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• Hacker drone launches cyber attack

  By AAP | 08 August, 2011 09:25

  US computer security specialists showed off a homemade drone aircraft capable of launching airborne cyber attacks, hijacking mobile phone calls, or even delivering a dirty bomb.

• LTE continues to gain momentum, says GSA

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 June, 2010 05:36

  More mobile network operators are placing their bets on the same next-generation mobile networking technology to offer users faster connections, according to a report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

• Biggest mobile operators join forces on app store project

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 February, 2010 06:37

  Twenty-four mobile network operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community to avoid fragmenting the apps market and to give developers one point of entry to all the members, the GSM Association announced on Monday.

• Researchers use PC to crack encryption for next-gen GSM networks

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 January, 2010 09:06

  An encryption algorithm designed to protect calls on GSM phones has been broken by three cryptographers using only a dual-core, Intel-based Dell Latitude PC running Linux.

• Hackers show it's easy to snoop on a GSM call

  By Robert McMillan | 29 December, 2009 13:27

  Computer security researchers say that the GSM phones used by the majority of the world's mobile-phone users can be listened in on with just a few thousand dollars worth of hardware and some free open-source tools.

• Is someone intercepting your mobile voice calls?

  By Kathleen Lau | 30 December, 2009 07:08

  Seventy-nine percent of organizations recently surveyed reveal their employees conduct confidential conversations over their mobile phones, yet only 18 per cent of those actually have mobile voice call security in place.

• Motorola Droid selling as Milestone outside the US

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 03 November, 2009 01:28

  Motorola will sell an international version of its Android-based smartphone, dubbed the Milestone, in Germany, Italy and Argentina.

• When the Droid goes to Europe, it's a milestone

  By David Coursey | 03 November, 2009 04:05

  If Motorola's Milestone, a new GSM handset being introduced in Europe, looks familiar, there is a reason. It is a Droid with a different radio deck. It is also Europe's first Android 2.0 handset.

• Nortel set to sell off GSM business

  By Stephen Lawson | 02 October, 2009 07:33

  Nortel Networks is preparing to auction off its division that makes equipment for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks early next month, continuing the unloading of its businesses under bankruptcy reorganization.

• 3G-satellite system coming to AT&T gets first call

  By Stephen Lawson | 21 July, 2009 07:35

  Though not as dramatic as the moon landing that took place 40 years ago Monday, a phone call over a satellite launched earlier this month was the first for a system that may dramatically expand mobile voice and data coverage in the U.S. and Canada.

• Group wants to kick start embedded mobile market

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 November, 2008 04:55

  Backed by Huawei Technologies and operators including Telefónica and Vodafone, the GSM Association (GSMA) has launched the Embedded Mobile initiative, aiming to bring down prices of 3G modules that can be embedded in cars, cameras, health monitoring devices and other machines by developing common standards and platforms.

• Mobile group to lead expansion of 3G beyond phones

  By Dan Nystedt | 21 November, 2008 07:48

  The GSM Association and several partners, including Vodafone and Huawei Technologies, plan to promote the use of 3G (third-generation) technology in cameras, cars and other devices that could link to mobile phones.

• GSM group to push new mobile services

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 September, 2008 10:24

  Proponents of the mobile services portion of the Rich Communication Suite Initiative hope it will get a boost as industry organization GSM Association takes charge of the development.