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The 705 passengers and crew who were rescued after the sinking of the Titanic, 100 years ago this month, owed their lives to the new technology of wireless telegraphy. Without it, no-one would have survived and we would not know where the wreck now lies.

Watch this fascinating, insightful and superbly produced video here: (link provided with permission of Telecom TV)

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By arrangement with respected independent consultancy organization Arvani Group, we provide their insightful report from CES, Las Vegas, January 10-13, 2012.

Introduction by Arvani Group.

According to the show's organizing committee, CES had over 150,000 attendees and introduced 20,000 products.

Our focus was on mobile and wireless devices and technologies, a sector that is increasing its presence at the show. As one executive put it, the show has become the wireless CES. With connectivity as a prevelant feature of emerging consumer electronics, transfer of content and controls across devices was a major trend at this year's CES. We look at the advantages and disadvantages of this trend.

Touch, voice and gesture based interfaces are showing up in variety of applications. We summarize our favorites.

We chaired the panel on Planet of the Apps, joined by executives from AT&T, eBay, Sport Illustrated, and MEDL Mobile. The panel discussed the latest trends and ways to stay ahead of the pack.

Intel was all about Ultrabooks at this CES. What purpose will the Ultrabooks serve?

We also bring to you the latest smartphone and tablet introductions. What Microsoft was showing with Windows 8, and developments on machine to machine, and more.

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Article by Alan Hadden, President, GSA and published in the Futurecom 2011 Show Daily

Spanish language version:
http://www.telesemana.com/futurecom2011/es/2011/09/11/tecnologias-lte-y-hspa-las-opciones-mas-eficaces-del-espectro-de-banda-ancha-movil/

Portuguese language version:
http://www.telesemana.com/futurecom2011/2011/09/11/tecnologias-lte-y-hspa-las-opciones-mas-eficaces-del-espectro-de-banda-ancha-movil/

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Etisalat Misr announces its success in conducting QoS per user differentiation trials

The trials demonstrated Etisalat’s ability to scale the scheduled HSDPA throughput between three different users’ priorities defined in the HLR according to relative resource sharing between users.

For more information and results download the PDF file.

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Article contributed by GSA President Alan Hadden for The LTE Guide (May 2011) published by LTE Portal.com Broadband Solutions, Inc.

For a full copy of The LTE Guide visit http://lteportal.com/members/4glteresources.php

Discussion paper by Thomas Welter, Chief Frequency Officer at SFR, for LTE World Summit 2011, Amsterdam - May 18, 2011

This paper is made available on the GSA website with the permission of the author to stimulate discussion and invite comment


In his discussion paper Thomas Welter answers the question whether satellite spectrum can be used for LTE in Europe from a law and economics perspective. Firstly, he briefly introduces the law and economics theory and speaks about property rights. Secondly, he discusses terrestrial and satellite coverage obligations. Thirdly, he speaks about the value of the spectrum and externalities, after which conclusions are drawn.

Comments are invited - please send directly to the author.

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By arrangement with respected independent consultancy organization Arvani Group, we provide their insightful report from CTIA 2011, March 21-24, Orlando.

Topics:

* US Mobile Carrier Chiefs Nudged to Discuss Sensitive Issues
* FCC Pushing to Get More “Oxygen” to Mobile Industry
* Healthy Demand for “Dumb Pipe” LTE Service
* Whaddup With Devices?
* Internet Mobile Browsing: Dead or Alive?
* Mobile Health: Impressive Innovations Seeking Catalysts
* Peer to Peer Communication Just Got Flashier
* Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL)


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LTE/HSPA 1800 MHz: presentations from the March 25, 2011 workshop - London

Cost Management: A Simple Complication
To successfully ascend a mountain, you must always lessen your load!

A paper by Charles Henshaw

Written for visitors to the GSA website


About the Author:

Charles Henshaw worked for Ericsson for 20 years in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Malaysia and Hong Kong. He started as a project manager installing one of the first NMT systems and ended his career with Ericsson in Hong Kong managing the Mobile, Fixed Line and Transmission businesses. In addition, he controlled the infrastructure support function, Training Centre and Quality Assurance. In 1998 he joined Peoples Telephone in HK as CTO and later became its CEO. In 2004, he helped Peoples to go public with an IPO and became CEO and Director. Peoples was purchased in 2006 by China Mobile and later renamed China Mobile Hong Kong. Charles remained at China Mobile HK as CEO & Director until he decided to return to UK in late 2009 after 33 years working overseas and founded his own Venture Capital Company.



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By arrangement with respected independent consultancy organization Arvani Group, we provide their insightful report from the Mobile World Congress, February 14-17, 2011, Barcelona.

