Plans call for the meeting to include frank discussions on how recent botnets were taken down, international co-operation, and presentations on how bots and malware on wired networks are migrating to the mobile world.

According to the GSMA-SG, it will participate on various MAAWG panels and will hold its own closed sessions. In addition, MAAWG is making several of its June 7 technical training sessions available to non-member industry professionals at no cost in an effort to share critical information with the market.

GSMA-SG chairman Charles Brookson said: "We both face very similar challenges, and we are looking forward to a fruitful meeting leading to ongoing co-operation."

The three-day MAAWG meeting will include sessions on mobile spam reporting; panels on the Mariposa botnet; DKIM (DomainKey Identified Mail) signing strategies and MARF (Mail Abuse Reporting Format) sessions.

The major event, which opens on June 7, will also include a review of domain hacking and protection technologies, DNS Security case studies and DNSSEC deployment

MAAWG chairman Michael O'Reirdan said: "Spam, phishing and other types of messaging abuse move across devices and platforms as seamlessly as they travel across country borders these days. At MAAWG, our mission is to pursue industry co-operation to protect consumers and provide a safe online experience."