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Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition explores Jio Reliance's approach to capturing the consumer 5G opportunity.

Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition looks at SK Telecom's consumer 5G strategy.

Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition highlights Verizon's multi-pronged approach to consumer 5G monetisation.

Our latest consumer survey shows that almost half of non-5G users plan to upgrade to 5G. However, the work remains cut out for operators in terms of capitalising on this positive consumer sentiment for successful 5G monetisation. More efforts across areas such as 5G network quality, 5G customer segmentation, tariff innovation and 5G partnerships are key to advancing consumer 5G adoption and monetisation. In this report we explore the above and further aspects of consumer 5G in depth, supplemented with three operator case studies on consumer 5G from around the globe.

GSMA Intelligence outlines five areas of focus to be considered in developing a successful consumer genAI strategy.

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 GSMA consumer survey asked more than 10,000 consumers about their views on smartphone repairability, reuse and recycling, refurbished smartphones and the importance of sustainability when buying a new mobile phone. The survey findings have important implications for operators, mobile phone OEMs and other mobile ecosystem players in terms of positioning, potential sales benefits and the wider promotion of circularity schemes.

Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition highlights Telefonica's smart home service focused on security, which is part of its digital services push.

Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition highlights how e& is expanding its portfolio of digital services to bolster revenue growth.

Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition highlights Deutsche Telekom's strategy to aid the transition to 5G through the availability of affordable 5G smartphones.

Having been under significant pressure for the last few years, sales of smartphones are recovering. Against this backdrop, understanding how consumer behaviour with devices is changing (and why) is crucial to prepare for the next phase of device innovation and growth.

CES saw more than 140,000 attendees from over 150 countries and over 4,500 exhibitors. To help navigate the key announcements, developments and implications from the show, this report focuses on four key areas of innovation: consumer devices, smart home, digital entertainment and automotive.

To help navigate the year ahead, we have released a series of reports that highlight the key trends to watch in 2025 and the implications for ecosystem players. The analysis covers five key areas: 5G and network transformation; spectrum; IoT and the wider enterprise market; the digital consumer; and fixed and pay-TV markets.

Innovation in consumer technology and shifting consumer behaviour are redefining consumer experiences, creating opportunities for new and existing players. But consumer budgets are still under pressure in many markets, so monetisation is not straightforward. Consumer segmentation will be important, and this requires insights into how consumer preferences are evolving.

This dashboard, based on our August 2024 consumer survey, provides all the relevant data related to device user behaviour in a consistent and structured way.

This dashboard, based on our August 2024 consumer survey, provides all the relevant data related to generative AI user behaviour in a consistent and structured way.

This dashboard, based on our August 2024 consumer survey, provides all the relevant data related to metaverse user behaviour in a consistent and structured way.

This dashboard, based on our August 2024 consumer survey, provides all the relevant data related to gaming user behaviour in a consistent and structured way.

This dashboard, based on our August 2024 consumer survey, provides all the relevant data related to 5G user behaviour in a consistent and structured way.

GSMA Intelligence has aggregated the latest data on 5G connections, adoption and coverage, as well as information on network trials/launches and spectrum assignments.

To help navigate the year ahead, we are releasing a series of reports that highlight the key trends to watch in 2025 and the implications for ecosystem players. The analysis covers five key areas: 5G and network transformation; spectrum; IoT and the wider enterprise market; the digital consumer; and fixed and pay-TV markets. This Insight Spotlight addresses the digital consumer.

This report analyses the consumer landscape for wearables, including current ownership levels, favourable consumer segments for these devices, future innovation and new wearable form factors that could entice consumers.

Insight Highlights offer an opportunity to view some of the premium research and data offered by GSMA Intelligence to subscribers. This edition focuses on the smartphone market, examining OEM market shares and the evolution of consumer behaviour, leveraging data from GSMA Intelligence's OEMs in Focus: Smartphone Market Shares Dashboard and the GSMA Intelligence Consumers in Focus Survey December 2023.

AI was everywhere at IFA 2024, dominating company showcases of consumer devices and appliances. The show also saw notable developments across sustainability, smart homes, smartphones, wearables and gaming. IFA also served as a reminder of the challenges in the AI era, including consumer concerns around data privacy and the issue of security.

This quarterly review of global 5G developments provides a concise, tracker-style deliverable, presenting key metrics and forecasts in an easy-to-access and engaging way.

Smartphone sales have been under pressure in recent years, with declining volumes due to supply chain issues, geopolitical tensions and rising inflation. However, industry estimates show year-on-year growth in global sales over the past few quarters. This research outlines four considerations for OEMs when revisiting their smartphone strategies.

Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. In this edition, we examine AIS's broad digital games offering, which is centred around three main services.