The document discusses average revenue per user (ARPU) by mobile connections in Q2 2020. It lists the top 10 countries by highest ARPU, ranging from $115 in Monaco to $36 in Norfolk Island. ARPU measures the average recurring monthly revenue generated per unique subscriber, differentiating it from ARPU measured by total connections.
Until today, Asia is still leading the 5G adoption compared to other regions worldwide. GSMA Intelligence predicted that the region will have 1.2 billion 5G connections by 2025.
Early in the first quarter of 2021, China is leading the 5G network adoption with reports mentioning that they’ve reached more than 200 million 5G users. Following China, Japan and South Korea is also fast to adapt.
These are the top 10 countries 5G-connected countries in Asia by 2021 as forecasted by GSMA Intelligence until the end of Q4 2021.
The 5G network will be one of the keys in building an era of intelligent connectivity which is believed to transform businesses and support economic growth by deploying innovative new services.
From enterprises to consumers, the benefits of adopting a network with higher connectivity speed and lower latency will increase many things including efficiency for business operations and providing next-level experiences for consumers.
Despite the global pandemic, most operators in Asia and North America remain optimistic about deployments. As of Q4 2020, there are more than 130 mobile operators across 52 markets worldwide that have made the network accessible.
Not only are these expansions supported by policy makers and governments, the upgrade intent from consumers are also growing in most markets. The top 3 most appealing use cases for 5G to consumers are: 5G home broadband, enhanced video calling feature, and ultra-high definition movies and TVs for a next-level consumer entertainment experience.
Asia Pacific Consumer Insight: Mobile Phones & EntertainmentForest Interactive
China is leading the 5G network adoption with reports mentioning that they’ve reached more than 200 million 5G users by first quarter of 2021. Following China, South Korea and Australia has been fast in adopting the new network as well. With this, Asia Pacific is predicted to keep on pioneering 5G. However, there are still barriers for adoption for 5G such as the technology being too expensive and that the consumers are still satisfied with the existing networks. The new 5G network also needs a specific phone to support the network therefore it adds an extra barrier to switch from one network generation to another.
Some survey takers also mention that the benefits of 5G is not as appealing to make them change networks. This could relate to the fact that people in Asia Pacific mostly use their mobile phone merely for mobile banking and video calling that does not necessarily require them to change to 5G network. Other than that, consumers in Asia Pacific uses mobile phone for entertainment which mostly is music streaming.
Despite these barriers to adopting the new 5G network, many organizations still predict that Asia Pacific is still going to lead the network adoption.
Until today, Asia is still leading the 5G adoption compared to other regions worldwide. GSMA Intelligence predicted that the region will have 1.2 billion 5G connections by 2025.
Early in the first quarter of 2021, China is leading the 5G network adoption with reports mentioning that they’ve reached more than 200 million 5G users. Following China, Japan and South Korea is also fast to adapt.
These are the top 10 countries 5G-connected countries in Asia by 2021 as forecasted by GSMA Intelligence until the end of Q4 2021.
The 5G network will be one of the keys in building an era of intelligent connectivity which is believed to transform businesses and support economic growth by deploying innovative new services.
From enterprises to consumers, the benefits of adopting a network with higher connectivity speed and lower latency will increase many things including efficiency for business operations and providing next-level experiences for consumers.
Despite the global pandemic, most operators in Asia and North America remain optimistic about deployments. As of Q4 2020, there are more than 130 mobile operators across 52 markets worldwide that have made the network accessible.
Not only are these expansions supported by policy makers and governments, the upgrade intent from consumers are also growing in most markets. The top 3 most appealing use cases for 5G to consumers are: 5G home broadband, enhanced video calling feature, and ultra-high definition movies and TVs for a next-level consumer entertainment experience.
Asia Pacific Consumer Insight: Mobile Phones & EntertainmentForest Interactive
China is leading the 5G network adoption with reports mentioning that they’ve reached more than 200 million 5G users by first quarter of 2021. Following China, South Korea and Australia has been fast in adopting the new network as well. With this, Asia Pacific is predicted to keep on pioneering 5G. However, there are still barriers for adoption for 5G such as the technology being too expensive and that the consumers are still satisfied with the existing networks. The new 5G network also needs a specific phone to support the network therefore it adds an extra barrier to switch from one network generation to another.
Some survey takers also mention that the benefits of 5G is not as appealing to make them change networks. This could relate to the fact that people in Asia Pacific mostly use their mobile phone merely for mobile banking and video calling that does not necessarily require them to change to 5G network. Other than that, consumers in Asia Pacific uses mobile phone for entertainment which mostly is music streaming.
Despite these barriers to adopting the new 5G network, many organizations still predict that Asia Pacific is still going to lead the network adoption.
