their competitors.
AMD Telecom gets regulator approval to operate in Poland
July 15th, 2010 Markus Certified by GSMA sms/mms hub provider, AMD Telecom has been approved by Poland’s telecommunications authority UKE to provide network activities and telecommunication services in Poland.
T-Mobile USA’s HTC HD2 to Bring a Never-Before-Seen Mobile Experience to Entertainment Fans Across the U.S.
February 16th, 2010 Markus During a press conference at Mobile World Congress today, T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced the creation of a comprehensive mobile entertainment experience for the upcoming HTC HD2, available exclusively in the U.S. from T-Mobile this spring. Offering the largest touch screen on a smartphone in the U.S., the new HTC HD2 will come ready with access to millions of eBooks, movies, television programs and more.
Posted in Press Releases, Products Tags: 3G network, Andy Lees, applications, Barnes&Noble, Blockbuster on Demand, entertainment package, eReader, George Harrison, Gogo Inflight Internet, GPS, HTC America, HTC HD2, HTC Sense, Jason Mackenzie, Microsoft, mobile entertainment, mobile phone, Mobile World Congress, MobiTV, Paramount Pictures, Qualcomm, smartphone, T-Mobile, T-Mobile USA, TeleNav GPS Navigator, Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows phone No Comments »GSMA and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Publish ‘Women & Mobile: A Global Opportunity’ Report
February 16th, 2010 Markus The GSMA and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, a charity that supports women entrepreneurs today published ‘Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity’. The report, the first detailed global study of its kind, attempts to understand the nature of women mobile subscribers in low and middle-income countries such as Kenya and India, and highlights the barriers facing women’s adoption of mobile technologies.
Posted in Press Releases, Studies & Surveys Tags: adoption, Cherie Blair, Cherie Blair Foundation, development tool, extent of gender, gender equality, gender gap, global opportunity, global study, GSMA, India, Kenya, marketing tactics, mobile phone, mobile phone penetration, mobile technologies, mobile usage, report, Rob Conway, segmentation strategies, study, UN Millennium Development Goal, Women and Mobile, women mobile subscribers No Comments »Nokia passes key milestones as services business continues strong momentum
February 15th, 2010 Markus With a great user experience, an aggressive global rollout plan and a focus on local relevance, Nokia truly put its services on the map – and the strong momentum continues.
Posted in Applications, Companies, Mobile Payment, Mobile Solutions, Press Releases Tags: Comes with Music, DRM-free, free Ovi Maps navigation, India, Indonesia, iTunes, location, mobile financial service, Mobile Money Services, Niklas Savander, Nokia, Nokia Life Tools, Nokia Money, Ovi mail, Ovi Maps app, Ovi Store, Pune, service business, smartphones, Teppo Paavola, Yes BANK No Comments »GSMA Leads Mobile Industry Towards a Single, Global Solution for Voice over LTE
February 15th, 2010 Markus The GSMA today announced it has adopted the work of the One Voice Initiative* to drive the global mobile industry towards a standard way of delivering voice and messaging services for Long-Term Evolution (LTE).
Posted in Infrastructure, Press Releases Tags: 3 Group, 3G networks, 3GPP, 4G networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Alex Sinclair, AT&T, Aylus, Bell Canada, Camiant, China Mobile, China Telecom, Cisco, cme Packet, Colibra, Communigate, Comneon, Deutsche Telekom, equipment vendors, Ericsson, Expo 2010, Fujitsu, Genband, global mobile industry, GSMA, GSMA Voice over LTE, handset manufacturers, Huawei, IMS, IMS-based voice solution, IMTC, Infonetics, international roaming, IP multimedia subsystem, KDDI, LG, Long-Term Evolution, LTE, LTE networks, Mobile Broadband networks, Mobile Broadband technology, mobile ecosystem, mobile industry, mobile operators, mobile-data-services, mobilkom austria, Motorola, Movial, MTS, Mu, NEC, NGMN Alliance, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, NTT DoCoMo, One Voice Initiative, Orange, Qualcomm, RADVISION, Samsung, Shanghai, SKT, SoftBank, Sony Ericsson, standards, T-Mobile, TD-LTE network, Tekelec, Telecom Italia, Telecom New Zealand, Telefónica, Telenor, TeliaSonera, Verizon Wireless, Vicente San Miguel, Vodafone, VoLTE, wG Networks No Comments »China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless Join the GSMA as Mobile Operators around the World Commit to LTE
February 15th, 2010 Markus The GSMA today announced that China Telecom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless have gained membership to the GSMA following their commitment to deploy commercial services based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE), the next-generation wireless technology for Mobile Broadband.
Posted in Infrastructure, Press Releases Tags: 100 Mbs downlink, 4G, 50 Mbs uplink, Alex Sinclair, Andrew Gilbert, applications, barcelona, Cao Lei, CDMA operators, China Telecom, commercail services, GPRS, GSMA, high-speed services, HSPA, Infonetics, KDDI, Long-Term Evolution, LTE, Mobile Broadband, mobile internet, mobile perators, Mobile World Congress, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Tadashi Onodera, TeliaSonera, Verizon Wireless, WDMA, wireless technology No Comments »GSMA Outlines Potential for Embedded Mobile: Enabling a World of Connected Devices
February 15th, 2010 Markus 
The GSMA today announced several important updates to its Embedded Mobile initiative, a programme to accelerate the global adoption of wireless connectivity in a wide range of devices in key vertical markets such as consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive and utilities.
Posted in Embedded Mobile, Press Releases Tags: ABI Research, Alex Sinclair, AT&T, automotive, Beecham Research, BRIC, camera, chronic diseases, Cinterion, cionnected lifestyle, consumer electronics, Continua Health Alliance, cost-effective modules, Current Analysis, design complexity, devices, Embedded Mobile Competition, Embedded Mobile initiative, embedded mobile market, GSMA, health monitor, healthcare, industry guidelines, Isabella, key vertical markets, KT, McKinsey, mHealth, mobile market, module types, music-player, OECD, Orange, Philips, Samsung, smart meter, System One, Telecom Italia, utilities, Ventura Team, Vizit, Vodafone, wireless connectivity, Yankee Group No Comments »Sony Ericsson starts new cooperative Platform “Creations”
February 14th, 2010 Markus Sony Ericsson today announces its vision for the future of mobile entertainment – ‘Co-creation’ – using the launch of new online platform Creations™.
