We are a little tardy with this, but it is worth bookmarking in time for the upcoming RCR Wireless report and webinar on smart meters (October 19; sign-up here!), and memorialising for future IoT articles and reports. The GSMA’s new IoT SAFE standard, launched...
GSMA Chief Marketing Officer Lara Dewar talks through the group's priorities around expanding access to broadband, fair share for mobile broadband usage, and fostering an open developer ecosystem. She also previous the groups annual Mobile World Congress Las Vegas kicking off on Sept. 26,...
"True growth (aka monetization)" of the network depends on easier API access for developers, says AT&T's Igal Elbaz
AT&T sees its network as the killer 5G app—and monetizing it means exposing more of the network to developers through standardized and reusable APIs, says Igal Elbaz,...
Local operators Movistar and Tigo have already carried out 5G trials in the country
Colombia’s telecom ministry, MinTIC, has published the second draft of a resolution to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services in the country.
This new draft resolution establishes the requirements, conditions...
The proposed design of the 5G spectrum auction goes against the best international practices in spectrum allocation, GSMA said
The proposed scheme announced by Argentine telecommunications regulator Enacom to auction 5G frequencies could potentially put at risk the development of 5G technology in the South...
Enacom confirmed it will make available a total of 300 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.3-3.6 GHz bands for 5G
Argentine telecommunications regulator Enacom’s board approved the terms of a long-delayed spectrum auction for the provision of 5G services in the country.
In a release,...
Local operators Movistar and Tigo have already carried out 5G trials in the country
Colombia’s telecom ministry, MinTIC, has published the first draft of a resolution to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services in the country. Â
This process, which is already open for...
Operators in China deployed nearly 600,000 5G base stations in the April-June period alone
Chinese operators have outperformed the country’s own construction target for 5G base stations, deploying almost 3 million by the end of June, six months ahead of schedule, according to a report...
The GSMA expects 5G connections to account for 41% of all mobile connections by 2030
According to the GSMA’s new Mobile Economy APAC 2023 report, the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is experiencing exponential 5G growth, with next-gen connections predicted to account for 41% of all mobile connections...
GSMA noted that 5G networks will cover 84% of the country’s population by 2030
5G subscribers in Brazil are forecast to reach 179 million by 2030, up compared to 36.2 million in 2025, according to a recent report by telecom association GSMA.
The report showed that...
GSMA and ESA partnership will help develop new satellite and terrestrial network technologies that allow for better integration with 5G and 6G systems
The GSMA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) that outlines plans to jointly develop new...
The GSMA report stated that the region will see a 5G penetration of 11% by 2025
5G is forecast to reach 57% of the total mobile connections in Latin America in 2030, up from a current penetration of around 2%, according to a recent report...
The GSMA Open Gateway initiative is a global industry framework designed to accelerate digital services and mobile apps
Chinese mobile operators China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have joined the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, a global industry framework aimed at helping accelerate digital services...
5G mmWave provides unprecedented capacity and multi-gigabit 5G speeds for consumer, enterprise, and industrial applications. The technology has been deployed by all major operators in Japan and the USA, along with initial commercialization in many countries including Australia, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand,...
5G base stations in China currently account for 24.5% of total base stations across the country
Chinese operators continue to expand their 5G infrastructure across the country and have already installed a total of 2.73 million base stations, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing data...
The government of Argentina said the decision to allocate the 6 Ghz for Wi-Fi 6 will enable this technology to be available for universities, large industrial factories and also for residential users
The Argentine government confirmed it will allocate the entire 6 GHz band to...
The GSMA report also forecasts that licensed cellular IoT connections in China will reach 3.6 billion by 2030
China ended 2022 with 1.84 billion cellular IoT connections in 2022, a GSMA report showed, citing figures from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
According to...
GSMA said that the number of 5G base stations in China exceeded 2.3 million at the end of 2022
China is forecasted to reach 1 billion 5G subscribers by 2025, while the number of 5G users by 2030 is expected to reach 1.6 billion, according...
MWC 2023: The GSMA has announced a framework of universal network application programmable interfaces (APIs) to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. At launch, at the annual MWC showcase in Barcelona, the so-called GSMA Open Gateway initiative has the support of 21...
IoT chipset hardware firm Sequans has worked with digital security outfit Thales to release a new integrated SIM (iSIM) solution, with support for the latest GSMA SGP.31/.32 eSIM IoT specifications, on Sequans’s dual-mode LTE-M and NB-IoT Monarch 2 chip. The new version of the...
Currently, the frequencies in the 6 GHz band are partly used for satellite operations by the Indian Space Research Organization
Industry association GSMA has reiterated that India should identify and support 6 GHz spectrum for the expansion of 5G services across the country, local newspaper...
In India, the 6 GHz band is partly used by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) for satellite operations
Indian operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea  asked the government to identify and release 6 GHz spectrum band for the provision of 5G services,...
According to a recent study by the GSMA, the industry is targeting commercialization of Rel.18 from 2024 onwards
3GPP approved its Release 18 (Rel.18) package at the December 2021 RAN plenary meeting. The package includes 27 diverse study or work items that will further boost...
Indonesia currently has a 5G penetration of 2.5% according to XL Axiata
BANGKOK, THAILAND- Indonesian telco XL Axiata expects a big boost in 5G adoption in Indonesia from 2025, once the government starts to allocate key spectrum bands for 5G services, XL Axiata...
