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5G and the tech economy in Malaysia: tapping the untapped
The recent announcement that the government in Malaysia has granted a second nationwide 5G licence removes what was in effect an infrastructure monopoly and paves the way for a dual-network model. This report highlights how the move to a 5G dual-network model is the right one for customer choice, long-term financial sustainability and Malaysia's competitiveness as a tech and services economy.
Deutsche Telekom: Leaning into 5G and genAI with the T Phone
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.
Consumers in Focus: 5G User Behaviour Survey Dashboard 2025
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.
5G in Context, Q3 2024
GSMA Intelligence has aggregated the latest data on 5G connections, adoption and coverage, as well as information on network trials/launches and spectrum assignments.
5G and network transformation: five trends to watch in 2025
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.
MWC Las Vegas 2024: proving the value of 5G to industry verticals
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?
After a slow start, the rollout of 5G SA networks is set to accelerate over the next two years
GSMA Intelligence's Chart of the Month is a visual way of telling an important story in the mobile and broader tech ecosystem. This edition highlights progress so far with the rollout of 5G standalone (5G SA) networks around the world.
5G Next: How digitalisation is leading to advanced capabilities for antennas
This Insight Spotlight is the third part of a series - called 5G Next - to help better understand the promising 5G technology innovations shaping mobile networks. This edition explores the future of antennas and the potential impact of the digitalisation of antennas on operator finances and service quality.
Private 5G networks: time to scale up
Private 5G is growing at an impressive rate as enterprises are increasingly engaging ecosystem players, including telcos and systems integrators, to set up private wireless networks. Industry attention is increasingly focused on filling the gaps in the private wireless proposition, and in this sense, this is also a maturing industry segment. In 2024, the private network opportunity will become increasingly attractive while momentum continues to build, with multiple vendors further increasing their investments. But the value points are shifting away from radios and mobile cores, which are now table stakes, towards the distributed edge and seamless orchestration of workloads across enterprise IT/OT environments.
Revisiting 5G monetisation: upping the experience
For 5G monetisation, the primary challenge is to drive a higher price premium for tariffs linked to content or speed, with consumers being willing to pay and sustain this level of payment over time. This comes down to people feeling 5G delivers something new or better than what is possible using an existing 4G service. This analysis shows that FWA and speed-linked tariffs are the best means of doing that, with content-linked offers a more market-specific play.
5G in Context, Q2 2024
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.
Early trends for 5G RedCap: Asia Pacific leads the way in trials and deployments
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 map trials and deployments of 5G RedCap.
Insight Highlights – Fixed broadband and 5G FWA: state of play and outlook, Q2 2024
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 FWA and fixed broadband, leveraging data from GSMA Intelligence's Fixed, TV and Convergence module. The report outlines the state of play and outlook to 2030.
Verizon: Using 5G to enhance mobility offerings and its relationship with an automotive partner
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 show how Verizon is using 5G to enhance its mobility offerings and its relationship with Audi.
NTT Docomo: High-speed 5G FWA showing solid customer adoption while contributing to overall 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. 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 highlight how NTT Docomo has driven 5G FWA customer adoption, which has helped with overall revenue growth.
Eolo: Leveraging 5G FWA and wholesale partnerships to drive fixed broadband customer 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. 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 look at how Eolo is expanding its customer base by leveraging 5G FWA.
Global outlook for 5G FWA services: customer adoption forecasts through to 2030
As momentum for 5G FWA accelerates, this data annex offers historical and forecast data for 70 countries, at country and operator levels, covering the period from the end of 2018 to the end of 2030.
5G FWA: state of the market, new trends and commercial practices shaping growth
Momentum for 5G FWA commercialisation is accelerating around the world, with several trends and developments driving progress. This report looks at the state of the market and its outlook through to 2030, along with an overview of successful commercial offerings and several operator case studies.
Consumers in Focus: 5G User Behaviour Survey Dashboard 2024
This dashboard, based the GSMA Intelligence Consumers in Focus Survey across eight of the world's largest mobile markets, provides data on 5G user behaviour in a consistent and structured way - a valuable asset for companies looking to formulate or adjust their commercial strategies and plans for consumer 5G.
DNA Finland: Shift to speed-based tariffs helps drive 5G adoption, user experience and service monetisation
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 show the customer shift to higher mobile speeds is a key factor driving DNA's customers to 5G.
AIS: Growing 5G adoption helps stabilise mobile ARPU, with further upside potential ahead
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 show how AIS aims to capture the 5G opportunity through 5G network leadership, segmented 5G offerings and the delivery of new experiences with 5G.
China Telecom: 5G helps reverse mobile ARPU decline, but competitive pressure grows
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 show how 5G has helped reverse China Telecom's mobile ARPU decline.
Five years of 5G for consumers: how user behaviour and experience are changing
It is five years since the first commercial 5G networks were launched. Consumer adoption of 5G is happening at a faster rate than with any previous mobile network generation. This analysis, based on the GSMA Intelligence Consumers in Focus Survey in December 2023, explains how 5G consumer behaviour is changing.
Insight Highlights – State of 5G commercialisation and adoption, Q1 2024
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 state of 5G commercialisation and customer adoption, leveraging GSMA Intelligence's comprehensive, global coverage of 5G metrics and insights. It shows the latest data and the future outlook to 2030.
5G in Context, Q1 2024
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.
The 5G-Advanced era: the importance of 5G’s evolution for the mobile core
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.
The advent of 5G has accelerated the trend of 2G/3G sunsets
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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