Founded in 1987 as a non-profit international organization, GSMA is the
world's most influential mobile industry association. At present, GSMA's work
covers business, government policy and technological innovation. Its members
include more than 750 mobile operators from more than 220 countries and nearly
400 companies and industry organizations, including mobile phone manufacturers,
software companies, equipment suppliers, Internet companies, and finance,
healthcare, transportation, and public utility companies. China Mobile, China
Unicom and China Telecom are the three major members of China's board of
directors. China's technology companies Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi and Lenovo are also
members of the company. The GSMA Greater China headquarters is located in Hong
Kong and has liaison offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
In order to promote the development of the mobile industry, promote
inter-industry technical communication, and promote trade and cooperation, GSMA
launches and hosts three world-class mobile industry events each year - MWC
Barcelona, MWC Shanghai and MWC Los Angeles, as well as Mobile 360Series around
the world, attracting the support and participation of executives from the
world's largest and most influential mobile communications operators, software
companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, media and entertainment
institutes and government delegations from different countries. At the same
time, GSMA is committed to carrying out projects and programs that represent the
mobile industry and meet the overall interests of mobile operators, promoting
global strategic cooperation and development in a number of key areas, including
spectrum, IoT, identity and future mobile network technologies.
