Mobile connections in Kazakhstan are forecasted to reach 26 million by 2025, with 19.3 million being smartphone connections. 5G network adoption is projected to start in 2021 and grow steadily throughout the 2020s. Kazakhstan's Digital Kazakhstan Program aims to accelerate economic development and improve citizens' quality of life through national digitization, which will create new jobs as the telecom industry expands with 5G and increased network access across the country.

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KAZAKHSTAN: 2025 MOBILE ECONOMY FORECAST
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Network Connection Forecast
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Mobile connections will
reach 26 million and
smartphone connections
will be 19.3 million.
5G network adoption
will start in 2021.
Designed to accelerate the development pace of the
Kazakh economy and improve the quality of citizen’s life.
5G
Digital Kazakhstan Program
pushes national digitization which
creates new jobs in the expanding
telecom industry.
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