Doc
No. |
Version |
Date |
Document
Title |
| AA
24 |
3.3.0 |
Feb
07 |
Eligibility for Associate Membership (49kb) |
| AA
35 |
3.0.0 |
May
01 |
M-Services
Guidelines Phase I (666kb) |
| AA
70 |
4.0 |
Jun 07 |
Agreement for International MMS Interworking Services (391kb) |
| AA
71 |
2.0 |
Jun 07 |
Agreement for International SMS Hubbing Services (420kb) |
| AA
93 |
1.0 |
Jan 07 |
Mobile NFC Services (173kb) |
| DG
06 |
3.6 |
Feb
08 |
IMEI Allocation & Approval Guidelines
(227kb) - Document previously titled TW06 |
| DG
09 |
4.5 |
Sept
07 |
Battery Life Measurement Technique 4.5.1 (385kb pdf) |
| DG
11 |
4.4 |
June
07 |
Field
Trial Guidelines version 4.4 (792kb zip) |
| IN.01 |
2.0 |
Jan
06 |
Guidelines
for Service Level Agreement Between Mobile Operators
and Carriers (66kb) |
| IN.05 |
1.0 |
May
06 |
Service Level Agreement for Signalling (144kb) |
| IN.06 |
1.1 |
Nov
06 |
Service Level Agreement for Video Telephony (52kb) |
| IN.07 |
2.0 |
Nov
06 |
Analysis for Video Telephony Interworking Scenarios (201kb) |
| IN.08 |
2.0 |
May
07 |
SMS Hubbing Handbook (316kb) |
| IR
20 |
3.4.0 |
Apr 00 |
Technical Implications of the Use of Optimal Routing (75kb) |
| IR
21 |
4.2 |
Jun 07 |
GSM Association Roaming Database, Structure and Updating Procedures (294kb) |
| IR
22 |
3.2.1 |
Sep 93 |
SCCP Signalling Aspects for Roaming (38kb) |
| IR
24 |
4.0 |
Nov
05 |
End-to-End
Functional Capability Specification for Inter-PLMN
Roaming (Stage 4 Testing) (276kb)
- This document describes the specification of
IREG End-to-end Functional Capability tests relating
to the international roaming of a Mobile Station,
belonging to a home PLMN (a), to and within a visited
PLMN (b). The fundamental objective of this testing
is to confirm the capability, and sample the quality
of service which GSM users will receive when roaming
from their Home PLMN (a) to PLMN (b). The document
aims to include all necessary checks that will
verify the correct working of user features and
any network features required by the HPLMN (e.g.
Barring). The document also includes checks to
verify that the quality of transmission, absence
of echo and call set-up delay is within acceptable
levels. |
| IR
26 |
3.7.0 |
Apr 03 |
End-to-End Functional Capability Specification for Inter-PLMN Roaming (Stage 4 Testing). Addendum for Phase 2 Supplementary Services and Operator Determined Barring (120kb) |
| IR
28 |
3.0.0 |
Apr 06 |
Specifications of the Infrastructure in a PLMN to Allow Automatic Testing (25kb) |
| IR
29 |
3.0.0 |
Apr 96 |
Proposal of a Minimal Requirement on an Automatic Test Equipment for Roaming (32kb) |
| IR
31 |
3.1 |
Feb 04 |
End-to-End Functional Capability Specification for Associate-PLMN SMS-Roaming (106kb) |
| IR
32 |
3.3.3 |
May
05 |
End-to-End
Functional Capability Specification for Inter-PLMN
CAMEL Roaming (CAMEL Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3)
Part 1: test specification - Part
One (668kb)  Part
Two (189kb) |
| IR
33 |
3.2.0 |
Apr
03 |
GPRS
Roaming Guidelines (144kb) |
| IR
34 |
4.3 |
April 08 |
Inter-Service Provider IP Backbone Guidelines(866kb) |
| IR
35 |
3.3.1 |
Feb
03 |
End-to-End
Functional Capability Test Specification for Inter-PLMN
GPRS Roaming (452kb) |
| IR
37 |
3.0.0 |
Apr 00 |
Guidelines and Testing for Optimal Routing - Service definition (Stage 1 Testing) (176kb) |
| IR
40 |
4.0 |
Mar 07 |
Guidelines
for IPv4 Addressing and AS Numbering for GPRS Network
Infrastructure and Mobile Terminals (295kb) |
| IR
42 |
3.3 |
April
07 |
Definition
of Quality of Service Parameters and their Computation (86kb) |
| IR
44 |
3.0.0 |
Aug
02 |
Requirements
for QoS Measurement Equipment (77kb) |
| IR
50 |
3.3 |
Apr
06 |
2G/2.5G/3G
Roaming (259kb) |
