Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

A very good morning to all of you. Yesterday we celebrated the historic milestone of 21 years of GSM and ushered in the gifted child GSM to adulthood. So today, it's a new beginning and a new era. Against this backdrop it is my distinct honor to stand before you and welcome all of you to the 29th GSMA AP Conference and Exhibition in Sri Lanka, where everyone will feel at ...

Agenda and Opening

Agenda and Opening

The opening of the ceremonial session The GSMAP Conference begins today. Attached is the brochure and Official Schedule. Today's events include Leader's Forum (10 am) Mobile Broadband Strategies and Solutions (11:05) Regulations For Tomorrow's Mobile Markets (2:05 pm) Mobile Money Transfer (3:40) The Future Of Roaming (4:20) GSMA AP Photo (5:15) Download Brochure

Celebrating 21 Years of GSM

Celebrating 21 Years of GSM

The world celebrated the 21st anniversary of GSM in Colombo yesterday, at a grand reception hosted by Dialog Telekom. Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union, Dr. Hamadoun Touré, presided over the event as its special Guest Of Honour. Yesterday’s event and special session precedes the 29th GSM Asia Pacific Conference of the GSM Association, which gets underway in Colombo today. GSM (Global Standard for Mobile) began in 1987 in Europe ...

29th GSMAP Conference and Exhibition: Colombo

29th GSMAP Conference and Exhibition: Colombo

Dialog Telekom is proud to host this 29th Asia Pacific Conference of the GSM Association, marking 21 years of GSM. In that time, GSM has become the global standard for mobile, empowering over 3 billion people in every country on earth. This conference looks at the bright future beyond 21, with insights into challenging the status quo, regulation, mobile money, roaming and more - including operator only sessions on the ...

28th GSM Asia Pacific (GSMAP) Conference and Exhibition Changing phases of mobile telephony to ring in Asia Pacific this week

28th GSM Asia Pacific (GSMAP) Conference and Exhibition Changing phases of mobile telephony to ring in Asia Pacific this week

Cebu, April, 14th, 2008: Changing phases of mobile telephony will be buzzing throughout the Asia Pacific literally between April 14 and 16 when picturesque Cebu city in the Philippines hosts the 28th GSM Asia Pacific Conference and Exhibition. Organised by the Asia Pacific Interest Group of the GSM Association – the GSMAP in partnership with Smart Communications Inc, Philippines, the Conference and Exhibition is  one of the  most influential gathering of ...

GSMA Response to the European Parliament vote on EU Roaming Regulation

23th May 2007 - London: The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for mobile operators, believes that the proposed EU regulation of roaming services, which was approved by a vote in the European Parliament today, is unnecessary, will curb competition and risks long-term harm to consumers. The regulation is unnecessary because operators are delivering increasingly good value to consumers on roaming services. The average cost of making and receiving calls ...

GSMA publishes Near Field Communications (NFC) technical guidelines white paper

London, UK - 25th April 2007:The GSM Association (GSMA) has today published the first in a series of 'Technical Guidelines' white papers on mobile NFC (Near Field Communication) services, providing the consolidated views of mobile operators as input to support the standardisation of NFC technology. More than twenty mobile operators, including many of the largest in the world, have been working together in the GSMA's initiative to develop a common ...