GSM Nation
{{Infobox website
| name = GSM Nation, LLC
| logo = GsmNationLogo.gif
| logo_size = 220px
| company_type = Private
| foundation = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. ({{Start date|2010}})
| location = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| founder = {{Unbulleted list|Ahmed Khattak|Junaid Shams}}
| industry = Telecommunications
| revenue = $100 million (2010–2013)
| num_employees = 11–50 (Dec 2013)
| url = {{URL|gsmnation.com}}
| website_type = E-commerce
| current_status = Defunct
}}
GSM Nation was an on-line phone retailer and wholesaler based in the United States. It was founded in 2010 by Ahmed Khattak and Junaid Shams with support from the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute. It specializes in selling GSM unlocked phones.{{cite news|last=Fitchard|first=Kevin|title=GSM Nation: Selling Any Smartphone You Want|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-18/gsm-nation-selling-any-smartphone-you-want|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620105535/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-18/gsm-nation-selling-any-smartphone-you-want|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2012|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=June 18, 2012}}
In 2011, the company was named one of the top 25 most promising companies of 2011 by Bloomberg Businessweek. In 2012, Empact100 named GSM Nation within their top 100 companies of 2012, and was recognized with the ‘Most Disruptive Company’ award during its ceremony at The White House.{{cite news|last=Burke|first=Adrienne|title=306 entrepreneurs, all 35-and-under, head to the U.N this week|url=http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/blogs/profit-minded/306-entrepreneurs-35-under-head-u-n-week-174804169.html|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Yahoo|date=Oct 23, 2013}} Recently, GSM Nation has been recognized in Entrepreneur{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Grant|title=Young Entrepreneur Challenges the Way Americans Think About Their Cellphones|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224255|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Entrepreneur|date=August 28, 2012}} and Forbes{{cite news|last=Pofeldt|first=Elaine|title=They're Young And Smart--And You Probably Couldn't Pay Them Enough To Work At Your Company|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2012/03/20/theyre-young-and-smart-and-you-probably-couldnt-pay-them-enough-to-work-at-your-company/|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Forbes|date=20 March 2012}} magazine.
Ahmed Khattak founded a second mobile phone company in 2014 called US Mobile which is focusing on providing affordable cell phone plans.{{cite web|last=Dano|first=Mike|url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/phone-retailer-gsm-nation-launches-us-mobile-mvno-to-target-25-month-market|website=FierceWireless|title=Phone retailer GSM Nation launches US Mobile MVNO to target $25/month market|accessdate=August 31, 2023|date=September 26, 2014}}