810 million women still not using mobile internet in low- and middle-income countries, compared to 595 million men
Persistent barriers related to affordability, skills and safety concerns continue to limit women's digital inclusion in low- and middle-income countries LONDON, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The gender gap in mobile internet adoption narrowed...
GSMA Presents Vietnam with Government Leadership Award 2026, Recognising the Country as One of the World's Most Dynamic Digital Leaders
Award presented at the Digital Nation Summit Hanoi 2026 HANOI, Vietnam, May 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA, the global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem, today presented the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam with the global GSMA Government...
GSMA Report Urges Japan to Take Bold Action to Convert Technical Excellence into Global Digital Leadership
New study highlights urgent priorities for Japan's digital transformation, with industry signaling shared 6G ambition through the Tokyo Accord TOKYO, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Japan must take bold, coordinated action to translate its...
GSMA announces Humanoid Robot Football Penalties Challenge, set to debut at MWC26 Shanghai
LONDON, April 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA has announced that MWC26 Shanghai will see the debut of the 'Humanoid Robot Football Penalties Challenge', a new international robotics competition. MWC Shanghai, Asia's largest and most influential...
Mobile Money accounted for $2 trillion in transactions in 2025, doubling since 2021 as active accounts continue to grow
Monthly active mobile money accounts saw their highest growth since 2021. LONDON, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- More than $2 trillion flowed through mobile money wallets globally in 2025, found the State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026,...
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[MWC 2026] GSMA Releases Experience Specifications for AI Calling Native Applications
BARCELONA, Spain, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 5G Futures Summit hosted by GSMA during MWC Barcelona 2026, GSMA released the white paper Gigauplink, Deterministic Latency, and Network Evolution for the Mobile AI Era. The white paper...
World Internet Conference hosts forum on embodied AI in Spain
BEIJING, March 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report by CRI Online: The World Internet Conference Specialized Committee on Artificial Intelligence (the WIC SC on AI) hosted a special forum under the theme "Embodied AI: Leading a New Paradigm of AI...
Affordable Access in Africa: GSMA and Handset Affordability Coalition Pioneering Members Identify Six African Countries to Pilot Affordable $40 Smartphones
BARCELONA, Spain, March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA today announced that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda have been identified by the GSMA Handset Affordability Coalition for initial pilots...
GSMA Calls for Regulatory Readiness for Direct-to-User LEO Satellite Services
New paper recommends developing adaptive and proportionate regulatory frameworks for Direct-to-User LEO satellite services BARCELONA, Spain, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new era of Satellite services, enabled by Low-Earth-Orbit constellations,...
GSMA launches Open Telco AI to accelerate development of telco‑grade AI
New initiative is supported by open-telco models, including a new family of models from AT&T, compute from AMD and TensorWave, datasets from researchers and a new portal for industry contribution and collaboration via GSMA.com/open-telco-ai...