Working Groups
Engineering the future of mobile
Working towards common goals, including roaming, interconnection, billing, devices, fraud, security, and more, the GSMA Working Groups are what make mobile work! They facilitate collaboration, consensus building and harmonisation among GSMA members, create frameworks and requirements for operational matters, and influence mobile industry standardisation and solution development.
eSIM – eSIM Working Group
Group members 500+ Plenary attendance 60+
Manages eSIM activities within GSMA by delivering GSMA eSIM specifications including eSIM Consumer, IoT and M2M Architectures
FASG – Fraud and Security Group
Group members 1400+ Plenary attendance 150+
Push the security agenda in the industry to stay ahead of fraud and security threats, define preventative measures and provide support tools and processes.
IDS – Interoperability Data Specifications and Settlement
Group members 450+ Plenary attendance 50+
Provide standards for electronic roaming information exchange to support wholesale billing, fraud prevention, invoicing & settlement, network configuration and commercial agreement.
IG – Internet Group
Group members 300+
Identify threats and opportunities for mobile operators by analysing and assessing new technologies on the internet and web space.
IPR – Intellectual Property Rights Working Group
Promote IP regulations that assist in growing the mobile industry and discourage abusive IP practises.
NG – Networks Group
Group members 700+ Plenary attendance 120+
Provide technical support for operators addressing, testing and performance aspects of interconnection and roaming between operators.
TSG – Terminal Steering Group
Group members 300+
Manage terminal activities within GSMA and beyond to avoid fragmentation and enhance services, usability, security and consistency
WAS – Wholesale Agreements and Solutions
Group members 2500+ Plenary attendance 1000+
Develop agreement templates, charging models & principles that support the commercial aspects of Interoperability.
IOT – IoT Safe
Group members 200+
Leveraging a hardware secure element, or ‘Root of Trust’, to establish end-to-end, chip-to-cloud security for IoT products and services
OPG – Operator Platform Group
Group members 200+
Creating the architecture and technical requirements to guide other Standard Developing Organizations (SDOs) to develop specifications for a federated Mobile Edge for the whole industry
SAM – Secure Applications for Mobile
Group members 100+
Providing technical support to allow a third-party, non-operator application to download and execute on the eUICC independently of operator telecom profiles.
DSG – Device Security Group
Group members 200+
Working together as an industry centre of expertise to improve the security of mobile and IoT devices
AID – Automotive Identity
Group members 60+
Enable individuals to seamlessly use their mobile subscription and mobile services via an in-car system and consumer eSIM, mitigating some of the challenges of using smartphones reliably in cars for telephony and connectivity services.
PQTN – Post Quantum Telco Network
This group is defining the requirements, identifying dependencies, and creating the roadmap to implement quantum-safe networking with the aim of mitigating the risks associated with future, more-powerful quantum computers.
Authorisation Server – Authenticator Capabilities Group
This group is defining the specifications for 3rd party applications requesting operator customers' seamless authentications.
