LONDON, UK: The GSMA announced new developments in its Embedded Mobile Initiative, including work to establish standard design guidelines for embedded mobile applications and the kick-off of a competition to drive development in the embedded mobile market.
The goal of the Embedded Mobile program, which was launched in November 2008, is to foster new business opportunities by bringing the benefits of continuous mobile connectivity to embedded devices in the clean energy, education, healthcare, transport, consumer electronics and smart utilities sectors.
"The benefits of embedded mobile to businesses and consumers are nearly endless, from enabling a travelling family to easily transmit holiday photos to relatives at home, to helping a vending company automatically track stocking levels and operating status of its machines, to allowing power companies to remotely collect data from across meter and power grids," commented Michael O'Hara, Chief Marketing Officer for the GSMA.
"As the programmes announced today demonstrate, we are keenly focused on reducing industry fragmentation in the delivery of embedded mobile solutions, facilitating economies of scale in design and production and driving cross-industry awareness of module designs."
To further promote the development of the embedded mobile market, the GSMA has kicked off a competition whose goal is to identify best-in-class embedded modules across a number of categories, as well as mobile service applications and solutions.
The first stage of the competition, which will focus on leading embedded modules, will be held at the Mobile Asia Congress in November 2009. The second stage of the competition will showcase innovative service applications and solutions at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2010.
"KT is confident that its active involvement in the GSMA's Embedded Mobile Initiative will create broader opportunities for this market," said Hyunmi Yang, Executive Vice President & CSO, Personal Customer Group, KT Corp.
"We further believe that the launch of a global competition as part of this programme will stimulate the growth of the M2M market and will help us to identify new mobile services that will be of true value to our customers. The GSMA's Embedded Mobile Initiative will allow immediate communication means for everyday devices via a mobile network, and we believe that the mobile network will become the key facilitator for enriching the daily lives of our customers."
"Potential use of embedded 3G modules are diversified and require development of unique software for each application," said Ted Matsumoto, Senior Executive Vice President, SoftBank Mobile Corp. "The cost of modules is a critical factor in helping make these applications accepted by a wide range of users, so we should avoid the fragmentation of module hardware design as much as possible. Working with the device and chipset vendors, the GSMA will help to achieve this goal."
To facilitate the creation of scores of new embedded mobile applications, the GSMA also announced that it has initiated a work stream within the Embedded Mobile programme to develop and publish of a set of design guidelines for key categories of applications, such as health, automotive, smart metering and consumer devices.
This is a joint initiative involving mobile operator and module vendor representatives from across the world. The GSMA expects to make these design guidelines available in November 2009.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
GSMA, KT, SK Telecom put spotlight on Korean mobile industry
LONDON, UK & SEOUL, KOREA: The GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, recently held its most recent Board meeting in Seoul, South Korea. The meeting was jointly hosted by Korean mobile operators KT and SK Telecom and attended by executives of the 25 of world's leading mobile operators.
The one-day event also served to highlight the important role of Korea in the world's ICT industry, with executives from Samsung and LG Electronics presenting their visions of future innovation to the GSMA Board.
"Both SK Telecom and KT are considered pioneers in one of the world's most dynamic and technologically advanced markets. We are honoured to have had this opportunity to visit Korea and to learn more about the technologies and services which are shaping the future of communications not only in Korea, but also in the global industry," said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board of the GSMA. "We would especially like to thank KT and SK Telecom for agreeing to host the GSMA Board in their country and for the outstanding hospitality displayed over the past few days."
SK Telecom and KT are extremely active and visible in the GSMA, having served on the Board since 2008 and 2003, respectively. Both organisations take leading roles in the GSMA's committees and working groups, which focus on the investigation and development of a range of technology initiatives which will create greater value for the mobile industry and for businesses and consumers around the world.
For instance, KT and SK Telecom are engaged in the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) initiative, a service providing interoperable, enriched communication capabilities all accessible through a user's mobile phone contact list.
Both SK Telecom and KT have also been proponents of the GSMA SmartSIM project, with the goal of driving the development and adoption of the SmartSIM, a large capacity USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) card that allows users to store personal mobile contents and freely access phonebook data or multimedia files even after switching mobile phones and to run various mobile applications such as personalized portals or multimedia messaging.
SK Telecom was the first to propose the SmartSIM initiative to the GSMA and in February 2009 successfully led the launch of GSMA SmartSIM project to cooperate in the standardisation of such technologies.
Additionally, KT has been heavily involved in the GSMA's Mobile Embedded Initiative, which aims to develop the market for mobile connectivity in machine-to-machine and other consumer devices. KT has also been a leading force in the GSMA's Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative which is designed to provide a single global approach to enabling contactless payments using a mobile phone.
Woo-Sik Kim, President of KT Personal Customer Group said, "With its proactive participation in the GSMA, KT has engaged in the key projects which would increase the value for its customers, while strengthening its position as a key player in the global market by sharing its expertise and learnings in mobile services. KT will continue to work with the GSMA in providing the blueprint of the future mobile industry, and being a driver in the coming era of the ICT renaissance."