Topics:

* Mobile Operators Wake up to Realities of Becoming Dumb Pipes as Smartphone Buzz Wears Off
* 4G LTE Will Deliver a Global Standard (But in a Fractured Way!)
* Near Field Communication (NFC) Finally Coming to Smartphones Near You!
* Smartphone Operating Systems Bifurcating Into Friendly and Unfriendly Varieties
* Battle of Smartphone Features
* Mobile Heavy-Weight Augmenting Your Reality
* Mobile Health: Tale of Two Worlds
* Tablets: Over-Sized Smartphones or Dawn of a New Paradigm?


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By arrangement with respected independent consultancy organization Arvani Group, we provide their insightful report from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Topics include:

* Verizon Takes Center Stage with LTE
* e-Book Readers of CES 2010 Replaced By Their Multi-function Cousins at CES 2011
* What is New in Smartphone Land?
* Mobile Health Gadgets
* Silent Winners


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Article contributed by GSA President Alan Hadden for The LTE Guide (November 2010) published by LTE Portal.com Broadband Solutions, Inc.

Reproduced with permission of the publisher

For a full copy of The LTE Guide visit http://lteportal.com/LTE_Business_Guide/

By arrangement with respected independent consultancy organization Arvani Group, we provide their insightful report from the Open Mobile Summit and Appcelerate events, November 8-10, 2010 in San Francisco.

Topics include:

* 4G LTE Perspectives: Mobile Broadband Utility, Premium Offerings, and New Learnings
* Who Should Pay For Mobile Broadband?
* Selling Apps in Merit Badge & Envy Economy
* Mobile Platform Battleground: Perspectives From The Front Lines
* Enterprises Want In On App Stores
* Mobile Advertising: Purchase Funnel Is Breaking?


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By arrangement with respected independent consultancy organization Arvani Group, we provide their insightful report from CTIA Enterprise and Applications 2010.

Topics include Enterprise mobility, LTE, mHealth, devices, and M2M

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Article contributed by GSA for the inaugural issue of The LTE Guide (May 2010) published by LTE Portal.com Broadband Solutions, Inc.

Reproduced with permission of the publisher

For a full copy of The LTE Guide visit http://lteportal.com/LTE_Business_Guide/

Mobile Broadband - Where the Next Generation Leads Us

by Alan Hadden, President, Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)

Copyright © 2009 IEEE. Reprinted from (IEEE Wireless Communications - December 2009)


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Interview at MWC2010 for 3GPP by:

Alan Hadden, Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)


This 3GPP page www.3gpplive.org also features interviews by:

Colin Hamling, Global Certification Forum (GCF)

Service and Systems Aspects - Stephen Hayes, Ericsson Inc., 3GPP SA Chairman

LTE Radio Aspects - Takehiro Nakamura, NTT DoCoMo, 3GPP RAN Chairman

GSM EDGE - Andrew Howell, RIM, 3GPP GERAN Chairman

Core Network and Terminals - Hannu Hietalahti, Nokia Corp., 3GPP CT Chairman


By arrangement with 3GPP and provided for informational purposes only

Joe Barrett writes about Mobile World Congress 2010 and key industry trends.

Direct link http://www.qualcomm.com/blog/contributors/joe-barrett


Joe also serves as a Vice President of the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)

Biog available at www.gsacom.com/about/executive.php4


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By arrangement with respected independent consultancy organization Arvani Group, we provide a link to their report from Mobile World Congress 2010.


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Not only was GSM one of the last of the big EU industrial policy interventions it turned out to be its most successful – a text book case of how to create wealth, jobs, know-how and huge consumer benefits from intervening in the future directions of national infrastructures on a co-ordinated EU wide basis.

This is a new free book by Stephen Temple CBE based upon an account he recorded at the time of what exactly was going on behind the scenes that led to Europe coming behind the GSM initiative that ignited the mobile phone revolution.

Whilst is is largely an historical account which will be of interest to many, it may also be useful today to show Governments just how they can help industry by creating new opportunities. So the last chapter of the book is - could Europe create another GSM?

The objective of the author is to place on public record a great piece of European industrial history and one of Europe's most successful high technology projects.

Copyright - Stephen Temple CBE



The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)

Alan Hadden, President of the Global mobile Suppliers Association, on the making of a true success story.
http://unite.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/adwords/article/view/id/179

Article by Alan Hadden, President, GSA and published in TechnoVision Magazine - 2009 Summer Issue (June 2009)

(c) Technosummits www.technosummits.com

LTE has emerged as the global standard of choice for fourth generation mobile communications, says Alan Hadden, President, Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)

This article first appeared in Mobile Communications International LTE Supplement - May 2009, published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com)

Reproduced with permission.

The number of companies investing in LTE has grown dramatically in recent months, according to a new report by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

Article by Dr Paul Meyer for Unite, Nokia Siemens Networks
http://unite.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/adwords/article/view/id/121

2008 was the year of HSPA, with strong growth in network deployments and terminal availability. 2009 will see a move to HSPA+.

