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The telecoms industry in 2025: trends to watch

Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Digital Consumer
IoT & Enterprise
Fixed, TV and Convergence
Spectrum

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.

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Spectrum Navigator, Q3 2024

Spectrum
Spectrum

This quarterly series leverages the GSMA Intelligence Spectrum Navigator tool to identify key trends and insights. The report outlines the latest important developments in the spectrum world and the key trends to watch going forward.

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Spectrum: five trends to watch in 2025

Spectrum
Spectrum

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 spectrum landscape.

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Network Sunsets, Q3 2024

Mobile networks and connectivity
Spectrum

This quarterly series leverages GSMA Intelligence data on network sunsets to identify the key trends and understand the future. The report outlines the latest developments in network sunsets. The data provided here covers network sunsets by year, technology and region. The report also spotlights the momentum in 2G/3G network sunsets in the context of total active 2G/3G networks globally.

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2025 Research Themes: topics shaping the industry and driving our focus

Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Digital Consumer
IoT & Enterprise
Fixed, TV and Convergence
Spectrum

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.

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MWC Las Vegas 2024: AI, IoT and NTNs support the digital transformation of enterprises

Artificial intelligence (AI)
Internet of things (IoT)
Satellite and non-terrestrial networks (NTN)
Mobile Operators and Networks
Digital Consumer
IoT & Enterprise
Spectrum
Fixed, TV and Convergence

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.

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Mobile Evolution in 6 GHz

Spectrum
Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Spectrum

The digital needs of industry, businesses and consumers have a clear impact on spectrum management considerations. To assist policymakers in their decision-making for the evolution of mobile spectrum, including the 6 GHz band, this report provides new evidence on data traffic growth, the utilisation of mobile and Wi-Fi in different scenarios and frequency bands, and how efficiently mobile and Wi-Fi technologies are currently utilising their existing spectrum.

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Spectrum Navigator, Q2 2024

Spectrum
Spectrum

This quarterly series leverages the GSMA Intelligence Spectrum Navigator tool to identify key trends and insights. The report outlines the latest important developments in the spectrum world and the key trends to watch going forward.

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Network Sunsets, Q2 2024

Mobile networks and connectivity
Spectrum

There has been growing momentum behind network sunsets in recent years. This quarterly series leverages GSMA Intelligence data from the Network Sunsets Dashboard to identify current key trends and present a view of the outlook for network sunsets.

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MWC Shanghai 2024: tech talk turns to money talk

Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Digital Consumer
Fixed, TV and Convergence
Spectrum
IoT & Enterprise

MWC Shanghai 2024 attracted nearly 40,000 attendees and 6,500 companies. GSMA Intelligence's engagement across the event spanned summits, sessions and meetings with companies. A key theme across these was the urgency around monetising 5G infrastructure and how that can be done, rather than talking about technology alone.

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Insight Highlights – 5G spectrum state of play, Q1 2024

Spectrum
Spectrum

Insight Highlights offer an opportunity to view some of the premium research and data offered by GSMA Intelligence to subscribers. This edition focuses on 5G spectrum, leveraging data from GSMA Intelligence's comprehensive, user-friendly Spectrum Navigator dashboard. The report outlines industry progress with 5G spectrum assignments and 5G network launches by spectrum band.

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Spectrum Navigator, Q1 2024

Spectrum
Spectrum

Across the mobile industry and beyond, getting the right intelligence is key to understanding spectrum dynamics and to inform business decisions. This quarterly series leverages the GSMA Intelligence Spectrum Navigator tool to identify key trends and insights. The report outlines the latest important developments in the spectrum world and the key trends to watch going forward.

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The Impact of Spectrum Set-Asides on Private and Public Mobile Networks

Spectrum
Private networks
Public policy and regulation
IoT & Enterprise
Spectrum
Mobile Operators and Networks

Setting aside dedicated spectrum for enterprises has been seen as a way of incentivising private network adoption and digitalisation. This research is the first of its kind to apply robust statistical analysis to the impact of spectrum set-asides. The results highlight the need to consider the unintended and undesired consequences of spectrum set-asides, particularly as there is no evidence of a clear benefit.

