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Over the last few years, there has been important progress on remote SIM provisioning (RSP) technology (eSIM and integrated eSIM) but adoption is still limited compared to its long-term potential. This report examines the outlook for RSP and provides a view on future developments that could help overcome some of the challenges that are currently hindering adoption of RSP.

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.

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.

Updated in December 2024, the IoT connections forecast presents connections data to 2030. The global IoT market will reach 38.7 billion connections by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 8% during 2023-2030. Having surpassed consumer connections in 2022, the number of enterprise connections is forecast to double, accounting for 63% of total IoT connections by 2030.

Updated in December 2024, this report presents the latest forecasts and views on the evolution of the IoT market, and the key changes between the new and previous forecasts. The global IoT market will continue to show solid growth with connections reaching 38.7 billion by 2030.

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 looks at the opportunity for operators to develop their relevance with enterprises for technologies beyond connectivity.

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 IoT and the wider enterprise market.

Insight Highlights offer an opportunity to view some of the premium research and data offered by GSMA Intelligence to subscribers. This edition provides an overview of some of the relevant findings from our Global Digital Transformation Survey.

GSMA Intelligence surveyed nearly 4,200 enterprises across 21 countries and 10 vertical sectors to gain relevant insights into their digital transformation. This dashboard provides full survey data in a consistent and structured way, a valuable asset for technology suppliers looking to focus on specific vertical sectors, countries or customer size and for end users of digital transformation technologies, who can assess how they compare with their peers across multiple areas.

Digital transformation of enterprises across vertical sectors is accelerating. During 2024-2030, enterprises will spend 10% of their revenues on digital transformation, and this provides new B2B opportunities to technology suppliers, including operators. The rise of digital industries is not one size fits all though. As sectors have different needs and priorities, getting insights directly from enterprises is key to formulate the right B2B strategies and capitalise on the digital transformation opportunity.

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 eSIM market, highlighting consumer trends and developments in the enterprise segment.

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.

As the convergence of financial services and mobile technology keeps growing, financial services companies are increasingly working with operators to accelerate digital transformation, including leveraging industry-wide activities that bring the ecosystem together. This report looks at current and future developments of financial services across multiple areas, leveraging insights from our new global operator survey.

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.

Satellite IoT connectivity and applications have been around for some time, but adoption has been hampered by high pricing and technical complexities. However, over the last few years, 3GPP 5G standards have included compatibility for non-terrestrial networks (NTNs).

This report explains the connectivity needs of EV chargers, identifies the current trends in European markets and the US, and explores the options for telecoms operators and IoT MVNOs to make the most of the opportunity through to 2030.

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 SK Telecom is helping to accelerate the deployment of AI-powered location-based offerings.

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.

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 Telenor is building on experience in automotive IoT to capture new opportunities.

IoT, 5G, C-V2X, Wi-Fi and short-range connectivity technologies are making their way into cars, enabling around 50 different connected car services that aim to make the experience for drivers and passengers safer and more enjoyable. This presents an area of opportunity for connectivity service providers, including mobile network operators.

This Insight Spotlight focuses on the implications for industrial-sector companies, highlighting the most important AI product launches in the last few months, the opportunities, the focus of industrial AI vendors and the costs that companies can expect for typical AI implementations.

Operators are more focused than ever on serving the enterprise sector across various industry verticals. This report presents the latest findings of the Operators in Focus: Enterprise Opportunity Survey. The survey asked 100 operators globally about their enterprise strategies.

This dashboard presents the latest findings of the Operators in Focus: Enterprise Opportunity Survey. They survey asked 100 operators globally about their enterprise strategies, including how they are carrying out their plans and how they assess emerging opportunities.

New tech and market developments promise to help accelerate eSIM adoption. In this context, we surveyed 100 operators globally in December 2023 to understand their views on three main areas of eSIM: eSIM benefits for enterprise customers; demands for eSIM-enabled solutions from industry verticals; and eSIM market share by 2030.

GSMA Intelligence recently reviewed its forecasts for global IoT connections. As part of that, the forecasts were revised for the smart home segment to reflect new trends and innovations accelerating the adoption of smart home devices.

This report presents our latest forecasts and views on the evolution of the global IoT market, and the key changes between the new and previous forecasts. It provides our forecasts and underlying drivers for more than 10 individual consumer and enterprise segments, and for all regions in the world.

The global IoT market is forecast to reach more than 38 billion IoT connections by the end of the decade. This infographic shows the market forecast for connections to 2030 and describes the outlook for both the consumer and enterprise segments.