The first Evolved HSPA (HSPA+) systems are now entering commercial service, with the capability of supporting 21 Mbps peak on the downlink using 64QAM modulation. Peak downlink speeds this year are expected to reach 42 Mbps peak when 2x2 MIMO is added. An evolution of the uplink data speeds will also occur, from 2 Mbps and 5.8 Mbps which we have today with HSPA, to 11.5 Mbps (using 16QAM), and higher with MIMO. LTE is the next evolutionary step, continuing the GSM tradition of delivering even greater efficiencies, capacity, features and performance by evolution as the cornerstone for reducing delivery cost and total cost of ownership, continuing growth, investment, and commercial success.

Achieving Ubiquity of Mobile Broadband by Alan Hadden, President, Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) www.gsacom.com

This article first appeared in Mobile World Focus 2009 published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com)

Unite talks with the President of the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) about UMTS900, LTE, and the future of mobile communications

See the full article at http://unite.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/article/view/id/78

Copyright 2009 - Nokia Siemens Networks

Change and more change as industry heads towards the mobile internet

As the Global mobile Suppliers Association celebrates its first 10 years as the representative organisation for mobile suppliers worldwide the President, Alan Hadden, looks at the tasks for the next decade

Reproduced with permission of Global Telecoms Business www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com

Alan Hadden, President of the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), casts an eye over Europe's HSPA landscape

This interview first appeared in Mobile Communications Europe, published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com)

As HSPA penetration grew, mobile broadband came of age in 2007. Dozens of networks launched, the technology matured and devices became mainstream. But that’s not the whole story. WCDMA growth is being boosted by migration to new frequency bands, EDGE is supporting service continuity and the GSM family as a whole is reaching new milestones. These achievements have been promoted and supported throughout the year by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

This article first appeared in Mobile World Focus 2008 published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com)

3G would give significant impetus to increase overall Internet penetration in India

by Alan Hadden, President, GSA
Published in Voice & Data Guest Column - June 2007

www.voicendata.com

The next stage of the evolution of GSM is in progress, with deployments of HSDPA under way in a number of markets, ushering in a new era in mobile broadband. But GSM had another important role in 2006, bringing basic communications to under-served populations. Promoting both these aspects of the world’s favourite mobile standard have this year been central to the Global mobile Suppliers Association’s work in supporting, informing and advising industry and policymakers.
By Alan Hadden, President, GSA


This article first appeared in GSM>3G World Focus 2007 published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com)

Published in Communications Africa, August-September 2006, p70
www.alaincharles.com/africa/ca.htm

Sky Radio Wireless Roundtable - Hosted by Sky Radio's Marc Holland for Forbes In-flight Radio Interview by Alan Hadden, President, GSA "The 3rd Generation"

Playing in July 2006 on Forbes In-flight Radio on all American Airlines North American and International flights. More at http://www.skyradionet.com/americanbiz.cfm

Click on the play button - - alongside the title to listen, or on the title to download.
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by Alan Hadden, President GSA
Published in Voice & Data Guest Column - June 2006
www.voicendata.com

As GSM subscriber numbers power towards the second billion and WCDMA take-up accelerates, there is much to celebrate. However, as the activities of the Global mobile Suppliers Association during 2005 make clear, there is also a continuing need to spread the word about the benefits and opportunities of GSM and its continuing development.
By Alan Hadden, President, GSA
This article first appeared in 3GSM World Focus 2006, published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com)

This article first appeared in 3GSM World Focus 2005.
Published by Informa Telecoms and Media

Comment: AsiaCom, Volume 10, Number 9 May 18, 2004
Published by Baskerville, part of the Informa Telecoms Group

GSM a nivel mundial El numero de suscriptoressuperara los mil millones en el primer trimestre del 2001. Las comunicaciones moviles son el tema central de la historia de la ultima decada, superando los telefonos moviles a cualquier otro producto electronico incluyendo computadoras personales, reproductores de discos compactos (CD), televisores, etc.
1.000 Millones - Cobertura Especial 3GSM World Congress. Published by Tele-Semana on 26 February, 2004. Spanish with English original.

It didn't seem likely, but vendors are now claiming that every European operator is considering EDGE and even going so far as to declare the discussions over. Keith Dyer reviews how the race was run.
Article originally published in Mobile Europe February 2004

As GSM growth continues, and EDGE follows WCDMA into the marketplace, the Global mobile Suppliers Association looks back on a busy year and forward to an even busier one, both for the world’s favourite standard and for the GSA. By Alan Hadden, president, GSA.
3GSM World Focus 2004, published by Mobile Communications International, part of Informa Business Publishing

Le prochain "3GSM World Congress" viendra sans doute confirmer cette analyse et, comme le souligne Alan Hadden (lire notre Entretien), mieux vaut tenir compte des retours d'expérience pour répondre aux attentes du marché...
Reproduced with the kind permission of Gilbert Frontier, Rédacteur en chef. See portail NTIC