Telecom industry association GSMA has appointed Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman and MD of Bharti Airtel, a leading mobile operator in India, as the Acting Chair of the GSMA board.
Gopal Vittal is currently the Deputy Chair of GSMA. Jose Maria Alvares-Pallete was the Chair of the GSMA board. Jose Maria Alvares-Pallete, Chairman and CEO of Telefonica, has resigned from the company. By virtue of this resignation, he is no longer able to continue in the position of the Chair of the GSMA.
Gopal Vittal was recently re-elected as the Deputy Chair of the GSMA board. He has also served the board as a key member for the term 2019-2020.
GSMA represents the global telecommunications industry with over 1100 companies from the telecom ecosystem across the world including telecom service providers, handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organizations in adjacent industry sectors.