Network slicing: assessing the gap between enterprise expectations and operator deployments

Sovereignty has moved from being a strategy position on paper to actual deployment plans. Most operators are building selectively at the data and infrastructure layers, where they already have assets. As well as outlining why sovereignty matters now and presenting global and regional landscapes, this research examines telco approaches to sovereignty so far and the priorities ahead for both operators and governments.

B2B has emerged as a strategic growth area for operators and the wider tech/digital ecosystem. As the digital transformation of vertical sectors accelerates, gaining insights directly from enterprises is key. GSMA Intelligence surveyed more than 500 enterprises from 10 vertical sectors across the US and Canada to gain insight into their digital transformation. The research focused on strategic objectives, investment plans, use of technology, deployment challenges, supplier decisions, tech sovereignty, and policy and regulation.

This edition of the Industry Checkpoint series focuses on IoT, highlighting how the market has changed in the last six months and its implications. The report considers four developments: IoT connectivity providers advancing commercial deployment of NTN services; IoT semiconductor vendors expanding device ecosystem support for NTN-IoT solutions, Qualcomm accelerating edge AI launches targeting industrial IoT; and eSIM SGP.32 momentum building across regional telco alliances and ecosystem initiatives.