Tag: GSM Association

Total Results: 10

MMA North America chief talks to Millennial Media’s McKelvey about Mobile World Congress

Published: February 25, 2011

Millennial Media's Mack McKelvey sits down with the Mobile Marketing Association's Michael Becker to talk shop about last week's Mobile World Congress.

Standardization is vital to mobile progress; IAB honors 3 mobile execs

Published: February 22, 2010

The heartening piece of news from last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain was that the wireless carriers finally got it: too many cooks in the kitchen.

Mobile World Congress: 49,000 visitors go home, sated on Google, Microsoft and Apple

Published: February 19, 2010

BARCELONA, Spain – The Mobile World Congress 2010 closed its doors yesterday with a big fanfare about mobile applications and a total of 49,000 visitors from 200-plus countries.

Mobile is pretty much the answer to everything: Google CEO at Mobile World Congress

Published: February 17, 2010

BARCELONA, Spain – Google CEO Eric Schmidt endorses mobile at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft is talk of the town and carriers seeking to win back control of the app world worry some. But is mobile advertising being neglected at the show?

Carrier consortium for applications stirs discussion at Mobile World Congress

Published: February 16, 2010

BARCELONA, Spain – The formation of a new apps platform by the world’s leading carriers, the launch of Windows Mobile 7 by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and the Mobile Premier Awards kept Mobile World Congress abuzz.

Global carriers take on Apple, Android with standardized app platform

Published: February 16, 2010

The Wholesale Applications Community will threaten proprietary app stores such as the Apple App Store, Android Marketplace, BlackBerry AppWorld, Nokia's Ovi and the Palm Catalog.

GSMA calls for Pay-Buy-Mobile handsets

Published: November 19, 2008

The GSMA, a global trade group for the mobile industry, has called for full NFC functionality to be built into commercially available mobile handsets from mid-2009.

Nokia takes on mobile ad networks with its own

Published: February 12, 2008

Finnish handset maker Nokia shook the mobile industry with the launch of the Nokia Media Network, a mobile advertising network that includes the world's leading media brands.

U.S. mobile subscriber growth to slow down

Published: February 11, 2008

Expect to see a steady decline in the growth of mobile subscribers in the United States.

Pro-carrier Mobile Advertising Alliance launches

Published: February 6, 2008

Five plucky Irish companies launched the Mobile Advertising Alliance to make sure that wireless carriers aren't marginalized in the mobile advertising marketplace.