Man-Won Jung, CEO of SK Telecom said: "The GSMA Board Meeting has served as a great opportunity for us to show the world Korea's advanced information and communication technologies and services. Moreover, we were able to strengthen our networking with major mobile telecommunications companies around the world. SK Telecom will continue to play its role as the global leader in the ICT industry by actively participating in GSMA activities which contribute to the development of the worldwide mobile telecommunications industry."
The Board meeting highlighted themes related to the role that telecommunications companies would play in the movement to revive the world economy. In April, the GSMA and 24 of the world's largest mobile communications companies signed a letter urging the G-20 governments to endorse ambitious private sector development that could see more than $550 billion of private capital invested, could create 25 million jobs and boost global GDP by between 3-4 percent (source: AT Kearney).
This growth is predicated on the construction of new mobile broadband networks based on the GSM family of technology. In order to ensure the rapid build of networks and successful deployment of services over these networks, G-20 governments must allocate the radio spectrum needed over time to build the new networks, and deliver a stable, predictable and minimally intrusive regulatory environment to encourage the necessary investment.
"At a time when many are looking to government to dig deep to finance an economic recovery, the mobile industry is in the rare position of being able to provide a private sector stimulus," commented Alexander Izosimov, Chairman, GSMA. "Mobile has the ability to connect hundreds of millions into the global information economy, and in doing so, usher in a new era of productivity, efficiency and prosperity."
The one-day event also served to highlight the important role of Korea in the world's ICT industry, with executives from Samsung and LG Electronics presenting their visions of future innovation to the GSMA Board.
"Both SK Telecom and KT are considered pioneers in one of the world's most dynamic and technologically advanced markets. We are honoured to have had this opportunity to visit Korea and to learn more about the technologies and services which are shaping the future of communications not only in Korea, but also in the global industry," said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board of the GSMA. "We would especially like to thank KT and SK Telecom for agreeing to host the GSMA Board in their country and for the outstanding hospitality displayed over the past few days."
SK Telecom and KT are extremely active and visible in the GSMA, having served on the Board since 2008 and 2003, respectively. Both organisations take leading roles in the GSMA's committees and working groups, which focus on the investigation and development of a range of technology initiatives which will create greater value for the mobile industry and for businesses and consumers around the world.
For instance, KT and SK Telecom are engaged in the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) initiative, a service providing interoperable, enriched communication capabilities all accessible through a user's mobile phone contact list.
Both SK Telecom and KT have also been proponents of the GSMA SmartSIM project, with the goal of driving the development and adoption of the SmartSIM, a large capacity USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) card that allows users to store personal mobile contents and freely access phonebook data or multimedia files even after switching mobile phones and to run various mobile applications such as personalized portals or multimedia messaging.
SK Telecom was the first to propose the SmartSIM initiative to the GSMA and in February 2009 successfully led the launch of GSMA SmartSIM project to cooperate in the standardisation of such technologies.
Additionally, KT has been heavily involved in the GSMA's Mobile Embedded Initiative, which aims to develop the market for mobile connectivity in machine-to-machine and other consumer devices. KT has also been a leading force in the GSMA's Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative which is designed to provide a single global approach to enabling contactless payments using a mobile phone.
Woo-Sik Kim, President of KT Personal Customer Group said, "With its proactive participation in the GSMA, KT has engaged in the key projects which would increase the value for its customers, while strengthening its position as a key player in the global market by sharing its expertise and learnings in mobile services. KT will continue to work with the GSMA in providing the blueprint of the future mobile industry, and being a driver in the coming era of the ICT renaissance."
Man-Won Jung, CEO of SK Telecom said: "The GSMA Board Meeting has served as a great opportunity for us to show the world Korea's advanced information and communication technologies and services. Moreover, we were able to strengthen our networking with major mobile telecommunications companies around the world. SK Telecom will continue to play its role as the global leader in the ICT industry by actively participating in GSMA activities which contribute to the development of the worldwide mobile telecommunications industry."
The Board meeting highlighted themes related to the role that telecommunications companies would play in the movement to revive the world economy. In April, the GSMA and 24 of the world's largest mobile communications companies signed a letter urging the G-20 governments to endorse ambitious private sector development that could see more than $550 billion of private capital invested, could create 25 million jobs and boost global GDP by between 3-4 percent (source: AT Kearney).
This growth is predicated on the construction of new mobile broadband networks based on the GSM family of technology. In order to ensure the rapid build of networks and successful deployment of services over these networks, G-20 governments must allocate the radio spectrum needed over time to build the new networks, and deliver a stable, predictable and minimally intrusive regulatory environment to encourage the necessary investment.
"At a time when many are looking to government to dig deep to finance an economic recovery, the mobile industry is in the rare position of being able to provide a private sector stimulus," commented Alexander Izosimov, Chairman, GSMA. "Mobile has the ability to connect hundreds of millions into the global information economy, and in doing so, usher in a new era of productivity, efficiency and prosperity."
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