Global Mobile Forecasts, Q2 2025 Review: capturing the changes, discussing the drivers

Global Mobile Forecasts, Q2 2025 Review: capturing the changes, discussing the drivers
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GSMA Intelligence constantly monitors mobile markets across the world to capture the most recent trends and share the latest available data. As new data and information become available, our mobile forecasts for each operator are updated to give the most up-to-date outlook for each market.

GSMA Intelligence also compares reported mobile connections for each operator with the corresponding forecast to ensure standards of accuracy are maintained. This analysis looks at the key revisions made to the mobile connection forecasts over the previous quarter and the drivers underpinning the changes.

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