#MWC: Interesting stats for 2010

Rating: Beleive it or not, more people attended
The Mobile World Congress might have felt less crowded than in previous years, but official stats just released by the GSMA actually show that attendance was up. GoMo News calculates that a rise of some four per cent.
The exact figures for attendance were 49,000 in 2010 compared to [...]

Numo claims GSMA award provides over 1 million active users

Rating: With a little help from our friends - Nokia, of course
One year after landing the GSMA Global Award for Best Mobile Consumer Application or Service, Norwegian company Numo Solutions, (formerly Mobile Nordic), boasts it has one million active users. However, it had a major leg-up from Nokia, too.
That figure of one million represents the [...]

#MWC GSMA Awards overview, winners and soft focus perspective

GSMA Awards hosted by Mr Stephen Fry!!!

This afternoon I am at the GSMA awards and I have to be honest, Stephen Fry is the reason I’m here!

MWC: OneAPI initiative kicks off in Canada

Rating: GSMA backs single API to mobile network resources

Most developer initiatives are web-centric but OneAPI aims to get around this by providing a single set of APIs which will work across multiple operators’ networks. The APIs will expose mobile-centric facilities such as payment, messaging (text/MMS) and location.

GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of Mobile Media Metrics

GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of Mobile Media Metrics
16 Million UK Mobile Users Viewed Nearly 7 Billion Pages of Online Content
via their Mobile Browser in Preliminary Data for December 2009
 
4 February 2010, London: The GSMA and comScore, Inc., in partnership with operators O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and 3UK, today announced the official UK launch [...]

GSMA Global Mobile Award Winners Speak Out

The GSMA Global Mobile Awards uniquely offer organisations across the global mobile eco-system the opportunity to showcase the latest mobile products, services and initiatives to the world. The Awards which have been running since 1995 are open to eligible mobile companies and supporters of the mobile eco-system.

My MWC app should organise show attendees

Rating: First you have to find it. And it’s not iPhone
Trying to organise yourself for the cellular world’s largest show – the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona - is a nightmare. Its patron, the GSM Association (GSMA) has come out with a new app - My MWC - to solve this problem. It’s not [...]

All you need to know about the mobile license win for Qualcomm

The European Commission reported today that it was closing down an investigation into chip-maker Qualcomm. Four years ago, six major companies reported Qualcomm to the commission, saying it was abusing it’s position in the chip-set market so much that it was damaging the industry. Now those companies have dropped the charges, and the EU has closed the case. But what was behind all of this?

Qualcomm finally jumps into bed with GSMA

Rating: Maybe the cellular industry is converging after all
It used to be that cellular chip specialist, Qualcomm, was regarded as the architect of CDMA2000. And the GSM Association (GSMA) was seen as the champion of W-CDMA. Now GoMo News learns that Qualcomm will join the GSMA today. Convergence at last!
There’s no suggestion that Qualcomm [...]

GSMA predicts massive mobile broadband growth

Rating: Circa 25 per cent of it will be streaming
The GSMA has released figures from Wireless Intelligence which show that mobile broadband in the shape of HSPA networks are expanding fast. There are now 285 commercially operating HSPA networks,  supporting more than 167.5 million connexions.
The research has also revealed that there are over 1,600 HSPA-enabled [...]

Mobile apps could benefit from the UCS

Rating: What we need is a UMSD
The concept of ‘one-charger-fits-all’ for mobile phones – courtesy of a technology known as Universal Charging Solution (UCS) - just a major boost from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Could this unity be applied to other areas of the handset industry – like storage, for example?For the technically minded, [...]

GSMA Mobile Media Metrics from comScore

2 September 2009, London, UK: The GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile communications industry, today announced that it has formally selected comScore to be its measurement partner for the GSMA’s Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) commercial implementation in the UK.
The GSMA, comScore and the five UK operators (Vodafone, Orange, O2, 3 and T-Mobile) have [...]

Mobile World from Deutsche Telekom will allow multiple mobile services to be bundled as a data package

The International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS) branch of Deutsche Telekom has launched a new service called ICSS Mobile World. The new service is an IPX (IP eXchange) service - which essentially means that more mobile services, from voice to data, can be bundled to operators as data services.

The GSMA Launches on-line portal, Mobile World Live… there’s something missing.

Here’s a quickie. The GSMA, organiser of the worlds largest mobile exhibition Mobile World Congress, today announced Mobile World Live. This is a new online portal, intended to act as an information and communications hub for the GSMA and its events.

Mobile Advertising: The IAB releases 5 steps for effective mobile campaigns

The IAB Internet Advertising Bureau has found that mobile display advertising can increase brand awareness and recognition.

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