According to the industry body GSMA, some 30 countries already have operational 4G networks.
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The GSMA and CBFW produced a report this year that quantifies the mobile gender gap.
The GSMA estimates the new charger will mean the potential elimination of up to 51, 000 tonnes of duplicate chargers.
The re-charger will consume 50% less stand-by energy than today's models, the GSM Association (GSMA), an umbrella group for the industry, said.
Eventually, hopes the GSMA, it will be a base for other services.
The GSMA, the organizing body, was keen for everyone to believe that Near Field Communication might finally be about to have its day.
UNESCO, in partnership with the GSMA, will host an invitation-only meeting of high-level government officials to discuss issues relating to mobile learning and policy.
But the GSMA report estimates that more than one-third of the 64 funds surveyed have yet to disburse any of the contributions they have collected.
But the GSMA cited Colombia as an example of the way USFs should be structured, with a reduction in levies and a transparent public bidding process.
According to the GSMA, the organisation which represents the mobile industry, mobile health service could help save one million lives in Africa over the next five years.
On 20 February, UNESCO, in partnership with the GSMA, will host an invitation-only meeting of high-level government officials to discuss issues relating to mobile learning and policy.
GSMA, an industry lobby group, and Intelecon, a consultancy.
Nearly 90 percent of all phones in Africa are mobile and by the end of 2012, global cellphone association GSMA estimates there will be over 735 million mobile subscribers on the continent.
Still, the GSMA now believes there is enough momentum and enough real-world examples of the technology that millions of us will soon be using it - even if we don't know it.
The GSMA which runs the annual shindig in Barcelona seems convinced that this is the year NFC really catches on - but then they've said that just about every year for the last decade.
However, it is not the Spaniards but the Finns who are the chattiest on their mobiles in Europe, clocking up an average of 257 minutes a month, according to GSMA's European Mobile Observatory 2011.
Last year, MetroPCS became the first U.S. mobile operator to offer RCS 5.0 services on a 4G LTE network under the joyn brand and has now joined leading global operators in receiving provisional GSMA joyn accreditation.
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Providing fuel to farflung cellphone towers soaks up 40 percent of operating expenses in India and sub-Saharan Africa, according to GSMA, and 15 to 20 percent of all diesel is plundered, often by locals breaking into unmanned cell towers.
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He has sat on the boards of numerous industry organizations including the GSM Association (GSMA), the CDMA Development Group (CDG), and as a member of the Federal Communications Commission Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Communications Security Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC).
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