Regional Interest Groups and Working Groups
The GSMA's member and professional staff work closely everyday to enable a multi-billion dollar global wireless network business, and to guide the strategic planning for the future. Working Groups of operator and supplier members from around the world oversee the practical aspects of running wireless services today. In addition, specialist interest groups look at the needs of a particular region or the impact of new services or technologies.
Regional Interest Groups:
GSM Europe
(GSME)
Chair: Kaisu Karvala - Sonera
gsme@gsm.org |
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GSM
Asia Pacific (GSMAP)
Chair:Anoja Obeyesekere - Dialog Telekom Ltd
gsmap@gsm.org
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GSM
Arab World (GSMAW)
Chair: Bisher Muhana - Syriatel
gsmaw@gsm.org
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GSM
North America
(GSMNA)
Chair: Jim Healy, T-Mobile, USA
gsmna@gsm.org
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GSM
Latin America
(GSMLA)
Chair: Oliver Flögel -
Telefonica
Movil, Chile
gsmla@gsm.org |
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GSM
Africa
(GSMAF)
Chair: Vitalis Olunga - Safaricom,
Kenya
gsmaf@gsm.org
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GSM India
(GSMIN)
Chair: Naresh Gupta
Hutchison Essar Mobile Services Ltd
gsmin@gsm.org
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GSM North America
(GSMNA)
Director: Sue Monahan
GSM Association
smonahan@gsm.org
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Working Groups:
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Billing and Accounting Roaming Group (BARG)
Chair: Anthony Pizzuto, Vodafone
Billing, Accounting and Roaming Group (BARG) has overall responsibility for supporting the inter operator business/wholesale charging framework for the operational aspects of operator to operator international relations.
Email barg@gsm.org |
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Inter-working
Roaming Expert Group (IREG)
Chair: Alfonso Della Ferra, Telecom Italia
The Inter-Working, Roaming Expert Group (IREG) specifies technical, operational and performance issues supporting international roaming, taking into account 3G GSM evolutions.
Email ireg@gsm.org |
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Security Group (SG)
Chair: Charles Brookson, DTI, United Kingdom
SG was established to maintain and develop GSM Association algorithms and protocols, technical security aspects of customer apparatus and to examine and recommend infrastructure solutions to combat fraud.
The Group consists of technical representatives from Association members who study the security threats to GSM, its interfacing with 3rd Generation and converging technologies, and advises members of possible security issues, or required countermeasures. James Moran, Fraud and Security Director support SG in its work at Headquarters.
Email sg@gsm.org |
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Fraud
Forum (FF)
Chair: Nick Mann
The main focus of the GSM Association's Fraud Forum is to identify and analyse
the various techniques that are used throughout the world to perpetrate fraud
against member networks and to recommend practical, cost effective solutions.
In conjunction with the Security Group, the Fraud Forum monitors and reports
on all types of cellular fraud and security breaches throughout the world.
Email ff@gsm.org |
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Service Review Group (SRG)
Chair: Luis Jorge Romero Saro, Telefonica Moviles
The main focus of the Service Review Group (SRG) is to develop service requirements from GSM operators on GSM and 3rd Generation, taking into account billing and customer care issues. SRG also provides a connection between operator marketing requirements and technical realisation, involving standardisation.
Email srg@gsm.org |
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Devices Group (DG)
Chair: Stephen
Packer, Vodafone Ltd, UK
The Devices used within GSM /GPRS networks are becoming increasingly complex on both an Application Enabler and Bearer level. The availability of handsets compliant with the relevant standards is a key issue for delivering enhanced services to the End User. Device interoperability is an issue of great importance for Operators, the experience of the past 2 or 3 years has shown that this cannot be left to the Infrastructure and Device Manufacturers to address, the Operators must play a full part to encourage sufficient development and integration testing to be carried out. The Device Interoperability Group's main objective is to reduce interoperability issues wherever these may occur; between the Device and Network, between the SIM and Device or between Devices. The DIG is a group which supports the needs of Full and Associate Members. There are areas of its work that need to be closed to full members only. These areas include the discussion of commercial Device faults, their impact and solution of these faults. To ensure that the DIG can operate in an open and involving way, we have meetings open to both members and associate members with certain sensitive parts of the meeting closed to full members only.
Email dg@lists.gsm.org |
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Transferred
Account Data Interchange Group (TADIG)
Chair: Christer Gullstrand, Syniverse Technologies, sponsored by T-Mobile USA
TADIG develops and maintains data interchange specifications, producing format specifications, testing procedures, supporting material and recommending transfer mechanisms, for TAP, RAP, NRTRDE (Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange), RAEX (Roaming Agreement EXchange) AA.14 and IR.21, and EID (Electronic Invoicing Data). TADIG is also responsible for the requirements for the TTT (TAP Testing Toolkit).
Email: tadig@gsm.org |
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Interconnect Working Group (IWG)
Chair: Elena Sacco, Telecom Italia Mobile, Italy
The Interconnection Working Group (IWG) continued to play its part on improving the quality of operators' Interconnection and Interworking relationships worldwide.
IWG produced a number of PRDs, deputed to improve industry awareness on the use of Hubbing services and E2E QoS for interworking on new services (e.g. business/commercial requirements for MMS and SMS Hubbing).
Three main drivers are key to IWG when addressing the industry on Interworking & Interconnection matters
- Full Interoperability and Proper Charging of new services
- Revenue Assurance and efficiency
- End to End quality
- Strengthen co-operation between the operators' community and the major stakeholders (e.g. Carriers' Industry).
Email iwg@gsm.org |
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SCaG - Smart Card Group
Chair: Sergio Cozzolino, TIM Italia Mobile
This group provides support and advice on the best implementation of SMART Cards
Email: scozzolino@mail.tim.it |
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