Bharti Airtel managing director Gopal Vittal elected GSMA chairman

Bharti Airtel vice chairman and managing director Gopal Vittal has become the chairman of the global mobile industry body GSM Association (GSMA) until end-2026.

Vittal had already been serving as the acting chair of the GSMA board. The GSMA represents more than 1,000 telecom companies globally, handset and device companies, software companies, equipment providers, internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors.