2011-02-10T15:23:37-05:00 2010-03-31 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 1301 K STREET NW STE 800W WASHINGTON DC 200053333 990 2009-04-01 980506316 GSM ASSOCIATION GSMA 4402077592 7TH FLOOR 5 NEW STREET SQUARE LONDON ENGLAND UK EC4A 3BF JONATHAN ATKINS 2011-02-09 2024141000 2009 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z MR JEREMY SEWELL 7th FLOOR 5 NEW STREET SQUARE LONDON ENGLAND UK EC4A3BF 47057544 false X www.gsmworld.com X 1987 UK GSMA'S GOAL IS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY. GSMA PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE, EXCHANGE VIEWS, AND DEFINE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY NEEDS VIA AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM OF EVENTS. 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 28088407 39480200 677867 -302210 6274409 7558936 35040683 46736926 0 0 0 0 20106031 25746926 0 0 0 23692218 29650596 43798249 55397522 -8757566 -8660596 42026103 64741033 48848337 80152573 -6822234 -15411540 THE GSMA REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF THE WORLDWIDE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. SPANNING 219 COUNTRIES, THE GSMA UNITES NEARLY 800 OF THE WORLD'S MOBILE OPERATORS, AS WELL AS MORE THAN 200 COMPANIES IN THE BROADER MOBILE ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING HANDSET MAKERS, SOFTWARE COMPANIES, EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS, INTERNET COMPANIES AND MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT ORGANISATIONS. THE GSMA IS FOCUSED ON INNOVATING, INCUBATING AND CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP, ALL WITH THE END GOAL OF DRIVING THE GROWTH OF THE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. TOGETHER, THEIR MEMBERS SERVE MORE THAN 5 BILLION USERS - OR APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE WORLD'S DIGITAL MOBILE MARKET. THE GSM ASSOCIATION IS GOVERNED BY A 26 MEMBER BOARD, COMPRISING TOP-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING MOBILE OPERATORS AMONG THEM CHINA MOBILE, ORANGE, KTF, TELECOM ITALIA-TIM, T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL AND THE VODAFONE GROUP. THE BOARD'S AGENDA ENCOMPASSES BUSINESS, STRATEGY, TECHNICAL AND PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES, AS W false false THE GSM ASSOCIATION PROVIDES ITS MEMBERS WITH ACCESS TO A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRY INFORMATION ON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE GSM ASSOCIATION PRODUCED PREMIER INDUSTRY EVENTS THAT INCLUDED MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS IN BARCELONA AND MOBILE ASIA CONGRESS. false false false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true true true false true 0 0 0 false true false false false 25 25 false false false false true false true true true false false false true true true true true true true false X JONATHAN ATKINS 4402077592 7th FLOOR 5 NEW STREET SQUARE LONDON ENGLAND UK EC4A3BF ROBERT CONWAY 60.0 X X 1490433 0 2692 ALEXANDER IZOSIMOV 2.0 X 0 0 0 EDUARDO BARNETCHE GIRARD 2.0 X 