The GSMA Chairman's Award is the annual recognition of outstanding achievement in the mobile industry. The Chairman's Award honours personal or company contributions as well as achievements that span entire organisations. They all share one thing in common - to have served the global industry and engendered a continuing vitality in the evolution of the mobile world.
This discretionary award is a personal honour for the recipient who is chosen by the Chairman alone.
| 2002: | NTTDoCoMo, Inc. |
| 2003: | Sir Christopher Gent, Vodafone Group |
| 2004: | Zhang LiGui, China Mobile Communication Corporation (China Mobile) |
| 2005: | The Brazilian Ministry of Communications |
| 2006: | Jorma Ollila, Nokia Corporation |
| 2007: | Mohamed Ibrahim, Chairman, Celtel |
| 2008: | Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises |