# GSMA welcomes China Tower to advance AI-ready mobile infrastructure

- Link: https://www.thailand-business-news.com/pr-news/gsma-welcomes-china-tower-to-advance-ai-ready-mobile-infrastructure
- Published: 2026-06-24T21:20:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

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_World’s largest tower company builds momentum behind the GSMA Tower Forum_

SHANGHAI, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At [MWC Shanghai](https://www.mwcshanghai.com/),
GSMA announced that [China Tower](https://ir.china-tower.com/) has joined GSMA as
a new member, bringing world’s largest telecommunications tower company into GSMA’s
global ecosystem. Last year, China Tower completed a national upgrade across China,
converting its 5.6 million base stations and 2.1 million tower sites into intelligent
edge-computing hubs to meet the needs of the AI era.

Tower companies are key to resilient, energy-to support next-generation connectivity.
China Tower’s membership builds momentum behind [GSMA Tower Forum](https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/technologies/networks/5g-network-technologies-and-solutions/tower-fibre/),
a new initiative that convenes mobile network operators and tower companies to collaborate
on energy efficiency, policy and permitting and technology evolution with a focus
on practical outcomes that improve deployment, performance and resilience.

The GSMA Tower Forum is structured around four areas: Knowledge Sharing, Industry
Outreach, Advocacy, and Technology & Innovation, covering research, benchmarking,
and engagement on sustainability, energy, and policy. It also focuses on permitting,
power access, technology roadmaps, and digitisation.

As demand for AI-enabled services and AI-natives grows, infrastructure providers
are evolving beyond traditional "grass and steel" assets into intelligent platforms
supporting compute-adjacent capabilities and resilient power. China Tower is advancing
this shift at scale with 5G, AI and big data-powered digital towers and AI-driven
operational use cases.

"_This year, the GSMA has newly established the Tower Forum, creating a platform
for tower operators worldwide to collaborate and exchange ideas. This initiative
carries great significance for advancing global digital and intelligent new infrastructure.
Through this Forum, China Tower stands ready to deepen cooperation with global partners
in technological innovation, standard-setting, security governance, and the integration
of digital and real economies. We will jointly strengthen digital and intelligent
new infrastructure and march hand in hand toward an intelligent new era,_" said 
Zhang Zhiyong, Chairman, China Tower.

"_We are delighted to welcome China Tower to the GSMA. As AI-era demand intensifies,
infrastructure is becoming a strategic differentiator, not only for coverage and
capacity, but for power, resilience and the ability to support new compute-adjacent
requirements. China Tower’s experience and scale will bring valuable perspective
to operators and the broader GSMA community, and we look forward to working together
through the GSMA Tower Forum to build more productive infrastructure partnerships
across the ecosystem_," said Vivek Badrinath, Director General, GSMA.

Join GSMA and participate in the GSMA Tower Forum.

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