Internet of Things (IoT) Impact and Challenges for EnterprisesForest Interactive
Internet of Things (IoT) can do a lot for enterprises including: help transform ways of working and doing business, as well as increasing operational efficiency. However, there are some challenges to implementing the technology - one of them being the pandemic that halted implementations in the short term.
A survey by GSMA Intelligence – covering almost 2,900 enterprises - showed that 65% of survey takers have deployed IoT in 2020 and have further plans to expand. Many of these enterprises see that IoT could be transformative to the company, meaning it brings distinct improvements to how the company operates.
One of the challenges that was voted the most was IT integration but employee resistance is also another reason why implementing new technology could be hard.
Across many industries, there are shifts in consumer trends year to year. Through this infographic, we would like to show you the 2021 digital consumer trends for the telecommunications industry. 4 major things to look out for include: 5G network adoption, rise of the gaming industry, OTT versus Pay TV, changes in purchasing behavior.
In short, 5G-enabled mobile phones are still less likely to be a priority for many consumers. According to GSMA’s consumer survey data, more consumers are still relying on the basics such as battery life quality. However, adoption of 5G network will most likely be led by gamers as it will support an enhanced gaming experience.
Other than that, as individuals are looking for more entertainment, OTT and Pay TV are competing against each other. It’s forecasted that by 2025, Pay TV will still win in some countries.
As to purchasing mobile phones or other handsets online, most consumers still prefer visiting physical stores despite the risks of going outside.
As the vaccines are rolling out in many countries, we should see improvements in terms of how the world tackles the pandemic. Parallel to that, the 2021 digital consumer trend will likely to continue evolving through time given the uncertainties we’re still facing in the future.
Welcome to the last week of 2020! A lot has happened this year, both the good and the challenges. Let’s take a look at the 2020 Telecommunications Industry Roundup.
This year, almost half of the world’s population are using mobile internet. This helps with connectivity during difficult times, to ensure everyone stays informed with the latest update on the pandemic.
Early in 2020, 5G deployments were halted due to the pandemic. But coming into the second half of the year, deployments restarted and, approaching the end of 2020, 5G is available from more than 178 mobile operators in over 80 countries.
During the year of the lockdown, consumer behaviour has shifted as well. Data traffic surges were reported from mobile operators across the world as individuals staying at home sought new ways of living and consuming entertainment.
Read the complete report via https://www.forest-interactive.com/2020-telecommunications-industry-report/
Throughout the decades, mobile technology has revolutionized and helped society become more connected. Benefits of mobile technology does not only lie in connecting the society, but also in helping businesses find efficient ways with what we now call as automation.
With all the benefits that mobile technology has brought to light, it is believed that the revolution has helped the world to grow its economy. According to GSMA, mobile technology accounted for about $10 for every $100 income per capita growth for countries across the world between the year 2000 until 2019.
Take a look at the following infographic to see how the economy was impacted by every network update for mobile technology.
Although 5G network deployment seems to be slower than predicted at the beginning of the year, the network has already been adopted by more than 100 million mobile users today. Here's the updated map for 5G network commercial availability!
Digital technologies will play crucial roles in enhancing societies and economies. As the pandemic continues to push the world to do physical distancing, digital transformations are happening across multiple industries. Here's how intelligent connectivity transforms the journey of digital society and pushes the Industry 4.0 agenda.
The North American region is seeing a slow adoption for the new 5G network due to pandemic disruption. However, this is believed to merely have a short-term impact. North America is predicted to be one of the first regions where 5G accounts for more than 50% of total connections by 2025.
The total number of mobile subscribers for mobile operators are increasing exponentially, especially more so than ever this year. With China and India having the largest population of users, here are the top 10 biggest mobile operators in 2020.
Connectivity is one of the most important things to maintain and improve to keep society informed, especially during 2020. More updates are yet to come as almost half of the world's population are already using mobile internet. Here are some quick facts about mobile connectivity in 2020!
Mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimated subscribers by 2025Forest Interactive
The Sub-Saharan African region has plenty of potentials. With the region's burgeoning growth, it is estimated that by 2025 that there will be 130 million new unique mobile subscribers. Here's a glimpse of the substantially growing mobile industry in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite COVID-19's drawbacks, the response of mobile operators in the European region is showing swift progress in strengthening telecom networks. 5G investment promises to accelerate economic recovery. Let's have a glimpse of Europe's 2020 mobile connections as the region strives for a comeback.
As the need for digital transformation continues, IoT development and adoption for both enterprises and consumers are also on the rise. One of the main challenges in allowing multiple device connectivity is cybersecurity. Here are the challenges enterprises are facing when ensuring security for their IoT connections.