| IR
52 |
3.3 |
Aug
05 |
MMS
Interworking Guidelines (242kb) |
| IR
53 |
3.1 |
Jul
05 |
MMS
Inter-working Tests (330kb) |
| IR
60 |
3.1.2 |
Mar
05 |
Prepaid
Service Roaming Test Template (203kb) |
| IR
61 |
3.1.0 |
Aug
04 |
WLAN
Roaming Guidelines (also known as InterOperator
Handbook) (517kb) |
| IR
62 |
3.2.0 |
May
05 |
End-to-End WLAN Roaming Test Cases (107kb) - This document specifies a set of test cases for WLAN roaming service to confirm that it complies with GSMA Official Document IR.61 WLAN Roaming Guidelines. RADIUS shall be the protocol to be used for passing authentication, authorization and accounting data (AAA). |
| IR
63 |
3.0.0 |
Jan
04 |
LBS Roaming and Inter-working Guidelines (217kb) |
| IR
65 |
3.6 |
Nov
06 |
IMS Roaming & Interworking Guidelines (423kb) - IR.65 gives common guidelines for IMS (IP Multimedia
Subsystem as specified by 3GPP) inter-operator
connections in order to prevent non-interoperable
and/or inefficient IMS services & networks. Areas
covered in the document are IMS specific issues
in roaming and interworking, addressing of users
and network elements, routing of traffic, inter-operator
related security issues, IP version usage and requirements
for inter-PLMN backbone caused by IMS. Document
concentrates on the network level issues. |
| IR
66 |
1.1 |
Nov
06 |
End - to - End Interworking and Roaming Test Specification for IMS (213kb) |
| IR
67 |
2.2.0 |
April
08 |
DNS
Guidelines for Operators (390kb)
- This document is intended to provide guidelines
and technical information for those people who
set up and/or maintain MNO DNS servers for MNO
services. This document is not intended for those
who want to learn about DNS in general. |
| IR
68 |
1.0 |
Aug
04 |
QoS
Sensitive Roaming Principles (51kb)
- This document includes the relevant roaming issues
considering the 3GPP QoS profile. The approach
is based on the four traffic classes. The current
version of the document considers the background
and interactive classes, but later on also the
streaming and conversational classes will be included. |
| IR
69 |
1.0 |
Nov
05 |
Video Telephony Release Cause Usage Guidelines (66kb) |
| IR
74 |
1.1 |
April
08 |
Video Share Interoperability Specification (389kb)
- This document specifies the terminal interoperable Real-Time Live Video Share service. For further Video Share service information please see also SE.41 "Video Share Service Definition". |
| IR
76 |
0.5 |
Mar
07 |
Instant Messaging based on OMA- IMPS: Interworking Guidelines (1.36Mb)
- The goal of this PRD is to ensure that interworking is handled correctly with Instant Messaging Service using the interworking protocol OMA-IMPS. Use of any other IM protocol such as SIP/SIMPLE is out of the scope of this document and should be addressed in separate documents. |
| IR
77 |
2.0 |
Oct
07 |
Inter-Operator IP Backbone Security Requirements For Service Providers and Inter-operator IP backbone Providers (1.36Mb)
- The need to define an adequate level of security is critical and this document sets out how this can be achieved. This document together with PRD IR.34 [ref] describes a set of common guidelines of an Inter Service Provider IP Backbone to achieve an adequate security level |
| IR
79 |
1.1 |
April 08 |
Image Share Interoperability Specification (270kb)
- This document describes the terminal interoperable Image (Live & Pre-stored) Share service. |
| SE
23 |
3.1.0 |
Jan
03 |
The
Services Group (SerG) of the GSM Association has
produced a Permanent Reference Document (PRD SE.23)
on Location
Base Services (LBS). (1.2MB)
The objective of this PRD is to:
- Brief
the operator community at large on Location Based
Services (LBS) and examples thereof.
