About the GSMA The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobileecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovationfoundational to positive businessenvironments and societal change. Our vision is tounlock the full power of connectivity so that people,industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organisationsacross the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries,the GSMA delivers for its members across threebroad pillars: Connectivity for Good, IndustryServices and Solutions, and Outreach. This activityincludes advancing policy, tackling today’s biggestsocietal challenges, underpinning the technology andinteroperability that make mobile work, and providingthe world’s largest platform to convene the mobileecosystem at the MWC and M360 series of events. We invite you to find out more at gsma.com. About the GSMA Foundry The GSMA Foundry is the go-to place forcross-industry collaboration and making positivechange happen, supported by leading technologyorganisations and companies. By bringing togethermembers and key industry players, engaging, andunifying the end-to-end connectivity ecosystem,the GSMA Foundry is solving real-world industrychallenges. Find out more and get involved athttps://www.gsma.com/foundry Contents About the GSMA Foundry5Key priorities for 20268Why you should get involved10 European Space Agency12Barcelona Supercomputing Center13IBM14GTI15 06.New Partnerships and Strategic Relationships in 202517 Khalifa University17Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya18Strategic Relationships194YFN19Mobile World Capital20The International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)21 07.Showcasing Projects23 Trusted Caller Identity23Stopping Scams at the Source24Extending NTN Connectivity255G-Advanced Intelligent Packet Core26Mobile Network for Thriving AI27Coordinating Agentic AI for Autonomous Networks28Faster Troubleshooting for Transport Networks295G-Advanced Facilitates Multi-Robot Collaboration30Relieving the Pressure on Physicians31Circular Networks, Equipment Identifier325G NTN Asset Tracking33NextWorks34Agentic AI35Africa AI Languages36 01.FOREWORD Beyond connectivity, the Foundry’s strategicpartnerships are enabling GSMA members to evaluateand adopt advanced satellite capabilities, as well as AI,cloud-native core networks, digital trust architecturesand security. Collaboration with leading research andsupercomputing institutions has already supported thedevelopment of sovereign AI, low-resource languagemodels and production-grade generative AI, alignedwith regional and national priorities. As technology advances and the worldchanges, the mobile industry is evolvingrapidly. With 5G Advanced networksentering commercial service and AI gainingtraction, renewal and reinvention areeverywhere. But amid all the dynamism and innovation, it’s vital thatthe global mobile industry doesn't compromise on thecooperation that has always underpinned its success.One of the goals of the GSMA is to provide the trusted,interoperable, future-ready technical foundations thatsupport global digital economies, public infrastructure,and inclusive growth. The GSMA Foundry plays anincreasingly important role in enabling us to fulfil thatobjective. It is particularly encouraging to see so many Foundryprojects progressing from proof of concept tolargescale deployment. This reflects a deliberatestrategic focus of building long-term ecosystemcapability and durable innovation capacity, rather thansimply completing short-term projects. At the same time, the Foundry must continue to lookahead. As technologies such as quantum networking,sensing and compute mature, they will becomefoundational infrastructure layers alongside AI andnon-terrestrial networks. By expanding into thesedomains, and through the development of a unifiedglobal lab network and vertical innovation architecture,the Foundry is laying the groundwork to acceleratefuture cross-sector adoption and deployment. Trust is a clear example. As scams and fraudcontinue to grow in scale and sophistication,technical responses must be built into the fabric ofour networks. Through the Foundry, GSMA membersare collaborating on initiatives that embed verifiableidentity, cryptography and network-level intelligencedirectly into telecoms infrastructure. Interoperability isfundamental to this work: antifraud mechanisms suchas Open Verifiable Calling must operate seamlesslyacross networks if they are to be effective. Change may be constant, but the principles thatunderpin the mobile ecosystem endure. Throughthe GSMA Foundry, we will continue to advancecollaboration, interoperability and trust – ensuring Interoperability is equally essential as we move intothe next phase of network evolution. The capabilitiesunlocked by 5G Advanced, and the integrationof non-terrestrial networks with existing cellularinfrastructure, will only deliver their full value if theyfunction as part of a coherent global system. TheFoundry’s work in this area is helping en