GSMA talks up embedded phones

Competition to get the price down The GSM Association has launched a competition to encourage smaller and more standard embedded 3G modules - all in the name of getting us to own more telephones. Now that everyone has a mobile phone the GSMA is increasingly focused on getting us to own several, but with punters remarkably unwilling to carry more than one handset the idea is to embed mobile telephony into gadgets and devices: bringing connectivity where none was previously available, or wanted, or (in many cases) needed. The competition is open to anyone who can manufacture an embedded 3G GSM module, with optional 2G compatibility and (ideally) a PCI interface: entries to be received by the first of October (details in pdf). The GSMA isn't offering much in the way of prizes, beyond introductions to member companies - though... [read full story]                    

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