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Home ... Telco Common Corpus: The largest open, verified data commons for telecom AI In this blog Louis Powell from GSMA and Pleias’ Anastasia Stasenko introduce the Telco Common Corpus (TCC), a key milestone under the GSMA Open Telco AI initiative, bringing together over 10 billion tokens of fully open, licence verified telecoms data. TCC is for operators, vendors, research groups, and regulators who want to build telecom-specialised models on a public foundation they can stand behind.

New guide provides practical recommendations for regulators seeking to create harmonised, technology-neutral satellite frameworks that prioritise societal needs, consumer protection and sustainable investment 24 June 2026, London: The GSMA today launched its new Satellite Regulatory Playbook, a practical guide designed to help policymakers develop clear, consistent and future-ready policy frameworks for the rapidly evolving satellite connectivity sector.

Home ... GSMA welcomes China Tower to advance AI-ready mobile infrastructure World’s largest tower company builds momentum behind the GSMA Tower Forum 24 June 2026, Shanghai: At MWC Shanghai, the GSMA today announced that China Tower has joined the GSMA as a new member, bringing the world’s largest telecommunications tower company into the GSMA’s global ecosystem.

Home ... Scaling Telco AI from Ambition to Reality GSMA’s Louis Powell and TM Forum’s Andy Tiller highlight a new collaboration to help the industry reduce fragmentation and accelerate practical telco AI adoption. Artificial intelligence is now a board-level priority across the telecoms industry. Operators are investing, vendors are innovating and the wider ecosystem is moving quickly.

22 June 2026, Brazzaville: Targeted policy and regulatory reforms could unlock FCFA 870 billion in additional economic value, create over 144,000 jobs and connect more than 540,000 additional people to mobile internet services by 2030 in the Republic of Congo, according to a new GSMA report.

GSMA recognises innovation driving digital transformation across Africa 18 June 2026, London: The GSMA has announced the winners of the inaugural Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards Africa alongside the champions of the Open Gateway Africa Ignite Hackathon, highlighting both established and emerging innovation driving digital transformation across Africa.

New GSMA report highlights how AI, digital services and mobile connectivity are driving economic growth across Africa, while affordability remains a key barrier to digital inclusion 16 June 2026, London: Mobile technologies and services contributed $240 billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, equivalent to 7.8% of GDP, according to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy Africa 2026report.

While mobile now supports more than 2 million jobs and underpins the digital ecosystem, key regulatory decisions in 2026 will shape Europe’s growth and competitiveness for years to come Dublin, 12 June 2026: The impact of the mobile industry on the EU’s economy increased by 14% in 2025 to reach €1.15 trillion, according to new analysis from the GSMA.

Home ... 810 million women still not using mobile internet in low- and middle-income countries, compared to 595 million men Persistent barriers such as those related to affordability, skills and safety concerns continue to limit women’s digital inclusion in low- and middle-income countries London, 10 June 2026: The gender gap in mobile internet adoption narrowed slightly  in 2025 according to the ‘Mobile Gender Gap Report 2026,’ published today by the GSMA.

Award presented at the Digital Nation Summit Hanoi 2026, supported by findings from the GSMA Digital Nations APAC Report 26 May 2026, Hanoi: The GSMA, the global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystem, today presented the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam with the global GSMA Government Leadership Award 2026, the highest global honour for digital policy.