Generations of Mobile Standards

Elections across the groups in Q225

May 23, 2025

April and May have been busy months for 3GPP Working Group Chair elections, with over half of our groups reaching the end of their two year terms during the second quarter.

Our congratulations to:

  • Vasil Aleksiev, Deutsche Telekom AG - Elected new Chair for SA1
  • Andy Bennett, Samsung R&D Inst. - Re-elected Chair for SA2
  • Rajavelsamy Rajadurai, Samsung Elec. - Elected new Chair for SA3
  • Gilles Teniou, Tencent - Elected new Chair for SA4
  • Xiaodong Xu, China Mobile Com. Corp - Elected new Chair for RAN1
  • Sean Kelley, Nokia Corp. - Elected new Chair for RAN3
  • Yang Tang, Apple Inc. - Elected new Chair for RAN4
  • Lena Chaponniere, Qualcomm Inc. - Re-elected Chair for CT1
  • Yue Song, China Mobile Com. Corp. - Re-elected Chair for CT4
  • Heiko Kruse, IDEMIA - Re-elected Chair for CT6

For full details of the leadership of any particular group in 3GPP, navigate to 3GPP Groups, Select your group and look on the right side, for ‘List of Elected Officials’.

For details about Elections and votes in 3GPP, go to https://www.3gpp.org/delegates-corner/elections-technical-votes  - This page carries fuller details of each group's election process, including details of candidates and the results of Vice-Chair elections.