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This report examines operators’ engagement at MWC Barcelona 2025, highlighting their announcements, innovations, strategy updates and messaging, in addition to examining implications for telecoms ecosystem players. We show our findings for 18 major operators across 12 areas of focus, including AI, 5G, B2B and B2C, cloud/edge and emerging tech such as APIs and non-terrestrial networks.

For several years, edge compute has been a key part of the 5G value proposition for telecoms operators selling into industries – even before AI. However, AI adds a new dimension to the value of edge through distributed inference.

MWC Barcelona 2025 attracted over 2,900 exhibitors, including telecoms operators, vendors and firms from across the broader technology ecosystem. This report examines the key announcements and innovations that took centre stage, what came as a surprise and what it all means for telecoms and the wider TMT industry.

In the final report of a four-part series, this edition of Telco AI: State of the Market covers one of the most important industry dynamics: AI for networks versus networks for AI.

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 competitive environment faced by operators means that staying ahead of the game on customer experience – understanding what people want before they know they want it – is key to success. Amdocs' Customer Experience Insights (CXI) solution provides a pertinent example for a case study.

The concept of a telco to tech-co transition is simple: move to a more agile and slim business model, and diversify to drive growth. However, the reality is more complex. This research provides a view on viable tech-co models and what they look like in practice.

While mobile operators have been accused of being slow to adopt and fully exploit AI technologies, they have aggressively moved to seize AI’s potential over the past few years.

AI has dominated industry discussion and developments over the past few years. This held true for CES 2025 but with a specific angle: AI delivered from the network edge. The implications of edge AI for operators span several areas - from new business opportunities to networks.

AI is reshaping telecoms operations worldwide, offering a mix of opportunities and complex challenges. Understanding how to measure returns is paramount to ensuring sustainable value creation. This research therefore discusses methods to measure the impact of AI transformation.

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.

Understanding mobile operator network transformation strategies is a critical foundation for comprehending the shape of the mobile industry - today and tomorrow. GSMA Intelligence's survey of 100 operators from around the world provides a basis for that, divided into key themes to answer the critical questions facing the mobile ecosystem.

Midway through the 5G era, operators face a growing set of network transformation imperatives. To understand how they are balancing these competing demands, GSMA Intelligence surveyed 100 telcos from around the world. This year's survey includes some of the biggest changes in operator thinking.

Operator interest in GSMA Open Gateway has continued in H2 2024. The API library has also expanded to grow the range of options for developers, vendors, hyperscalers and other aggregators. This latest research looks at the state of the market, recent developments, and examples of APIs in action.

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 5G and network transformation, leveraging results from our upcoming network transformation survey research.

Throughout 2024, we have analysed important developments and trends spanning all areas of the telecoms industry and wider digital ecosystem. As the industry will continue to evolve in 2025, how will our Research Themes change? This document outlines the 11 themes set to shape the industry and drive our 2025 Research Agenda.

Putting aside the interest in open RAN that operators continue to show, it is clear that deployments are lagging behind initial lofty expectations, potentially held back by concerns with the technology. These concerns represent obstacles that open RAN proponents will need to address.

At MWC Las Vegas 2024, enterprise 5G was the unifying theme, but did the event manage to prove the 5G value proposition as key to enterprise digital transformation?

MWC Las Vegas 2024 saw three days of meetings, demos, keynotes and engaging content. Beyond the broad enterprise 5G theme, three areas of insight stood out: AI, IoT and non-terrestrial network (NTN) development.

The telecoms industry stands at a critical juncture, where the push for energy efficiency intersects with rapid technological advancements. This latest report in the AI series dives into the vital role of AI in enhancing energy efficiency in telecoms.

AI is a transformative technology, but it is important to look beyond the hype and identify the parts of the innovation cycle that matter most. How do they translate into commercial activity and possible changes in corporate strategy?

A year on from the launch of GSMA Open Gateway, nearly 50 operators accounting for 65% of global mobile market share have signed up. This first State of the Market report provides data and insights on the progress made so far, and the work required to deliver on the Open Gateway opportunity.

The arrival of 5G-Advanced in 2024 promises to give operators a new tool for delivering innovative, revenue-enhancing services by meeting real-world requirements for consumers and enterprises. This report looks at how core networks in particular will need to evolve in the 5G-Advanced era.

To help navigate the year ahead, we released a series of reports that highlight the key trends to watch in 2024 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.

To help navigate the year ahead, we are releasing a series of reports that highlight the key trends to watch in 2024 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 5G and network transformation.

GSMA Intelligence's Chart of the Month is a visual way of telling an important story in the mobile and broader tech ecosystem. From the shape and size of markets to trends in consumer behaviour, we aim to provide food for thought through informative visuals designed to bring colour and clarity to complex issues facing the industry. In this edition, we look at how operators expect generative AI to impact the telecoms sector.

Throughout 2023, we have analysed important developments and trends spanning all areas of the telecoms industry and wider digital ecosystem. As the industry will continue to evolve in 2024, how will our research themes change? This document outlines the 11 themes set to shape the industry and drive our 2024 Research Agenda.