<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">GSMA, the mobile industry Consortium that represents the carriers, and many of the lower level members of the mobile wireless ecosystm just announced that they will launch a BiG Data Initiative for Social Good.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/gsma-launches-big-data-initiative-for-social-good/?utm_campaign=MWC17_2017_0227%20Event%20Daily%20Marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://www.mobileworldlive.<wbr>com/featured-content/top-<wbr>three/gsma-launches-big-data-<wbr>initiative-for-social-good/?<wbr>utm_campaign=MWC17_2017_0227%<wbr>20Event%20Daily%20Marketing&<wbr>utm_medium=email&utm_source=<wbr>Eloqua</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:12.8px">The GSMA unveiled the ‘Big Data for Social Good’ initiative at Mobile World Congress.</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">By leveraging big data capabilities of mobile operators, the scheme will address humanitarian crises, including epidemics and natural disasters. Mobile operators supporting the launch are Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Hutchison, KDDI, KT, Millicom, MTS, NTT Docomo, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica, Telenor, Telia, Turkcell, Vodafone Group and Zain.</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">Collectively the 16 operators account for more than 2 billion connections across more than 100 countries.</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">Trials of ‘Big Data for Social Good’ will focus first on epidemics and start from June 2017. Countries involved are Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Myanmar and Thailand.</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">“A year ago, the mobile industry became the first sector as a whole to commit to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and, as outlined in our Mobile Industry Impact Report published in September, we are already affecting all 17 Goals to varying degrees,” said Mats Granryd (<em>pictured</em>), GSMA director general.</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">“We are now focused on amplifying and accelerating our industry’s impact in achieving the SDGs, and the initiative that we are announcing today will contribute greatly in addressing some of the biggest challenges facing humanity: epidemics and natural disasters.”</p><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><div><br></div><div>Glenn McKnight, B.A, M.A</div><div>Chair: Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities(FBSC)</div><div>IEEE SIGHT Community of Practice Co-chair</div><div>IEEE PES CSI Committee Member</div><div>ICANN NARALO Chair</div><div>Oshawa, Ontario Canada</div><div><a href="mailto:glenn.mcknight@ieee.org" target="_blank">glenn.mcknight@ieee.org</a></div><div>SKYPE: gmcknight</div><div><br></div></div></div>
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