- Develop
guidelines and requirements for roaming and interoperability
between operators.
- Help
GSMA develop strategies to build pro-active co-operation
with other significant industry fora.
- To
provide operational guidelines to operators in
advance of the availability of technical standards
(e.g. inter-GMLC interface).
|
| SE.47 |
1.0 |
Aug
07 |
White paper on Identity Management Requirements, Issues, and Directions for Mobile Industry (104kb pdf) |
| SE
25 |
3.2.0 |
Feb
03 |
M-Services
Phase II Requirements (ZIP - 330kb) |
| SE
26 |
3.0.0 |
Jan
02 |
Operator
Requirements for Features & Services (1.4MB) |
| SE
41 |
2.0.0 |
Mar 07 |
Video Share Service Definition (513kb)
This document defines the Video Share service. For further Video Share specification information please see also IR.74 "Video Share Interoperability Specification".
|
| SE 43 |
2.0 |
Jun 07 |
3G in Notebooks Guidelines version 2 (628kb)
The use of mobile computers is spreading at a rapid rate. All around us, in public and private places, more and more people can be seen using notebook computers and with worldwide notebook sales forecast to exceed 60 million in 2006, this trend looks set to continue. At the same time, the way in which notebooks are being used is changing and connectivity (to the
Internet and/or other networks) is becoming ever more important. The combination of these
two trends is giving rise to a new requirement for the modern notebook user, which can be
termed "pervasive connectivity", or "the ability to be online, wherever, whenever". |
| TD 13 |
5.0 |
Jun
07 |
TADIG
Code Naming Conventions (65kb) |
| TW
01 |
3.4 |
Mar
05 |
GSM Association Interworking Issues Database (178kb) |
| TW
06 |
3.3.0 |
Mar
05 |
IMEI Allocation and Approval Guidelines (259kb) |
| TW
12 |
3.0.1 |
Sep
02 |
Specification
of Handset Multi-Lingual Support (871kb) |
| |
| FLYERS,
PAPERS & REPORTS FROM THE GSM ASSOCIATION |
| The
GSM Association Brochure 2008 |
Mar
08 |
The
mission of the GSM Association as a unique global trade
association is to preserve, enhance and promote the
interests of GSM mobile operators, taking a leadership
role in representing its Members with one voice on
a wide variety of national, regional and global issues.
On 17 September 1987, network operators from thirteen
countries signed a memorandum of understanding that
committed them to the joint development of a cross
border digital system for mobile communications - GSM.
The coming together of this group also marked the creation
of an organisation that would become the GSM Association.
(2mb) |
| GSMA Pay-Buy-Mobile Business Opportunity Analysis, vs1.0 November 2007 |
Nov
07 |
This Public White paper includes a description of NFC M-Payment services and the key business proposition. It also includes a detailed description of the PBM ecosystem, value chain and four different business models for evaluation. |
| Frequently Asked Questions concerning the GSMA's Mobile NFC Technical Guidelines V2 White Paper |
Nov 07 |
This document provides answers for a range of questions that may be raised when reading with the Mobile NFC Tech Guidelines vs2.0 White Paper. |
| Mobile NFC Technical Guidelines, vs2.0 November 2007 |
Nov 07 |
This document builds on the Technical Guidelines document vs1.0 and considers the following new topics: Host Controller Interface; UICC Run-Time environment; OTA Provisioning; mobile NFC device security. The version 1 guidelines are included as an appendix so it only necessary to download this single document to view all technical guidelines issued thus far. |
| GSMA publishes Near Field Communications (NFC) technical guidelines white paper |
Apr
07 |
Twenty of the largest MNOs have been working together in a GSMA initiative to develop a common vision on Mobile NFC services. They have performed an analysis of the UICC to NFC Chip interface, the Mobile to reader interface and the multi-application UICC framework. This White Paper presents the results as a series of technical guidelines intended to support NFC standardisation and technology implementation activities. The content should also provide valuable information to other third parties who are defining and developing in their roles within the Mobile NFC ecosystem. |
| High
density SIM global deployment imminent |
Nov
06 |
GSM
Association survey shows that operators expect the
rollout of high capacity SIM cards and contactless
technology over the next two years.
The results of the GSM Association's annual SIM survey
announced in November 2006 indicate a clear trend towards
higher capacity memory SIM cards and the fast adoption
of new technologies. This year's survey of 46 operators,
who represent more than 460 million subscribers, indicated
that the trend of constantly increasing the capacity
SIM cards would continue. The commonest capacity today
is 64 kilobytes, but this is quickly moving towards multi
megabyte SIM cards using flash memory technologies. |
| Introduction
to dotmobi - Making the Internet Mobile |
Feb
06 |
Dotmobi
is a new top-level domain, which will bring the wealth
and variety of the Internet to mobile devices. A dedicated
mobile namespace (.mobi) and web development style
guides will ensure that dotmobi sites work effectively
on mobile devices. It is expected to lead to a wider
availability of Internet-based services for mobile
users, higher mobile Internet usage and increased demand
for Internet access over mobile. This in turn will
extend the reach of the Internet to a whole new audience
of users. |
| True
Mobility for Laptop users has arrived |
Feb
06 |
GSMA
joined by Intel for Computer Mobility Seamless and
simple access to GSM and Wi-Fi networks to open up
a world of connectivity for notebook users |
| Regulation
and the Digital Divide |
Feb
06 |
How
clear and fair regulatory foundationscan stimulate
greater investment in mobilenetworks and services |
| Micro-Payment
Systems and their Application to Mobile Networks |
Feb
06 |
In
many developing countries, particularly in rural areas,
access to financial services is limited resulting in
a large percentage of the population operating on a
cash only basis and outside of the formal banking system.
However, the proliferation of mobile services in these
countries has created a unique platform to provide
financial services over the mobile network. In light
of the growing size of international and national banking
remittances, there is a great opportunity to capitalise
on the benefits of such a system. |
| Mobile
Spam Code of Practice |
Feb
06 |
The
Mobile Spam Code of Practice is a new initiative fromthe
GSM Association (GSMA) and its member operators.It
has been devised to protect the secure and trusted
envi-ronment of mobile services to ensure customers
receiveminimal amounts of spam sent via SMS and MMS.TheCode
takes a firm stance on how to deal with mobile spammessages
that are either fraudulent or unsolicited commer-cial
messages. |
| Delivering
the next generation of multimedia services |
Feb
06 |
Technology
solutions and commercialframeworks developed andtested
by the GSMA |
| Open
Connectivity Gathers Momentum |
Feb
06 |
Issues
in the roaming and inter-working agreement process |
| Seamless
Access WLAN |
Feb
06 |
Wireless
LAN Technology(WLAN) is now widelydeployed in the marketplaceand
being used by mobileoperators and other thirdparty
providers to providemobile WLAN services. |
| Regulation
and the Digital Divide |
Feb
06 |
How
clear and fair regulatory foundationscan stimulate
greater investment in mobilenetworks and services |
| Tax
and the Digital Divide - Tax Report |
Sep
05 |
Earlier
this year, the GSM Association (GSMA) set in motion
a programme to help eradicate the barriers to accessing
mobile communications for people in developing countries
This programme was the direct result of research that
identified the cost of the mobile phone as one of several
barriers to affordability in these nations. |
| TAP
Testing Toolkit (TTT) Brochure 2005 |
Mar
05 |
he
TTT is a user-friendly interactive windows application
developed by the GSM Association (GSMA). It has been
developed to provide assistance in the testing required
prior to launching roaming with a new roaming partner
and when upgrading billing systems.
The TTT makes TADIG testing (as defined in TADIG PRDs)
easier, more efficient and cost effective. The TTT facilitates
automation of many testing functions and is very useful
in validating that TAP is created properly.
