Membership Categories & Contributions

Operator Membership

Operator Membership is open to licensed mobile network operators using a GSM family technology. Each Member is assigned to one of 8 tiers based on the number of its wireless connections and its wireless revenue. Please contact membership@gsma.com for more information.

Industry Membership

The annual contribution for Industry Members is based on a company’s annual revenue in the previous year. Tiers of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contributions:

Membership Tier *Reported Annual Turnover Figure in USD Annual Contribution in USD
Tier 6 0 – 50 million 14,880
Tier 5 50 – 100 million 20,600
Tier 4 100 – 250 million 35,480
Tier 3 250 – 500 million 70,960
Tier 2 500 – 700 million 106,440
Tier 1 >700 million  141,918

* based on your organisation’s latest reported annual turnover figure

Rapporteur Membership

The annual contribution for Rapporteur Members is based on a company’s annual revenue in the previous year. Tiers of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contributions:

Membership Tier *Reported Annual Turnover Figure in USD Annual Contribution in USD
Tier 6 0 – 50 million 20,760
Tier 5 50 – 100 million 26,370
Tier 4 100 – 250 million 47,690
Tier 3 250 – 500 million 84,716
Tier 2 500 – 700 million  129,600
Tier 1 >700 million 167,750

* based on your organisation’s latest reported annual turnover figure

Sector Membership

The annual contribution for Sector Members is based on the Sector Member’s revenue in the previous year. Bands of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contribution and a Sector Member can engage in a single activity or GSMA Working Group.

Tiers of annual revenue have been set with corresponding levels of contributions as follows:

Membership Tier *Reported Annual Turnover Figure in USD Annual Contribution in GBP
Tier 2 <1 billion £ 4,914
Tier 1 >1 billion £ 9,828

* based on your organisation’s latest reported annual turnover figure

Please contact membership@gsma.com for more information.