Press Releases
GSMA Report Reveals Mobile Drives Unprecedented Growth in Arab World
February 12, 2013 New Mobile Observatory Calls for Additional Spectrum and Transparent Regulation to Further Boost Investment and Job CreationGSMA Comments on Decision by Brazilian Ministry of Communications to Allocate Digital Dividend to Mobile
February 7, 2013 Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, GSMA, offered the following statement regarding Brazil’s decision to allocate the 700MHz spectrum band to mobileGSMA Comments on Decision by Chilean Regulator to Allocate Digital Dividend to Mobile
February 6, 2013 Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer, GSMA, offered the following statement regarding Chile’s decision to allocate the 700MHz spectrum band to mobileGSMA Report Reveals Mobile is Catalyst for Explosive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
November 13, 2012 Region Leads World in Mobile Growth, Mobile Internet and Mobile Money Transfer, But Further Growth Is Held Back by Inadequate Spectrum Allocation and High TaxationGSMA Comments on Decision by Ecuador Telecom Regulator to Promote Deployment of 4G Services Through Digital Dividend
October 22, 2012 Statement from Sebastian Cabello, Director GSMA Latin America
Spectrum in the News
Chile to Auction 700MHz Spectrum for LTE by Mid-Year
May 1, 2013 The Chilean government announced its plans to auction three spectrum blocks of 20 MHz in the 2.6GHz frequency band for provision of 4G services. The country plans to commercially launch LTE-based services by 2015. Source: telecompaper...Fragmented Spectrum Could Hurt India's Next Auction Round
April 24, 2013 According to the Hindu Business Line, the Department of Telecom's auction rules allow "the spectrum given to a winning operator post the auction to be split into 2 or 3 chunks. So an operator could get 2.5 MHz chunk in the lower part of the 1800 MHz ba...Kampala Moves Closer to Analogue TV Switch-Off
April 22, 2013 The Ugandan Communications Commission (UCC) has confirmed vital equipment to be used in Kampala’s delayed digital migration process has finally arrived. The equipment, which includes digital transmitters, will be used to provide a digital signal coverin...Auction of 4G Spectrum in Hong Kong Concludes
March 20, 2013 Four of Hong Kong’s mobile operators have successfully bid for a total of 50MHz of radio spectrum in the 2.5/2.6GHz band: SmarTone, Genius Brand, China Mobile Hong Kong and CSL. Another unnamed bidder, a new entrant, failed to secure any spectrum. The t...Czech Regulator Halts Spectrum Auction
March 11, 2013 In an unusual move, CTU, the Czech telecoms regulator, suspended the country’s spectrum auction because bids were escalating too far beyond the reserve price. Source: Mobile World Live...
