One more private 5G panel write-up, and it’s another cracker. Here, Peter Cappiello, chief executive at Future Technologies, Johnathan Lewis, director of innovation at Miami International Airport, and Dheeraj Remella, chief product officer at Volt Active Data hunkered down for 40 minutes last month...
China aims to establish 38 5G base stations per 10,000 residents by end-2027
China is targeting a 5G user penetration rate exceeding 85% by the end of 2027, as it accelerates the deployment and large-scale application of 5G technologies, according to a report by the...
Some quick survey results from the GSMA Intelligence, the GSMA’s research business, about how enterprises just love technology so much, and want to spend more on it; or something like that, anyway. It goes like this: most enterprises (60 percent; presumably of those surveyed...
Three regional partners have joined the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, while the GSMA’s latest Mobile Economy MENA report highlights significant genAI adoption across the region
18 November 2024, Doha: M360 MENA opened its doors in Doha today with Host Sponsor Ooredoo Qatar, in partnership with the Ministry...
The GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal APIs, is at the heart of the GSMA-AECC partnership
The GSMA announced last week that the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) will tap into the telecom association's new enterprise-focused initiative called GSMA Fusion — enabled by GSMA Open...
5G penetration in Argentina is expected to reach 9% by 2025 while it would expand to 48% by 2030, according to the GSMA
The Argentina government confirmed it will make available additional frequencies for the provision of 5G services. The presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni stated...
What do Qualcomm's 4s Gen 2, footballer Asisat Oshoala and the usage gap have in common?
It’s been a busy few weeks for me, but two particular things stand out that I’d like to (try to) link together. First, at Mobile World Congress Las...
Four enterprise verticals emerged as the most promising for telcos: financial services, manufacturing, automotive and aviation
A new report from GSMA Intelligence revealed that telcos see the enterprise space as a $400 billion opportunity, which the firm said equates to about 35% of the existing...
Top industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators set to shape the future of the MENA region’s digital economy through AI, 5G, and strategic partnerships. In Partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Qatar.
The GSMA has opened registration for M360 MENA 2024, which...
Current GSMA Director General Mats Granryd will step down following MWC Barcelona 2025
The GSMA board has appointed Vivek Badrinath as the director general and member of the GSMA board effective 1st April 2025. Badrinath most recently led Vodafone’s Vantage Towers subsidiary as CEO and is replacing Mats Granryd,...
Prompted by some late opportunism by Spain-based Telefónica, which has just issued a press note (widely covered) to declare itself the best telco-born ‘techco’ in Europe, six months after the research was first released, RCR Wireless has returned to the original assessment by analyst...
Asia Pacific is leading in trials and deployments of RedCap, according to the GSMA
As of the end of June, operators in 15 countries were already investing in Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology through trials and deployments, according to Richard Cockle, Head of IoT, Identity and...
Enterprise digital transformation is in full swing. For the telecoms industry, the big question is how can existing trends around cloud repatriation, edge computing, the internet of things and AI-led augmentation of human talent be bolstered with the addition of powerful, bespoke 5G connectivity.Join RCR...
The GSMA said it expects mobile traffic in the APAC region to quadruple between 2023 and 2030
The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA)'s most recent Asia Pacific (APAC) mobility report demonstrates how critical mobile technologies and services are for this region, which documented...
The rise of artificial intelligence comes as operators are managing a number of pre-existing technological transitions. Such as the move to 5G Standalone, proliferation of disaggregated and open radio systems and long-term modernization efforts that will set the stage for the transition to 5G...
Among the Africa AI use case applications identified, the vast majority are related to agriculture, climate action and energy, according to the GSMA
New artificial intelligence (AI) applications could boost Africa’s economic growth by $2.9 trillion by 2030, according to a new GSMA report.
The report,...
GSMA says smartphone affordability is the most significant connectivity barrier for those living in low- and middle-income countries
Mobile operators and vendors, the World Bank Group, ITU and several other institutions have joined a new global coalition spearheaded by the GSMA focused on making smartphones...
The GSMA boss noted that Chinese carriers are heavily supporting the association’s Open Gateway initiative
SHANGHAI — China is expected to end this year with more than 1 billion connections in the 5G segment, the Head of the GSMA Mats Granryd said during a keynote...
The GSMA global initiative had been launched with eight proofs of concept in February last year
Philippine carrier PLDT, together with its wireless subsidiary, Smart Communications and its B2B arm, PLDT Enterprise, announced that they have joined the GSMA’s Open Gateway initiative, which aims to...
GSMA Intelligence begins tracking NTN developments as satellite and telecom converge
In a sign of the increasing convergence of telecom and satellite, GSMA Intelligence has put out its first quarterly tracker focused on satellite and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN).
The report identified 91 telecommunications operators...
The number of licensed cellular IoT connections in the region had reached 73 million last year
Licensed cellular IoT connections in Latin America are forecast to reach 125 million by 2030, according to a recent report by the GSMA.
The report stated that the number of...
UK-based IoT security provider Crypto Quantique, Luxembourg-based IoT connectivity provider ZARIOT, and Ireland-based eSIM vendor Kigen have aligned to implement the GSMA’s IoT-SAFE standard to leverage the hardware root-of-trust in a cellular hardware-based SIM with quantum-safe technology for the first time, they have said....
By 2025, 5G technology will account for 14% of the region’s overall mobile connections, according to the GSMA report
5G is forecast to reach 55% of the total mobile connections in Latin America by 2030, up from a current penetration of around 5%, according to...
Granryd will remain with the GSMA as a special advisor to the board for the remainder of the year.
Mats Granryd, director general at the GSMA, is leaving his post after Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2025, ending a nearly decade-long tenure. He first assumed the...
