Posts Tagged ‘GSMA’

My Comments on the below: I am not sure how I can make sense of this.  A trade body essentially becoming an ad-network.  Surely this has direct conflict of interest? Comments welcome. Posted By Ronan Shields, Thu, 6 May 2010 Mobile operator trade body the GSMA has claimed its Wholesale Applications Community scheme will be [...]

The GSMA, in partnership with ComScore, has released the first cut of what it hopes will become industry-standard metrics for mobile advertising. The metrics are based on anonymised browsing data gathered from all five UK operators’ subscriber bases. These behavioural metrics are complemented by some basic demographic data collected on an opt-in basis from a small panel of mobile users. The mobile metrics are currently confined to the UK, but there are plans to expand to other markets. The GSMA mobile metrics are a modest but much-needed first step and should be welcomed as they address one of the key factors that has slowed mobile advertising: the lack of standardised metrics for measuring audience engagement.

Below is a good analysis I came across on Gerson Lehrman Group website.  It was taken from an article published in the Guardian on the 9th November. My opinion on this: I do not entirely agree that focusing on the growth of the mobile web is wrong but I certainly do agree that just focusing on the [...]