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Industry Checkpoint: MVNOs, Q2 2026
As the telecoms industry and wider digital ecosystem evolve at an unprecedented rate, regularly assessing major developments and their implications is more important than ever. This edition of the Industry Checkpoint series focuses on the MVNO segment, highlighting how it has changed in the last six months and the implications.
Fixed Broadband and FWA Markets, Q4 2025: developments and outlook
Fixed markets continue to evolve around the world, with technology investments, competition, M&A and shifting consumer behaviour being major drivers. This quarterly series outlines the latest market developments and the key trends to watch, charting the period to 2030. The report also provides comprehensive cross-country comparisons at your fingertips, allowing you to identify which markets or technologies will grow the most.
Fixed broadband: the new market trends and commercial strategies shaping competition and service adoption
This report examines the major shifts reshaping fixed broadband, combining market analysis with a detailed review of operator propositions across eight countries. Growth dynamics are evolving, with mature markets approaching saturation and customer loyalty becoming harder to secure. Fibre continues to consolidate its position as the most important access technology, driven by ongoing migration from legacy networks and widening coverage through greenfield deployments. 5G FWA is also gaining traction, particularly where fixed deployment is constrained or too costly, and is increasingly being used for temporary, secondary or back-up connectivity.
Industry Checkpoint: fixed broadband and FWA, Q1 2026
This edition of the Industry Checkpoint series focuses on fixed broadband and FWA, highlighting how the market has changed in the last six months and its implications. The report considers four major developments: operators starting to bundle AI with fixed broadband services; a new wave of services and innovation emerging in 5G FWA; mobile evolving from an add-on service to a strategic priority among major US cable operators; and new contract schemes emerging in some developed markets, offering customers long-term fixed pricing.
LG Uplus: Positioning fixed broadband as a platform for converged home strategies and an anchor product for bundles
Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition examines the approach of LG Uplus in the fixed broadband market.
Brisanet: Promoting digital and social inclusion through a regional fixed broadband strategy focused on FTTH and FWA
Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition explores Brisanet's mission to connect people by promoting digital and social inclusion via its fixed broadband strategy.
Bouygues Telecom: Leveraging multiple sub-brands to successfully grow fixed broadband market share
Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before. GSMA Intelligence's operator case studies provide a concise and consistent way to shine a light on and analyse operators' strategies and business models, as well as how they are launching new services. This edition looks at how Bouygues Telecom is utilising sub-brands to grow its marker share in the fixed broadband market.
Fixed Broadband and FWA Markets, Q3 2025: developments and outlook
Fixed markets continue to evolve around the world, with technology investments, competition, M&A and shifting consumer behaviour being major drivers. This quarterly series outlines the latest market developments and the key trends to watch, charting the period to 2030. The report also provides comprehensive cross-country comparisons at your fingertips, allowing you to identify which markets or technologies will grow the most.
Fixed and pay-TV markets: five trends to watch in 2026
How will the industry evolve in 2026? This series of reports highlights the key trends to watch and the implications for ecosystem players. This report examines the fixed and pay-TV markets.
Fixed Broadband and FWA Markets, Q2 2025: developments and outlook
Fixed markets continue to evolve around the world, with technology investments, competition, M&A and shifting consumer behaviour being major drivers. This quarterly series outlines the latest market developments and the key trends to watch, charting the period to 2030. The report also provides comprehensive cross-country comparisons at your fingertips, allowing you to identify which markets or technologies will grow the most.
Industry Checkpoint: fixed broadband and FWA, Q3 2025
This edition of the Industry Checkpoint series focuses on fixed broadband and FWA, highlighting how the market has changed in the last six months and its implications. The report considers four major developments: increased corporate development activity, such as M&A and strategic investments; more widespread launches of Wi-Fi 7–certified CPE; growing interest in satellite home broadband services; and the increasing availability of AI-powered fibre network deployment solutions from vendors.
Fixed Broadband and FWA Markets, Q1 2025: developments and outlook
Fixed markets continue to evolve around the world, with technology investments, competition, M&A and shifting consumer behaviour being major drivers. This quarterly series outlines the latest market developments and the key trends to watch, charting the period to 2030. The report also provides comprehensive cross-country comparisons at your fingertips, allowing you to identify which markets or technologies will grow the most.
Vodafone Italy: Showing good momentum for FWA growth in one of the leading European 5G FWA markets
Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before.
UScellular: Growing 5G FWA base amid a challenging mobile business
Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before.
Reliance Jio: Extending its leading market position in mobile to 5G FWA
Operator strategies continue to evolve in the digital era as the telecoms industry seeks to capture new growth opportunities in the consumer and enterprise markets. Assessing innovation and achievements is more important than ever before.
5G FWA and its impact on fixed broadband: the trends and strategies driving momentum
With the number of 5G FWA connections expected to increase significantly in leading markets, understanding the growth opportunities and strategies for success is key. This report looks at the state of the 5G FWA market and the outlook to 2030. It provides an overview of successful commercial offerings and a selection of operator case studies.
The rise of 5G FWA globally: customer adoption forecast to 2030
Adoption of 5G FWA services continues to grow at pace across several countries. Identifying the countries with the largest addressable market and the highest potential for growth is key.
AI opens a new front in the fight against unwanted calls to fixed lines
Although the number of unwanted calls to fixed lines has been decreasing due to efforts from stakeholders (including operators, network and customer-premises equipment vendors and regulators), the emergence of AI, especially generative AI, could reverse this trend while also making consumers more vulnerable to scams. However, AI can also be used to tackle the scourge of unwanted calls. In this report, we examine the approach taken by key stakeholders in various countries, notably the UK and the US, highlighting some of the risks and opportunities in the struggle against unwanted calls.
Five ways fixed broadband operators are using AI
GSMA Intelligence has identified five AI use cases for fixed broadband operators that aim to enhance customer experience while reducing costs: AI for network optimisation, AI for fibre rollout, AI integrated into CPE, AI for sales and marketing, and AI for customer service.
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