About the project
Coming Soon: Book and DVD
07/07/2008
We are pleased to announce that the Mobile Planet book and DVD are currently being printed and will be available for purchase in early September.
UK VIP Screening
21/04/2008
On Wednesday 16th April, TelecomTV and the GSMA held an exclusive invitation-only screening of "Mobile Planet" at the prestigious BAFTA Theatre in Central London.
News: Barcelona Screenings
11/02/2008
Mobile Planet premieres at the Mobile World Congress this week. There will be an Invitation-Only screening of highlights on Monday evening, followed by an Open Screening on Tuesday.
News: Documentary, Book and Web Resource
11/02/2008
At its heart, Mobile Planet is a 90-minute documentary film. But the film is not the end of the project; over the course of 2008, extended features will be released each month for viewing via the Internet.
News: The Production Journey
10/02/2008
There are over one million new GSM connections every day, with one billion mobile phones sold last year.
Introducing Mobile Planet
09/02/2008
Twenty years ago, 15 telecoms operators came together in Copenhagen, and signed a document that paved the way for global mobile.
Press release: Global Mobile Communication is 20 Years Old
06/09/2007
Twenty years ago tomorrow, an historic agreement was signed in Copenhagen by 15 telecommunications operators from 13 countries* that led to the development of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and a mobile communications industry that today serves more than 2.5 billion people across 218 countries and territories.
The Mobile World Documentary
05/09/2007
The origins of global mobile communications today can be traced back to a single agreement signed on September 7th 1987 by Europe's biggest telecommunications operators. It was the catalyst of international cooperation on an unprecedented scale.
The Mobile World Documentary
05/09/2007
The origins of global mobile communications today can be traced back to a single agreement signed on September 7th 1987 by Europe's biggest telecommunications operators. It was the catalyst of international cooperation on an unprecedented scale.
It laid the foundations for cross border mobile communications today used by more than 2.5 billion people in every country, and on every continent of the world.
It's impact on every day life has been startling. From basic voice services available to people in developing countries for the very first time in their lives, to sophisticated multimedia, entertainment and information downloaded over the air via mobile broadband. The sheer diversity of uses, the pace of progress and innovation, the social and economic impact of the mobile phone, has never truly been captured on one film -- until now.
The GSMA, the mobile industry's trade association, and TelecomTV, the industry's leading visual media group, have collaborated to document this story on film. Travelling to twenty countries from South Africa, China, India and Brazil to Japan, Rwanda, Italy, Finland and the US, this unique film captures an essence of how mobile is changing, enhancing and saving lives on a daily basis.
The Mobile World Documentary will be previewed in November, and premiered at the mobile industry's biggest event, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2008.