GSMA is a privately owned company headquartered in the UK. Founded in 1995, it employs approximately 1000 individuals and functions as a trade association representing the interests of mobile network operators and related companies worldwide.
On September 18, 2026, the GSMA called on African governments to implement favorable fiscal and monetary policies to enable a projected $76 billion investment in the continent's mobile network infrastructure between 2025 and 2030. Earlier the same day, GSMA warned that rising smartphone component costs risk widening a global AI divide, noting that its State of Mobile Internet Connectivity report found more than 3.4 billion people do not use mobile internet despite living within mobile broadband coverage. Previously, on September 18, 2026, GSMA estimated that proposed reforms could add 1.07 million unique mobile internet subscribers in Rwanda by 2031, highlighting that only 21% of the population used mobile internet in 2025 despite 96% 4G coverage, with greater digital adoption potentially generating a net annual fiscal benefit of CFA148 million by 2031.
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