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Cellular News notes that the GSMA today launched a new project - Green Power for Mobile - with the goal of helping the mobile industry use renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, or sustainable biofuels, to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012.

Blyk, the pioneering advertising-funded MVNO, is preparing to launch in Asia Pacific.

GSMA CEO Rob Conway used his opening keynote address at the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress yesterday to call on governments around the world to free up further Digital Dividend spectrum for mobile use.

Sri Lanka's largest mobile operator, Dialog Mobile, used this year's GSMA Mobile Asia Congress to announce the launch of a new 3G-based gaming service.

The GSMA has called for full Near Field Communications (NFC) functionality to be built into commercially available handsets from mid-2009.

Manoj Kohli, president and CEO of Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile operator, yesterday said the firm is on track to launch 3G services next year but warned that 3G handset prices must fall below a US$100 price point before the market takes off.