Telco retail will evolve away from a primary reliance on retail stores for sales volumes, and towards an omnichannel model in which stores and online channels work seamlessly together. This transition is challenging. However, it opens the door to a potentially more profitable and beneficial mode of retail and distribution as the 5G device cycle accelerates following the pandemic.

As energy and utilities are the lifeblood of how we live and work, decarbonising this industry and shifting to clean fuels will play a fundamental role in a successful path to net zero. This analysis focuses on the role that mobile and digital technology can play in helping power companies and others in the energy value chain to lower emissions.

Manufacturing accounts for around a third of total global CO2 emissions. In order to reach net zero by 2050, the sector needs to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030. While many factors will contribute to driving that reduction, we believe the impact of mobile and digital technology through the expansion of smart factories is significant, at 1.4 gigatonnes over the 10 years from 2020 to 2030.

GSMA Intelligence has extended its IoT connections forecasts out to 2030. We forecast that total IoT connections will more than double between 2021 and 2030, reaching 37.4 billion, from 15.1 billion in 2021. The forecasts now capture the longer term impact of some of the key trends shaping the IoT industry.

The term 'Industry 4.0' was coined at Hannover Messe a decade ago, and industry executives at the latest event were naturally keen to reflect on progress since then and the maturity of various technologies that Industry 4.0 comprises. These reflections are more important now than ever before, since the Covid-19 pandemic has affected every industry over the past year.

This interactive dashboard presents the granular data from our latest Enterprise in Focus Survey, spanning 18 countries and over 2,800 enterprises across a range of verticals. In addition to tracking IoT adoption, the dashboard outlines the challenges enterprises face when deploying IoT, their desired success measures and views on the impact of IoT to their businesses.

GSMA Intelligence's Chart of the Month is a visual way of telling an important story in the mobile and broader tech ecosystem. From the shape and size of markets to trends in consumer behaviour, we aim to provide food for thought through informative visuals designed to bring colour and clarity to complex issues facing the industry. In this edition, we examine the effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on IoT deployment plans.

GSMA Intelligence has published its latest Global Mobile Trends research report, sharing insight into the global mobile industry following the Covid-19 pandemic. The report forms part of an annual report series examining key developments shaping telecoms and the wider TMT sector.

This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between mobile money regulation and usage. It combines data from the Mobile Money Regulatory Index, a comprehensive assessment of mobile money regulations, and the Global Findex Database 2017. The analysis covers almost 50,000 individuals across 46 countries and finds compelling evidence that an enabling regulatory framework is strongly associated with higher mobile money usage.

This report explores the role that mobile and digital technologies can have on economic growth as 5G begins to enable a new wave of economic transformation. It provides novel evidence of the impact of mobile during the last two decades, a period which covers most of the rollout of three generations of mobile technology in both developed and developing countries.

GSMA Intelligence's Chart of the Month is a visual way of telling an important story in the mobile and broader tech ecosystem. From the shape and size of markets to trends in consumer behaviour, we aim to provide food for thought through informative visuals designed to bring colour and clarity to complex issues facing the industry. In this edition, we show how the mobile industry's impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2019 grew faster than ever before.

Quality of service (QoS) regulation is at the heart of efforts to realise the goal of high service quality levels. In Sub-Saharan Africa, most countries follow a direct regulatory approach, but key findings from a GSMA survey of national regulatory authorities and service providers reveal the limitations of current QoS regulatory regimes in the region, which we highlight in this report. We also bring attention to important considerations for realising the goal of effective QoS regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and changes in market dynamics have led us to downsize the IoT revenue opportunity from a forecast of $1.1 trillion to $906 billion by 2025. Recent earning calls have highlighted the impact of Covid-19, with IoT providers reporting a slowdown or fall in revenue due to extended sales cycles among new clients. However, Covid-19 has also brought digital transformation to the fore.

Virtually all sectors of the economy have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with businesses reshaping the way they run their operations and interact with the rest of the economy. In this Spotlight, we focus on the impact of Covid-19 on IoT and wider ICT spend among enterprises, highlighting the implications for operators and ICT vendors.

If IoT is indeed in business, what is the view from enterprises on adoption one year on, and what are their deployment plans for the future? In this analysis, we present the results of the GSMA Intelligence IoT Enterprise Survey of almost 2,800 enterprises. We focus on the IoT adoption story among businesses – the drivers, challenges and measures of success for the enterprise IoT sector.

The enterprise segment is set to account for 54% of all IoT connections by 2025, as IoT solutions are deployed within enterprises of all sizes. This latest infographic from GSMA Intelligence also highlights how the average enterprise IoT deployment size is increasing, but challenges to deployment remain - mostly around integration, cost and security & privacy.

From the shape and size of markets to trends in consumer behaviour, we aim to provide food for thought through informative visuals designed to bring some colour and clarity to complex issues facing the industry. In this edition, we look at the meteoric rise of 4G in India against a financial backdrop that raises questions over the sustainability of the sector.

The IoT ecosystem is complex and fragmented, with a multitude of players (traditional and new) vying for enterprise mindshare. Against this backdrop, enterprises are attempting to source the optimal solution for their business needs. This report is the third in a series examining findings from the GSMA Intelligence IoT Enterprise Survey, conducted across 2,271 companies at the end of 2018. Here we discuss enterprises' considerations when choosing and sourcing IoT solution providers.

Our latest report on the findings from our IoT Enterprise Survey looks specifically at the components enterprises are sourcing as part of their deployments. Security features front and centre, which is no surprise given our respondents highlighted it as a key barrier to adoption. Data analytics is already heavily entrenched in current deployments, but looks set to become even more ubiquitous given the increasing trend for enterprises looking to deploy predictive analytics.

This latest report from GSMA Intelligence sets out the economic benefits that IoT can bring to business productivity. The analysis is based on enterprises’ reported cost savings from the recent GSMA Intelligence IoT Enterprise Survey, which covered over 2,000 respondents across 14 countries. According to the analysis, IoT increases productivity by as much as 0.2% of GDP already.