Gopal Vittal elected as new Chairman of GSMA board

Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman and Handling Director of Bharti Airtel, has actually been elected Chairman of the GSMA Board of Supervisors, prospering his duty as acting chair. He is the second Indian to hold this placement, after Sunil Bharti Mittal. Vittal, with over a decade of experience on the GSMA Board, will lead the worldwide telecom industry with difficulties like AI assimilation and 5G advancement.

Mats Granryd, Supervisor General of the GSMA, said Vittal’s knowledge and experience make him well-positioned to lead the Board and the sector with the present difficulties and possibilities, consisting of how to take advantage of AI and full 5G for new business models and profits streams.

“I am honoured to be elected as the Chair of the GSMA Board. The mobile industry contributed USD 6.5 trillion to the global economy in 2024 and is the spinal column on which much of the development worldwide is developed,” Vittal said.

The participants of this distinguished body include 1,000 telecommunications firms from throughout the tool, globe and mobile phone business, software application companies, devices providers, net firms and organisations in allied sector markets.

New Delhi, Bharti Airtel’s Vice Chairman and Handling Supervisor Gopal Vittal has actually been chosen as the new Chairman of the GSMA board of supervisors, a launch said on Monday. He is currently the acting Chair of the GSMA board. In his duty as the Chairman, Vittal will oversee the strategic instructions of the industry body.

The visit highlights the significant impact Airtel has in the international telecommunications market, with Sunil Bharti Mittal and Gopal Vittal having held essential positions on its Board for several years, GSMA claimed in the release.