GSMA explains its strategy for network API standards
We caught up with the GSMA who today launched the Open Gateway Initiative at MWC, which is supposed to offer a unified platform for network API developers.
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EU’s new Gigabit rules will have mixed reaction
The European Commission on Thursday launched a series of new initiatives designed to boost the development of Gigabit connectivity, but while the bloc’s telecoms industry will applaud certain moves, others could well be less popular.
TikTok becomes a member of the GSMA
Social media app TikTok has joined telecoms industry trade body GSMA, and the firms will ‘work together on initiatives that benefit the entire mobile ecosystem.”
Telecoms industry renews its vows at COP27 but with conditions
We’re in the middle of the annual climate action jamboree known as COP, in which the global public and private sectors strive to show they’re doing their bit for the planet.
GSMA says Europe’s 5G rollout is too slow
Telco trade body the GSMA says in order to stay competitive European economies must ‘digitalise’ themselves through faster 5G rollouts, and manages to crowbar in the ‘fair contribution’ argument.
GSMA extends ‘fair contribution’ debate globally
A week after European operators renewed their call for Big Tech to be forced to contribute to the cost of networks, the GSMA has put out a related statement.
GSMA, IBM and Vodafone set up taskforce to mitigate quantum computing risks
The GSMA Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce has been set up to look at how telecoms can be protected once quantum computing kicks in, with IBM and Vodafone having signed up as initial members.
GSMA says up to 40% of mid-band 5G benefits could be lost
Trade body and organiser of MWC, the GSMA, has warned that almost half the expected benefits provided by mid-band 5G could be lost if no additional spectrum is assigned to mobile services soon.
GSMA issues call for innovative 5G use cases
In case it wasn’t already clear that we’re struggling to offer anything more exciting on 5G than faster broadband, the GSMA has launched a competition hoping to uncover some new use cases.
GSMA says industry needs another 7 GHz of 5G spectrum
It’s hard to put a number on the exact quantity of spectrum telcos need in order to fully deliver on the promises of 5G, but it seems the GSMA has done exactly that.
MWC will stay in Barcelona until at least 2030
The world’s leading international trade show for the telecoms industry will stay put in its Barcelona home for at least another 7 years.
GSMA says telcos are getting stiffed on network infrastructure costs
The telecoms industry body and organiser of MWC throws its weight in on the question of who pays for the internet?
Grave global events overshadow Mobile World Congress once more
MWC 2022 was supposed to mark a return to normal after the two-year pandemic, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has ensured that won’t be the case.
GSMA expects MWC 2022 to be half its pre-pandemic size
Mobile trade body the GSMA, which runs the Mobile World Congress trade show, said it expects around 50,000 attendees at the event later this month.
GSMA calls for COP26 to address ‘underused’ smart tech
Ahead of the upcoming COP26 summit, the GSMA has warned that the world could miss its CO2 reduction targets if it fails to exploit the full potential of smart technology.
5G is safer than ham – ETNO
The industry’s latest effort to convince 5G doom-mongers that the technology is not detrimental to health has come from European MNO trade association ETNO.
Telcos ask for loophole in OECD’s anti-tax-loophole rules
Two of the telecoms industry’s biggest lobby groups have called for their members to be exempt from upcoming rules designed to curb tax avoidance by multinational tech firms.
Lack of mid-band spectrum could cost operators billions of dollars – GSMA
Policymakers are not making enough mid-band spectrum available for 5G and that could cost operators – and ultimately consumers – dear, the GSMA warned this week.
GSMA says 20,000 people turned up for MWC 21
The numbers are in for this year’s exceptional Mobile World Congress Barcelona event and, while it missed attendance targets, it did OK under the circumstances.
GSMA blockchain ready for roaming
Mobile industry body the GSMA has announced that a private telecoms industry blockchain network designed to simplify wholesale roaming is ready for commercial use.
Events
Bringing value to private networks – Digital Symposium
- 30-30 March 2023
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5G Core – Digital Symposium
- 20-20 April 2023
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OpenRAN World (co-located with the 6G Summit)
- 26-27 April 2023
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