The GSMA hosts a number of industry-focused forums that serve to bring GSMA members and key industry stakeholders together around common sector-specific goals and challenges.
The aim of these forums and communities is to create an environment that facilitates discussion, collaboration and ultimately action that drives technological or commercial advancement in these areas.
Many of these forums and communities comprise of Sector Members as well as Operator and Industry Members and GSMA Activity Contributors (see our member directory). The GSMA Sector Member category of membership meets the needs of organisations in the wider mobile ecosystem that can benefit from understanding first-hand the emerging trends in mobile and technology evolution as well as closer working with mobile operators and other GSMA Members.
Connected Manufacturing and Production Forum
The Connected Manufacturing and Production Forum brings together leading operators, mobile ecosystem players, enterprises, and manufacturing and industrial companies worldwide to derive even more value for key industrial stakeholders.
5G and related technologies are powering the Industry 4.0 era by enabling manufacturing companies and their supply chain partners to utilise emerging technologies such as AI, Industrial Metaverse, Digital Twins to give vastly improved visibility and flexibility over all aspects of their business.
The mobile ecosystem is at the heart of fintech. GSMA members and financial services partners have seen great value in coming together to review areas of common interest.
The GSMA Connected Fintech and Commerce Forum leads the conversation with the mobile community to explore key issues, monitor and guide developments in fintech such as Digital Assets, Payments, Metaverse, Social Engineering, and more, and provide opportunities to collaborate, build, and deploy new solutions.
GSMA Internet of Things is an initiative to help operators add value and accelerate the delivery of new connected devices and services in IoT. This is to be achieved by industry collaboration, appropriate regulation, optimising networks as well as developing key enablers to support the growth of the IoT in the longer term.
Discover how we bring the work of the GSMA IoT Community to live through our extensive resource library, industry news from our members, and updates on key global events shaping the IoT landscape.
The GSMA is working with the telecoms and aviation sectors to support the transformation of the aviation industry through digitalisation and automation while maintaining the focus on safety. Existing human-centric systems and processes limit scale, acting as a barrier to greater usage of UAVs and eVTOLs (electric vehicle take-off and landing) for the transport of goods and people. Therefore, aviation authorities and governments are defining new rules suitable for the new airspace users, while other stakeholders are also working on appropriate solutions.
The GSMA supports its members with their identity initiatives as they pursue new business growth opportunities and the digital transformation of their operations.
The Identity and Data Community connects the ecosystem by sharing knowledge and best practices. It mainly focuses on commercial solutions from the mobile industry for third parties.
Mobile towers and the associated infrastructure are the key ingredients in delivering ultra-fast mobile connectivity into the hands of subscribers around the globe. With the advent of 5G, and future generation technologies just around the corner, what collaborative requirements are wanted for tower companies, infrastructure vendors and mobile network operators alike – from the densification of network infrastructure, upscaling network and edge compute capabilities to alternative infrastructure models (e.g. HAPS).
GSMA membership provides the platform through which Tower & Fibre companies can understand and shape the answers to these questions as well as engaging key stakeholders across the mobile infrastructure community and beyond.
The GSMA Foundry and the European Space Agency (ESA) have partnered to merge mobile and satellite technologies, aiming to integrate satellite communications with 5G and future 6G networks. This collaboration centers on the GSMA Foundry innovation accelerator, uniting mobile network operators to accelerate cross-industry collaboration and real-world solutions.
Join us to explore the cutting-edge of Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) technology and transform the industry landscape together.
GSMA 5G IN (5G Innovation and Investment Group) is helping to grow and leverage the rapidly expanding 5G start-up community. It was created by GSMA with 12 co-founding members: China Mobile Capital, China Telecom Investment, China Unicom Capital, China Mobile State Investment, China Broadband Capital, Chenshan Capital, Huawei, ZTE, Orient Securities Capital, CSDN, Shenzhen Valley Ventures and Deloitte China.
Established to meet the needs of the start-up community, 5G IN Activity Members can gain insights from leading investment organisations and academic communities in the mobile industry; connect with other high-quality start-ups in the fields of AI, IoT, edge computing, cloud computing, big data, 5G network, security, chipset, AR/VR/XR, Fintech & vertical applications; and foster innovation and investment to drive the commercialisation of 5G applications.