The TTT supports all TAP and RAP record format versions
including the latest TAP3.11.
The TTT is available to full GSMA Members as a part of
their membership fee. The software can be downloaded
from the InfoCentre. (80kb) |
| The
Wireless Evolution Insider from the GSMA |
Jan
04 |
The
Wireless Evolution Insider is published electronically
by the GSM Association in association with Baskerville.
This bi-monthly electronic newsletter contains information
on wireless data issues including GPRS, EDGE and 3GSM
/ WCDMA. Included are listing of GPRS implementation,
EDGE and even 3G as well as GPRS terminal overviews
and other issues related to the wireless data sector.
(4.2MB) - LAST EDITION |
| |
| PAPERS & REPORTS -
GENERAL (External) |
| Mobile
Broadband: The Global Evolution of UMTS/HSDPA |
Jul
06 |
The
growing commercialization of Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System (UMTS), also known as Wideband Code Division
Multiple Access (WCDMA), has been the topic of an annual
white paper by 3G Americas since 2003, when the focus
was Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release
'99. With both the rapid progress of the evolutionary
3GPP roadmap for UMTS to HSPA from Release 5 (2004
white paper) to Release 6 (2005 white paper) and now
Release 7, and the commercial deployment of 107 UMTS/WCDMA
networks worldwide with nearly 75 million customers
at the writing of this paper, the need for semi-annual
updates has become necessary in order to provide reasonably
current information. |
| Africa:
The Impact of Mobile Phones - Vodafone |
Mar
05 |
New
research reveals economic and social benefits of mobile
communications in Africa
New research released today (9 March 2005) shows that
Africa has seen faster growth in mobile telephone subscriptions
than any other region of the world over the last five
years. The report also highlights the consequent economic
and social benefits in terms of per capital GDP growth,
Foreign Direct Investment and life satisfaction. (2.80MB) |
| IMS - IP
Multimedia Subsystem - Ericsson |
Dec
04 |
This
paper outlines how IMS enables a secure service-driven
approach to moving all traffic to the packet switched
domain and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) logic - making
the best use of circuit- and packet-switched technologies
along the way. It describes how fixed and mobile operators
can begin rolling out IMS-standard services that generate
revenue while making use of existing investments. (240kb) |
| Key
Business Issues in the Service Layer - Ericsson |
Dec
04 |
This
white paper looks at how the service marketplace is
evolving, and at how these changes impact networks
operators, their operation, partnering strategies,
and establishes some key issue in vendor selection.
(85kb) |
| The
CEBR report |
May
04 |
A
report published 10th May 2004 - the first
in a series commissioned by O2 - shows how the mobile
phone sector now contributes as much to GDP as the
total oil and gas extraction industry. According to
research by the Centre for Economic and Business Research
(CEBR), mobile contributed £22.9bn to UK GDP in 2003,
2.3% of total GDP. (7.6MB) |
| Options
- Mobile technology in public service |
Mar
04 |
This
booklet lists just a few of the many ways in which
those serving the public are using mobile technology
to deliver new services to the public, and to deliver
existing services more efficiently. We draw together,
not just applications provided by O2, but also those
enjoyed by customers of mobile networks across the
globe. (3.5MB) |
| Incisor |
Website |
Since 1998, Click Information Terminology Ltd has developed special expertise in the area of short range wireless technologies - taking in Bluetooth, Ultra Wideband, Wibree, WLAN/Wi-Fi, ZigBee, RFID, NFC, WiMAX, Dect/CAT-iq and more.
Click now operates a technology TV and Internet publishing business, and has developed an internationally-known brand. That brand is Incisor.
|
| The
GSM White Paper - Deutsche Bank |
Feb
04 |
The
Deutsche Bank paper, "Brilliant Past,
Bright Future," describes the evolution
of mobile over the last decade from a niche business
to one of the largest and most important industries
in the world. (955kb) |
| Accenture
Press Release |
2003 |
A
Landmark Transformation: the GSM Association Reinvents
Itself as a Commercially Focused Global Trade Association
(322kb) |
| Citigroup
Paper |
Jul
03 |
GSM
Association Reclaiming Power. (243kb) |
