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SERIES: Enterprise Digital Transformation survey insights

India enterprise survey snapshot: charting the digital transformation of enterprises and vertical sectors

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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 250 enterprises in India from 10 vertical sectors 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.

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Asia Pacific enterprise survey: navigating the digital transformation of industries and the B2B opportunity

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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 almost 1,500 enterprises from 10 vertical sectors across Asia Pacific 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

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SERIES: Enterprise Digital Transformation survey insights

North America enterprise survey: navigating the digital transformation of industries and the B2B opportunity

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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.

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5G in Context, Q2 2026

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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, adoption and coverage, as well as information on network trials/launches and spectrum assignments.

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ASEAN enterprise survey: navigating the digital transformation of industries and the B2B opportunity

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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 enterprises from six countries and 10 vertical sectors across the ASEAN region to gain insight into their digital transformation. The research focused on strategic objectives, investment plans, use of technology, deployment challenges, supplier decisions, technology sovereignty, and policy and regulation.

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Global enterprise survey: understanding the next phase of digital transformation and the real B2B opportunities

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Enterprises will spend 10% of their revenues on digital transformation through to 2032, which brings new B2B opportunities for technology suppliers, including operators. This report analyses the key findings and implications from a GSMA Intelligence survey, which surveyed 6,342 enterprises across 50 countries and 10 vertical sectors worldwide to gain insight into their digital transformation.

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Navigating the digital transformation of enterprises and industries: Global Digital Transformation Survey Dashboard 2026

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GSMA Intelligence surveyed 6,342 enterprises across 50 countries and 10 vertical sectors worldwide to gain insight 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.

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5G in Africa 2026: market status, trends and outlook

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5G is beginning to make inroads in Africa, though its overall impact remains uneven and limited. With the technology now in its seventh year of deployment, this is a critical juncture for stakeholders to take immediate and coordinated action to accelerate deployment, deepen adoption and maximise the impact of 5G in the region. This includes addressing bottlenecks to spectrum availability and introducing policy incentives to stimulate both consumer and enterprise demand, particularly in markets where operators have already invested heavily in network rollouts.

A target architecture for telecoms cybersecurity

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This white paper, using evidence from a GSMA Intelligence survey of operators in Asia Pacific, explains why traditional perimeter-based security is no longer enough and what operators need to do to build a more resilient, architecture-led approach. It covers how AI is changing the threat landscape; why expanding attack surfaces require stronger governance; and how native security, depth defence, dual security operation centre (SOC) operations and AI-enabled tools can help operators protect critical networks.

Fixing the middle mile in mobile networks: a multi-technology assessment for the 5G era

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To aid operators that are evaluating middle-mile transport solutions, GSMA Intelligence has developed the TCO Calculator, based on research and analysis of existing and emerging middle-mile transport solutions across a number of deployment scenarios around the world. The rapid expansion of 5G networks is driving an unprecedented surge in mobile data consumption, which is placing immense pressure on the middle mile. As a result, operators must diversify their product/solution mix for middle-mile transport.

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SERIES: MWC wrap-up

MWC Shanghai 2026: 6G, sovereignty and AI monetisation come to the fore

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With a 33% rise in international visitors this year, MWC Shanghai speaks to China’s influence and gravitational pull on the regional Asian tech economy and reciprocal demand from buyers to see and be seen on the MWC stage in an already busy event calendar. The analysis here highlights the key takeaways and implications from the meetings, summits and announcements at the event.

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SERIES: 5G in Context

5G in Context, Q1 2026

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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, adoption and coverage, as well as information on network trials/launches and spectrum assignments.

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Globe Telecom: Leveraging 5G network capabilities to provide hyper-personalised plans based on customer needs and usage

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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 Globe Telecom's 5G consumer strategy, which is focused on providing hyper-personalisation through 5G network capabilities.

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China Mobile: Targeting experience-based 5G tariffs to differentiate consumer value propositions

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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 China Mobile's use of experience-based 5G tariffs to strengthen consumer value.

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AIS: Capitalising on 5G through network leadership, segmented offerings and experience-based services

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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 AIS is aiming to capture the 5G opportunity through a combination of 5G network leadership, segmented 5G offerings and new experiences with 5G.

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5G consumer survey insights: the trends in user behaviour defining monetisation opportunities

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Although 5G adoption is proceeding well, 5G monetisation, especially in the B2C segment, remains an area of concern for operators. This report examines the findings from the GSMA Intelligence annual consumer survey, including shifting 5G user behaviour and the trends that will shape 5G monetisation.

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Monetising 5G: what works, what doesn’t and the implications

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The perennial challenge for operators is being able to sell to consumers and businesses based on more than just speeds and latencies, which are eventually competed away. This analysis looks at a selection of 5G revenue models used by operators in the consumer and enterprise domains. What has worked? What hasn’t? Each model is compared according to a common template to give a view of the business impact.

5G, 6G and private networks for digital industries: what shapes enterprise priorities, expectations and investment plans

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Digital transformation of enterprises is accelerating across all vertical sectors, with next-generation connectivity being an important driver and enabler and a top area of investment. GSMA Intelligence surveyed 5,320 enterprises across 32 countries and 10 vertical sectors to gain relevant insights into their digital transformation across a range of technologies. This report analyses the key findings and implications for 5G and/or private networks technologies.

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SERIES: 5G in Context

5G in Context, Q4 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.

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