Leveraging mobility to help enrich the lives of individuals across the developing world
Mobile Planet
Development Fund
Working with mobile operators to accelerate mobile solutions for people living on under $2 a day.
Energy Efficiency
Enabling operators to lower network energy costs by benchmarking relative network performance and identifying potential areas for energy saving.
Universal Charging Solution
Ensuring that the mobile industry adopts a common format for mobile phone charger connections and energy-efficient chargers.
Green Power for Mobile
The Development Fund’s Green Power for Mobile initiative aims to help mobile operators extend network coverage, reduce operating expenditure and minimise environmental impact through the use of renewable energy sources.
Mobile Money for the Unbanked
A GSMA Development Fund programme, launched in February 2009, to accelerate the availability of mobile money services to the unbanked and those living on less than US$2 per day.
Mobile and the Environment
Mobile communications, both mobile devices and the supporting mobile networks, generate environmental impacts throughout their lifecycle through resources and energy used. Mobile services also provide potential benefits through substitution effects (for example, a call rather than a journey), environmental monitoring and indirectly through enabling low-carbon business activities.
