5G in Context, Q1 2025
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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. GSMA Intelligence has aggregated the latest data on 5G connections and adoption, as well as information on network trials/launches and spectrum assignments.
This edition looks at how 5G is driving the bundling of digital content and services with mobile contracts, and provides an example of how to tackle the 5G SA deployment challenge through core network-as-a-service (CNaaS).
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