Data and Quantitative Analysis
Access the specific data you need to answer complex business questions
Our analysts build custom datasets, forecasting models, benchmarks and business cases from our proprietary 50M+ data point platform, the same data 9 in 10 top global telcos use for their own strategic decisions, configured to your precise question.
Data built from the source
Our platform was built through 30 years of direct engagement with operators and regulators. The same dataset that 9 in 10 top global telcos use for their own strategic decisions.
50M+
Individual data points
Updated quarterly
4,500+
Global networks tracked
Including 2,000+ MVNOs
350+
Key metrics
Across networks, financials, devices
2000-2035
historical data and forecasts
Modelled and tracked in-house
Deliverable formats
Custom data files
Clean, structured datasets delivered in Excel or CSV, configured to your exact specifications.
Interactive dashboards
Custom-built dashboards hosted on the GSMA Intelligence platform, including heatmaps and filters.
Reports and analysis documents
Full research reports or concise analytical presentations, with or without co-branding.
Ongoing data partnerships
Structured data supply agreements with regular updates, maintenance and analyst support.
What you can answer with our data
Custom datasets
When you need the specific slice of data that answers your question — by market, operator, technology, time period or metric — we extract and structure it from our 50M+ data point platform. Delivered as structured files your team can work with directly.
Typical uses
- Operator financial and subscriber data across target markets
- Network coverage and deployment data at country or regional level
- Spectrum assignment data by frequency band and country
- Historical time series for specific markets or metrics
Forecasting and business case modelling
Our analysts build custom economic and forecasting models to support investment decisions, commercial planning and business case development. Every model is built on real operator data not assumptions assembled from public sources.
Typical uses
- Total Cost of Ownership models for network deployment scenarios
- Market demand and revenue forecasting
- Investment case modelling and scenario analysis
- Spectrum value and auction outcome modelling
Benchmarking and comparative analysis
Understand where you, or your clients, stand relative to peers, competitors and global best practice. Our operator-level financial and network dataset covers every major market and goes back decades, making like-for-like comparisons possible at a level of granularity no secondary source can match.
Typical uses
- Operator financial benchmarking across comparable markets
- 5G deployment and investment benchmarking
- Country or sector connectivity index development
- ARPU, CapEx and revenue comparative analysis
Primary research and surveys
When the data you need does not yet exist, we can generate it. We run annual surveys reaching 6,000+ enterprises and 26,000+ consumers across 100+ countries and we can add your questions to those programmes or design standalone proprietary research.
Typical uses
- Custom questions embedded in our annual operator or enterprise surveys
- Targeted consumer surveys in specific markets or segments
- Standalone proprietary research design, fielding and analysis
- Survey data with full analyst interpretation and presentation
What a data engagement could look like
Here are examples of the kinds of briefs our data and quantitative analysis team can address.
"We need a TCO model to help our clients evaluate different 5G network deployment scenarios across three markets."
Our analysts can build a structured economic model combining real operator deployment costs, traffic projections and revenue assumptions drawn from our operator dataset, tailored to your specific markets and use cases, and built to be used by your clients directly.
Investment and commercial planning
"We are assessing an operator acquisition and need to understand how the target compares to peers on capital efficiency and ARPU trajectory."
We can deliver a comparative analysis drawing on our operator-level financial dataset across comparable markets — with standardised metrics, trend analysis and clear conclusions for your investment committee.
Benchmarking and due diligence
"We need original data on enterprise adoption of private 5G but no reliable public data exists."
We survey 6,000+ enterprises across 100+ countries annually. We can add your questions to that programme or design a standalone study giving you proprietary data on adoption rates, procurement plans and barriers in your target verticals.
Primary research
Ready to discuss next steps?
Bring us your question. We will show you what our data can do and come back with a clear proposal.