0 0 0 SANJAY KAPOOR 2.0 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM HAGUE 2.0 X 0 0 0 LU XIANGDONG 2.0 X 0 0 0 ZHANG FAN 2.0 X 0 0 0 CRAIG EHRLICH 2.0 X 0 0 0 HAING-MIN KWON 2.0 X 0 0 0 BORIS NEMSIC 2.0 X 0 0 0 PHUTHUMA NHLEKO 2.0 X 0 0 0 MIKHAIL SHAMOLIN 2.0 X 0 0 0 BRIGITTE BOURGOIN 2.0 X 0 0 0 NAGUIB SAWIRIS 2.0 X 0 0 0 TETSUZO MATSUMOTO 2.0 X 0 0 0 NG YOKE WENG 2.0 X 0 0 0 MAN WON JUNG 2.0 X 0 0 0 NAPOLEON NAZARENO 2.0 X 0 0 0 FRANCO BERNABE 2.0 X 0 0 0 VIVEK DEV 2.0 X 0 0 0 JON FREDRIK BAKSAAS 2.0 X 0 0 0 PHILLIPP HUMM 2.0 X 0 0 0 JAMALUDIN IBRAHIM 2.0 X 0 0 0 TERRY KRAMER 2.0 X 0 0 0 DR KIYOYUKI TSUJIMARA 2.0 X 0 0 0 JEREMY SEWELL 60.0 X 498838 0 161676 ALEX SINCLAIR 60.0 X 574445 0 129053 TOM PHILLIPS 60.0 X 528646 0 123553 BILL GAJDA 60.0 X 626442 0 9800 MICHAEL O'HARA 60.0 X 0 0 0 DAVID FROLIO 60.0 X 295242 0 9800 JON ATKINS 60.0 X 254056 0 1935 HENRY STEVENS 60.0 X 169277 0 10157 BOB WESTON 60.0 X 194583 0 25769 COLIN BAREHAM 60.0 X 180805 0 13267 JULIAN BISHOP 60.0 X 223208 0 15811 ADAM DENTON 60.0 X 199749 0 12953 IAN PANNELL 60.0 X 200299 0 26455 BRAD GREENE 60.0 X 217478 0 9360 MARK SMITH 60.0 X 175934 0 16802 GABRIEL SOLOMON 60.0 X 169891 0 12612 ANA TAVARES 60.0 X 172001 0 2767 ADRIAN DODD 60.0 X 168938 0 12555 GRAHAM TRICKEY 60.0 X 206902 0 28249 6547167 0 625266 65 false true false PROJECT PEOPLE 3RD FLOOR NORTHGATE WHITEFRIARS LEWINS MEAD BRISTOL AVON UK BS1 2NT RECRUITING 2760749 1 0 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 33893114 33893114 SPONSORSHIP INCOME 900099 5510856 5510856 MOBILE PEOPLE PROGRAM 900099 76230 76230 39480200 18408 18408 0 0 0 0 0 320618 -320618 -320618 -320618 0 0 0 0 0 0 INCOME FROM AFFILIATE 900099 7300568 7300568 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME (SUNDRY) 900099 258368 258368 7558936 46736926 46780768 0 -43842 0 0 0 0 7175370 0 12477907 868386 2941956 2283307 0 655613 275065 0 0 0 12233362 1468960 1383429 1793201 0 4511401 3622385 0 1160780 0 0 998822 165081 CURRENCY VARIANCE 882888 BAD DEBT 209634 UK CORPORATE TAXES 137214 INTERCOMPANY INTEREST 141778 OTHER EXPENSES 10983 55397522 1300 474 8747797 33238636 30862748 26549950 67795 29935 459928 820018 4467447 1084133 784336 3383314 0 0 635566 294828 466633 423878 42026103 64741033 7900516 10568646 32113516 34886223 8834305 34697704 48848337 80152573 X -6822234 -15411540 -6822234 -15411540 42026103 64741033 X false true true X false 2305400 204718 2100682 2153801 873466 1280335 8246 5949 2297 3383314 0 DUE TO AFFILIATE 34453432 FEDERAL INCOME TAX PAYABLE 244272 34697704 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 3 109 Program Services MEMBER SUPPORT 52264172 East Asia and the Pacific 1 5 Program Services MEMBER SUPPORT 574682 South America 1 2 Program Services MEMBER SUPPORT 271378 5 116 53110232 X X X X false false false ROBERT CONWAY 671950 0 818483 0 0 0 0 0 2692 0 1493125 0 0 0 DAVID FROLIO 220650 0 74592 0 0 0 9800 0 0 0 305042 0 0 0 JEREMY SEWELL 330356 0 168482 0 0 0 159066 0 2610 0 660514 0 0 0 ALEX SINCLAIR 311052 0 263393 0 0 0 126145 0 2908 0 703498 0 0 0 TOM PHILLIPS 309281 0 219365 0 0 0 120645 0 2908 0 652199 0 0 0 BILL GAJDA 364057 0 262385 0 0 0 9800 0 0 0 636242 0 0 0 JON ATKINS 195428 0 58628 0 0 0 0 0 1935 0 255991 0 0 0 HENRY STEVENS 135453 0 33824 0 0 0 10157 0 0 0 179434 0 0 0 BOB WESTON 168543 0 26040 0 0 0 23350 0 2419 0 220352 0 0 0 COLIN BAREHAM 144795 0 36010 0 0 0 10848 0 2419 0 194072 0 0 0 JULIAN BISHOP 164329 0 58879 0 0 0 13392 0 2419 0 239019 0 0 0 ADAM DENTON 172619 0 27130 0 0 0 11985 0 968 0 212702 0 0 0 IAN PANNELL 185835 0 14464 0 0 0 24036 0 2419 0 226754 0 0 0 BRAD GREENE 170678 0 46800 0 0 0 9360 0 0 0 226838 0 0 0 MARK SMITH 149443 0 26491 0 0 0 15834 0 968 0 192736 0 0 0 GABRIEL SOLOMON 169891 0 0 0 0 0 10193 0 2419 0 182503 0 0 0 ANA TAVARES 147197 0 24804 0 0 0 832 0 1935 0 174768 0 0 0 ADRIAN DODD 147641 0 21297 0 0 0 10136 0 2419 0 181493 0 0 0 GRAHAM TRICKEY 206902 0 0 0 0 0 26314 0 1935 0 235151 0 0 0 PART I GSM ASSOCIATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN BRITISH POUNDS. THE AMOUNTS REPORTED ON PART X OF THE FORM 990 WERE CONVERTED FROM BRITISH POUNDS TO US DOLLARS USING THE CONVERSION RATE AT 03/31/10 OF 1.5072. THE AMOUNTS REPORTED ON PART VIII AND PART IX OF THE FORM 990 WERE CONVERTED FROM BRITISH POUNDS TO US DOLLARS USING THE AVERAGE CONVERSION RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 03/31/10 OF 1.59634. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE COMPILED FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS. PART VI, LINE 6 GSMA'S MEMBERS ARE MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS. THERE ARE TWO CLASSES OF MEMBERS - ASSOCIATE MEMBERS AND FULL MEMBERS. PART VI, LINE 7B THE ANNUAL BUSINESS PLAN AND THE AGREEMENT OF THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE GROUP ARE SUBJECT TO MEMBER RATIFICIATION. PART VI, LINE 11 A DRAFT VERSION OF THE FORM 990 IS CIRCULATED TO SELECT MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENT. ALL INPUT IS CONSIDERED AND EVALUATED WHEN PREPARING THE FINAL VERSION OF THE RESPECTED RETURNS. PART VI, LINES 12C DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE ANNUAL WRITTEN CERTIFICATIONS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. ANY EXCEPTIONS MUST BE DISCLOSED AND REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION. THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS HAVE CERTIFIED THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY FOR THIS TAX YEAR. PART VI, LINE 15A & 15B GSMA'S HUMAN RESOURCE STAFF PERFORMS BENCHMARKING STUDIES TO DETERMINE ALL OFFICER COMPENSATION PACKAGES. THESE STUDIES UTILIZE EXTERNAL DATA ON EACH ELEMENT OF THE PACKAGES INCLUDING BASE SALARY, INCENTIVE COMPENSATION, AND BENEFIT PROGRAMS. REMUNERATION OF THE CEO IS DETERMINED BY THE NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN. PART VI, LINE 19 GSMA MAINTAINS PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COPIES OF ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE. THESE COPIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON A WRITTEN OR IN-PERSON REQUEST FOR ACCESS. 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