The global IoT market will keep delivering high growth through to 2030, with significant room for new use cases

Topic - Internet of Things (IoT)

The global IoT market will keep delivering high growth through to 2030, with significant room for new use cases

GSMA Intelligence covers IoT connections, revenue trends and enterprise adoption challenges, including the mergers, acquisitions and partnerships shaping the market, and the technologies driving transformation across the IoT domain.

Latest Internet of Things (IoT) data and analysis

25bn
new IoT connections added globally, 2025–2035
69%
enterprise share of IoT connections by 2035

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Cellular Connections

Cellular Connections

Operator-level connections by tariff, generation and technology — including 5G, IoT and LPWA. Market shares and penetration.

Financial

Financial

ARPU, revenue, CapEx, OpEx and EBITDA at operator level. Comparable data across markets and operator groups.

Spectrum

Spectrum

Assignments across 200+ countries from 1980 to present. Licence durations, auctions and obligations. Updated weekly.

IoT and Enterprise

IoT and Enterprise

Cellular and non-cellular connections, revenues by application and vertical. Annual data from 2010 to 2030.

Subscribers and devices

Subscribers and devices

Unique subscribers, internet and smartphone users. Smartphones, feature phones and data-only devices.

Economic

Economic

GDP, GNI, inflation, unemployment and exchange rates — the macro context behind every market analysis.

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