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Network Sunsets, Q1 2024

Mobile networks and connectivity
Spectrum

There has been growing momentum behind network sunsets in recent years. This quarterly series leverages GSMA Intelligence data from the Network Sunsets Dashboard to identify current key trends and present a view of the outlook for network sunsets.

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The advent of 5G has accelerated the trend of 2G/3G sunsets

5G
Spectrum
Mobile Operators and Networks

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.

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Insight Highlights – Mobile Network Sunsets, Q4 2023

Mobile networks and connectivity
Spectrum
Mobile Operators and Networks

Insight Highlights offer an opportunity to view some of the premium research and data offered by GSMA Intelligence to subscribers. This edition presents highlights from the latest in the Network Sunsets quarterly series. The series leverages data from the Network Sunsets Dashboard to identify key trends and present a view of the outlook for network sunsets.

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Operators at MWC Barcelona 2024: innovations, strategies and messaging

Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Digital Consumer
IoT & Enterprise
Fixed, TV and Convergence
Spectrum

This report examines operators' engagement at MWC 2024, highlighting their announcements and innovations, strategy updates and messaging. We show our findings for 18 major operators across 12 areas of focus.

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MWC Barcelona 2024: the insights beneath the surface

Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Digital Consumer
Fixed, TV and Convergence
IoT & Enterprise
Spectrum

MWC Barcelona 2024 attracted over 2,700 exhibitors, including telecoms operators, vendors and firms from across the broader technology ecosystem. GSMA Intelligence looks beneath the surface to identify what was unexpected, how developments relate to big-picture trends and what it all means for the wider TMT industry.

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Spectrum Navigator, Q4 2023

Spectrum
Spectrum

Across the mobile industry and beyond, getting the right intelligence is key to understanding spectrum dynamics and to inform business decisions. This quarterly series leverages the GSMA Intelligence Spectrum Navigator tool to identify key trends and insights. The report outlines the latest important developments in the spectrum world and the key trends to watch going forward.

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Global Mobile Trends 2024

Mobile networks and connectivity
Spectrum
Digital Consumer
Fixed, TV and Convergence
IoT & Enterprise
Mobile Operators and Networks

GSMA Intelligence has released the latest edition in the Global Mobile Trends series. The purpose is simple: understand the biggest and most important things happening in telecoms and the broader TMT industries, and explain what they mean for people, companies and governments.

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Network Sunsets, Q4 2023

Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Spectrum

There has been growing momentum behind network sunsets in recent years. This quarterly series leverages GSMA Intelligence data from the Network Sunsets Dashboard to identify current key trends and present a view of the outlook for network sunsets.

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The telecoms industry in 2024: trends to watch

Mobile networks and connectivity
Spectrum
IoT & Enterprise
Fixed, TV and Convergence
Digital Consumer
Mobile Operators and Networks

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.

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Technology Neutrality and Legacy Network Sunsets

Spectrum
Mobile networks and connectivity
Mobile Operators and Networks
Spectrum

Technology-neutral spectrum licensing (also referred to as technology neutrality) is crucial to allow mobile operators to refarm spectrum used for legacy networks (2G and 3G) for 4G and 5G services, at a pace driven by market demand. This report takes a closer look at the benefits of technology-neutral licences.

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Spectrum: five trends to watch in 2024

Spectrum
Spectrum

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 the spectrum landscape.

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Spectrum Navigator, Q3 2023: new insights and trends to watch

Spectrum
Spectrum

Across the mobile industry and beyond, getting the right intelligence is key to understanding spectrum dynamics and to inform business decisions. This quarterly series leverages the GSMA Intelligence Spectrum Navigator tool to identify key trends and insights. The report outlines the latest important developments in the spectrum world and the key trends to watch going forward.

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2024 Research Themes: topics shaping the industry and driving our focus

Mobile networks and connectivity
Spectrum
Fixed, TV and Convergence
IoT & Enterprise
Digital Consumer
Mobile Operators and Networks

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.

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Sustainable spectrum pricing to boost Indonesia’s digital economy

Spectrum
Public policy and regulation
Spectrum
Mobile Operators and Networks

Indonesia is among the largest and fastest-growing digital economies in Asia-Pacific. While the government's digital roadmap for 2021-2024 recognises ICT infrastructure as a key enabler of digital transformation, realising this vision will only be possible if the country's operators have access to the right amount and type of affordable spectrum.

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