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Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 6:48 AM
Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- GSMA and ICANN Sign Memorandum
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GSMA and ICANN Sign Memorandum of Understanding at GSMA Mobile World
Congress

28 February 2018

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BARCELONA, Spain – 28 February 2018 – Today, the GSMA and the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) at the Mobile World Congress being held this week in
Barcelona. The MoU aims to enhance collaboration and raise awareness about
Internet governance issues that are of common interest to both
organizations and their communities. The agreement was signed by GSMA
Director General Mats Granryd and ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby.

Over the years, mobile networks have evolved to become a critical
infrastructure for Internet services, especially in developing countries.
The goal of the MoU is to advance the organizations' shared objective of
fostering the continuous expansion of interoperable networks and the
deployment of information and communication technology. The document
highlights cooperation on capacity building and policy exchanges. Joint
activities include workshops, regional events, and ad hoc interactions on
technical subject matter areas that will further intersect the GSMA and
ICANN's respective missions.

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[PDF, 204 KB].
About the GSMA

*The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting
nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile
ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies,
equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in
adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events
such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile World
Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.*

*For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at
www.gsma.com[gsma.com]
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Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA.*
About ICANN

*ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you have to type an
address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be
unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate
and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in
1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation and a community with
participants from all over the world.*
Media Contacts:

GSMA Press Office
pressoffice at gsma.com

*Luna Madi*
Communications Director, EMEA
Istanbul, Turkey
*Tel:* +90 533 031 3505 <+90%20533%20031%2035%2005>
*Email:* luna.madi at icann.org

*Buket Coskuner*
Global Communications Coordinator
Istanbul, Turkey
*Tel:* +90 533 487 6254 <+90%20533%20487%2062%2054>
*Email:* buket.coskuner at icann.org <luna.madi at icann.org>

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