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During ITW 2024, the GLF and i3Forum introduced an industry framework for international service providers to adhere to principles to combat rising SMS fraud, outlining principles such as target monitoring, blocking fraudulent numbers, and information sharing. This initiative aims to restore trust within SMS as a channel.
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London, UK, 4th of June 2024 – The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to restore trust within the global messaging ecosystem. The newly launched “Messaging Charter” is set to enhance trust, security, and innovation within the industry, ensuring a sustainable and efficient messaging environment for enterprises and consumers alike.
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We are delighted to announce Siemens as the official host of the VIP & Speaker lounge, in partnership with GLF at the prestigious Datacloud Global Congress 2024. This partnership marks an exciting chapter for the GLF community, as Siemens brings its unparalleled expertise in transforming data centers for efficient, resilient, and sustainable operations to Datacloud Global Congress 2024.
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the GLF Community Member App, a groundbreaking digital tool for our members to collaborate and engage with activities within the GLF. This app is a significant step forward in our mission to create a more inclusive and interactive platform for all our members.
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The GLF Community gathered for a meeting during the pre-event activities of ITW. The meeting featured high profile speakers from the international carriers world.
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) is delighted to announce that the participants of this year’s GLF Talent Accelerator Programme have successfully completed their journey. This accomplishment marks a significant milestone in their professional development and leadership growth within the telecommunications industry.
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The Global Leaders Forum (GLF) is thrilled to announce the continuation of our partnership with Bayobab as the official sponsor of the GLF Lounge at International Telecoms Week (ITW) 2024.
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), in partnership with the i3Forum, has released an update to the industry-led Code of Conduct to fight fraud in the international voice market by the introduction of a new principle which will reduce incentives for IRSF
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London, 18 April 2024: The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) announced today that its members have elected Elisabetta Romano, Chief Network & Wholesale Officer of TIM and President of Sparkle to serve a second term as Chair of the GLF Board. Eloy Rodriguez, Chief Wholesale Officer of Telefónica Global Solutions has been elected as Chair of the Anti-Fraud Working Group and Marisa Trisolino, CEO of CMC Networks has been elected as Chair of the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB) Working Group
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The GLF made a remarkable impact at Capacity Middle East 2024, reinforcing our commitment to advancing the connectivity industry. The GLF Lounge, meticulously crafted by our dedicated team, emerged as the epicenter of vibrant discussions, facilitating meaningful connections among industry leaders. Throughout the event, the GLF team orchestrated and executed various activities, creating a dynamic space for engagement.
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The Global Leaders' Forum (GLF) recently concluded its highly anticipated three-day GLF Accelerator Bootcamp, an immersive experience that brought together CEOs and leading figures from across the connectivity industry. The bootcamp aimed to cultivate and accelerate the GLF Accelerator participants through a series of engaging workshops, enlightening panel sessions, and enriching masterclasses.
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Dubai, UAE, Tuesday, February 6 – i3Forum, GSMA, and GLF, three leading industry associations of the communications sector, announced today at Capacity Middle East that they are cooperating to help restore trust in international communications and fight illegal/unwanted voice calls and messages originating from abroad – nuisance communications such as spamming, spoofing, robocalling.
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London, 31 January 2024: The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) announced today that its members have elected Frédéric Schepens, CEO of Bayobab Group as the Vice Chair of the GLF Board.
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We are thrilled to announce the release of the new and improved GLF platform.
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Four carriers achieve massive latency improvements in the GLF’s Critical IoT Proof of Concept (POC) proving that roaming connectivity is able to provide the same latency as the local in-country mobile connectivity
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On the cusp of ITW Africa, the summit brought together C-leaders responsible for the future of connectivity across the continent.
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Elisabetta Romano, chief network operations and wholesale officer of TIM, and chair of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) and Annabel Helm, director of the GLF, tell Capacity Media the latest focus areas for the group following its ITW board meeting and what's next for the organisation.
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The heavy weights of the global connectivity landscape took to the stage on day 1 of International Telecoms Week, facilitated by the ITW Global Leaders Forum (GLF).
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) announced today that its members have elected Obaid Rahman, Head of Wholesale at Axiata Group as the Vice Chair of the GLF Board.
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The GLF has deepened its cooperation with industry standards body MEF, endorsing its standards-based Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) automation APIs for its member organisations.
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Global connectivity for critical IoT applications has just taken a major leap forward - the revealed the results of a hugely successful Proof of Concept (PoC) which proves the technical feasibility of low latency data roaming.
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) launches the GLF Accelerator, a ground-breaking new programme for executive leaders in international telecoms
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The GLF, in collaboration with Broadgroup who run the Datacloud series of events, hosted its first closed-door leadership summit in September 2023 alongside the inaugural Datacloud USA. During this meeting, the ongoing Supply Chain challenge was highlighted as a core issue for project delivery especially for datacenters.
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Members of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) have elected John Nolan of AT&T as the vice chair of the GLF Board.
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The ITW Global Leaders Forum (GLF) has published a thought-leadership piece that outlines the network requirements and capabilities of the future.
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Fraudsters steal up to $40 billion from the industry a year, says Judit Albers of A1 Telekom Austria. She tells Alan Burkitt-Gray about A1’s work with the GLF to reduce the cost of crime
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The industry is starting to take action on what many are seeing as a crisis in recruitment of new talent as many are approaching retirement age.
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Twenty international carriers have declared themselves in compliance with the industry’s anti-fraud code of conduct.
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Elisabetta Romano, the newly elected chair of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum, speaks to Natalie Bannerman on the change she plans to drive in the highly coveted role.
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The ITW Global Leaders Forum (GLF) confirm the launch of its third diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) report, during International Telecoms Week 2022.
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The board of the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), a network of leaders from the world’s largest international ICT service providers, has named Elisabetta Romano, CEO of Telecom Italia Sparkle, as its new chair.
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As she approaches the end of her tenure as chair of the Global Leaders’ Forum, Laurinda Pang takes stock of the last 24 months and outlines her vision for the future. Natalie Bannerman reports
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum has a new director, Annabel Helm, and Alan Burkitt-Gray asks her what’s next for this network of the industry’s senior leaders
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Former GSMA events director Annabel Helm is the new head of the Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), the wholesale industry organisation managed by Capacity Media.
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The group behind this week’s report on fraud is suggesting the scope should be extended to cover other parts of the telecoms ecosystem.
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The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF) has published the names of the organisations that have been confirmed as being compliant with the GLF Code of Conduct (CoC).