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Major global mobile operators, vendors, device ecosystem players, international organisations, and financing institutions such as the World Bank Group, the ITU, and the WEF Edison Alliance will form a global coalition to drive solutions to boost handset affordability for vulnerable populations, announced by mobile network operators organisation GSMA.

As part of the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, Brazilian telecom and mobile operators Claro, TIM, and Vivo have announced the launch of three network application programmable interfaces (API) services focused on improving digital security—number verify, SIM swap, and device location.

Over half (54%) of the global population—an estimated 4.3 billion people—now owns a smartphone, according to GSMA’s annual State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2023 (Somic).

Three Chinese telco providers have joined the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, an industry framework that helps accelerate digital services and mobile apps.

The operator business messaging traffic will reach 2.8 trillion messages by 2027 rising from 1.9 trillion in 2023—a 45% growth over the next four years, forecasts Juniper Research.

The key to driving digital inclusion for 3.2 billion people is to ensure the whole worldwide population is able to use mobile internet rather than focusing purely on network coverage, according to statistics released by industry organisation GSMA.

A new report by the Global System for Mobile Communications Associations detailing the co-existence between 5G networks and global aviation systems in adjacent frequencies was endorsed by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association.

The GSMA announced the formation of a global accelerator initiative to drive awareness of 5G mmWave technology.

For the sixth year running, Australia has gained the top spot in the Mobile Connectivity Index put out by the GSM Association, an industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide.

RMIT University will offer two courses in 5G technology in association with IBM, the university says, adding that both would be fully credentialled by the university. The university did not specify when the courses would be offered.

Chinese visitors from China’s Hubei province will not be able to attend the GSMA MWC Barcelona event to be held in Barcelona later this month due to restrictions on access now imposed by the GSMA due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.

Mobile industry body GSMA has expanded the precautions to limit the potential spread of coronavirus at the huge MWC Barcelona event taking place later this month.

Mobile industry body GSMA says the MWC Barcelona event scheduled for Barcelona in late February will still go ahead despite concerns about the potential impact on the event of the coronavirus outbreak.

Mobile industry body GSMA says it is monitoring and assessing the potential impact of the Coronavirus on its MWC20 events held annually in Barcelona, Shanghai and Los Angeles, as well as the Mobile 360 Series of regional conferences.

North America as one of the most advanced mobile regions in the world as a result of significant operator investments in 5G, according to a newly published study from mobile industry body GSMA.

Chinese mobile operators are leading the world in the deployment of “transformative” Internet of Things solutions with 64% of the 1.5 billion global cellular connections, including the "rapidly growing" Mobile IoT licensed LPWA technologies2, according to the GSM Association.

The Pacific Islands have the lowest mobile Internet penetration rate in the world at 18%, but the mobile operators trade body, GSM Association, says the region has great potential and is on the cusp of a digital revolution.

A study by the GSM Association, a trade body for mobile network operators, claims 80% of women in low- and middle-income countries now have their own mobile devices.

The mobile operators trade body, GSM Association, has proposed that its members hold a discussion about possible exclusion of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from many developed markets, with operators fearing this may set them back by years.

The GSM Association, the lobby group for mobile carriers worldwide, has launched a new industry-wide initiative — The Cloud AR/VR Forum — focusing on the development of cloud virtual reality and augmented reality technology.