IoT for digital industries: what shapes enterprise priorities, expectations and investment plans

During June–August 2025, GSMA Intelligence surveyed 5,320 enterprises on their digital transformation, focusing on objectives, investments, challenges, supplier decisions and enabling technology such as 5G, private networks, AI, IoT, cloud, edge, cybersecurity, network APIs and 6G. This report analyses the key findings and implications. The accompanying dashboard provides full survey data.

GSMA Intelligence surveyed 5,320 enterprises across 32 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.

This edition of the Industry Checkpoint series focuses on digital industries, highlighting how the market has changed in the last six months and its implications. The report considers four major developments: major European operators intensifying their activity in sovereign digital services; product launches from chip vendors for AI data centres; how the mobile ecosystem is tapping into the growing physical AI market; and network API launches in the broader fintech space.