The Latest Breaking News from GSMA

On this week's edition of News Weekly, we dive into cool tech that was launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Google won the GSMA's "Best Smartphone" award at MWC this year, marking the first time an Android phone has won the honor in years.

Mobile World Congress 2024 is slated to run February 26 to 29, where we expect announcements on new phones, foldables, mixed reality headsets, and much more. Here's everything we expect to see at MWC 2024.

eSIM adoption is growing rapidly and increasingly creeping into mid-range and low-end smartphones. Within the next decade, expect common smartphones to start having eSIMs.

An eSIM is a SIM card embedded into your smartphone that can not be removed like the usual physical SIM card.

Aim is to make mobile and satellite network industries more competitive, and more profitable.

Major telecoms are pushing for more used and refurbished phones for their valuable components.

Consumers will have to pay a lot more for 5G and broadband internet if companies like Meta, Apple, and Microsoft don’t contribute

Privacy rules were breached in at MWC 2021 event, Spain’s data protection watchdog says.

By 2030, the country is expected to have 1.6 billion 5G connections, a new GSMA report predicts.

5G connections in Asia-Pacific are expected to surge fourfold from this year's level to 400 million in 2025, while the industry's consolidation and the metaverse are gathering momentum in the region, according to a report by the GSM Association (GSMA), a group of telecom operators worldwide.