Global Mobile Trends 2025

Mar 2025

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Mobile networks and connectivity

IoT & Enterprise

Spectrum

Digital Consumer

Fixed, TV and Convergence

Mobile Operators and Networks

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The definitive guide to the biggest shifts shaping mobile, AI and telecoms.
How will AI reshape telecoms? What’s next for 5G, satellites and enterprise networks?

The latest edition of Global Mobile Trends delivers expert insights into the key trends that will define the mobile ecosystem in 2025 and beyond. Backed by GSMA Intelligence’s industry-leading research and data, this report provides an authoritative look at the forces shaping the next wave of connectivity and innovation.

Inside the report

5G network innovation

Monetisation, standalone 5G growth, and 5G-Advanced as the bridge to 6G.

AI and the telco of the future

The rise of the generative telco and AI’s impact on automation and customer experience.

Enterprise 5G and APIs

Scaling private networks, the API economy, and cloud-edge convergence.

Satellite and NTNs

Integration with 5G, commercialisation, and the next evolution of global connectivity.

Sustainability and circularity

How the mobile industry is tackling energy efficiency and environmental impact.

Why read this report?

The mobile industry is moving fast—AI is transforming telecoms, 5G is evolving, and new business models are emerging. Global Mobile Trends 2025 breaks down the biggest shifts shaping the future of connectivity, so you don’t have to sift through the noise.

The top trends that matter – From AI-driven telcos to the next phase of 5G, we highlight what’s driving change in 2025.
Trusted data, real insights – Built on GSMA Intelligence’s industry-leading research, this report is packed with exclusive forecasts, market analysis, and expert commentary.
Written by industry experts – Our analysts live and breathe mobile. Get their take on where the industry is headed, the opportunities ahead, and what businesses need to prepare for.
From strategy to action – Whether you’re a mobile operator, enterprise, policymaker, or investor, this report delivers the insights that will help shape your decisions in the year ahead.