International Relations

Building strategic international relationships to drive collaboration on global challenges

As the representative body for the entire mobile industry, the GSMA engages with a wide range of governments, UN Agencies, NGOs and international organisations, to amplify the mobile industry’s core messaging. These partnerships are designed to build relationships with governing stakeholders, committees and working groups, to represent the mobile industry’s position in policy debates. Key partners comprise of intergovernmental institutions and multi-stakeholder groups across both developed and developing markets.

The GSMA additionally co-chairs working groups and contributes valuable information and data to fortify the integrity of case studies

These partnerships work to overcome challenges and unlock opportunities for the benefit of citizens across the globe. Topics which are addressed include; digital health, the digital gender divide, digital entrepreneurship, epidemic preparedness, child online protection and connectivity.