The connectivity gap around the world is narrowing as mobile subscribers worldwide are growing. Though markets become more saturated, the world will still see an additional 610 million mobile subscriber in the next few years regardless of the challenges in reaching rural populations. Let's take a look at mobile subscribers growth by 2025.
Cellular IoT provides benefits such as large coverage area, personalized connectivity according to your needs, remote management and analytics, and more. There are still more developments to come for IoT technology! Here are the top 10 mobile operators with cellular IoT connections as of 2020.
COVID-19 has impacted the worldwide economy with many countries' GDP having taken a significant hit. Despite the downsizing of revenue opportunity for IoT business, the pandemic has only made clearer how vital digital transformation is now than before. Here's how COVID-19 has impacted IoT business.
In the digital transformation era, multiple IoT solutions are available to help processes in the manufacturing industry become more effective. The driving force behind this transformation is data and 5G networks will offer one of many routes to help connect these operations and processes. Here are some facts about IoT solutions in the manufacturing industry!
Global 5G connectivity will reach approximately 1.79 billion in 2025 with Asia Pacific as the leading region. Top three mobile operators leading the adoption will be from China. Here's the list of most 5G-connected mobile operators in 2025!
Connectivity in the IoT business still remains only a small source of IoT revenue. It's predicted to account for approximately 5% of the total IoT revenue by 2025. Mobile operators are expanding their capabilities beyond connectivity to obtain larger proportion of the overall market with cellular M2M. Here's a forecast of the IoT business opportunities.
In 2025, the Internet of Things is predicted to have a revenue opportunity of more than $900 billion. The leading region will be Asia Pacific followed by North America and Europe. Here's a glimpse on how the worldwide revenue opportunity is going to be distributed.
It is forecasted that we will live in a hyper-connected world in the near future as the connectivity for Internet of Things worldwide will reach up to 24 billion in 2025. Asia Pacific will be one of the most IoT connected regions led by China with more than 2 billion connections. Here are some interesting key numbers for IoT!
Internet of Things (IoT) Impact and Challenges for EnterprisesForest Interactive
Internet of Things (IoT) can do a lot for enterprises including: help transform ways of working and doing business, as well as increasing operational efficiency. However, there are some challenges to implementing the technology - one of them being the pandemic that halted implementations in the short term.
A survey by GSMA Intelligence – covering almost 2,900 enterprises - showed that 65% of survey takers have deployed IoT in 2020 and have further plans to expand. Many of these enterprises see that IoT could be transformative to the company, meaning it brings distinct improvements to how the company operates.
One of the challenges that was voted the most was IT integration but employee resistance is also another reason why implementing new technology could be hard.
Across many industries, there are shifts in consumer trends year to year. Through this infographic, we would like to show you the 2021 digital consumer trends for the telecommunications industry. 4 major things to look out for include: 5G network adoption, rise of the gaming industry, OTT versus Pay TV, changes in purchasing behavior.
In short, 5G-enabled mobile phones are still less likely to be a priority for many consumers. According to GSMA’s consumer survey data, more consumers are still relying on the basics such as battery life quality. However, adoption of 5G network will most likely be led by gamers as it will support an enhanced gaming experience.
Other than that, as individuals are looking for more entertainment, OTT and Pay TV are competing against each other. It’s forecasted that by 2025, Pay TV will still win in some countries.
As to purchasing mobile phones or other handsets online, most consumers still prefer visiting physical stores despite the risks of going outside.
As the vaccines are rolling out in many countries, we should see improvements in terms of how the world tackles the pandemic. Parallel to that, the 2021 digital consumer trend will likely to continue evolving through time given the uncertainties we’re still facing in the future.
Welcome to the last week of 2020! A lot has happened this year, both the good and the challenges. Let’s take a look at the 2020 Telecommunications Industry Roundup.
This year, almost half of the world’s population are using mobile internet. This helps with connectivity during difficult times, to ensure everyone stays informed with the latest update on the pandemic.
Early in 2020, 5G deployments were halted due to the pandemic. But coming into the second half of the year, deployments restarted and, approaching the end of 2020, 5G is available from more than 178 mobile operators in over 80 countries.
During the year of the lockdown, consumer behaviour has shifted as well. Data traffic surges were reported from mobile operators across the world as individuals staying at home sought new ways of living and consuming entertainment.
Read the complete report via https://www.forest-interactive.com/2020-telecommunications-industry-report/
Throughout the decades, mobile technology has revolutionized and helped society become more connected. Benefits of mobile technology does not only lie in connecting the society, but also in helping businesses find efficient ways with what we now call as automation.
With all the benefits that mobile technology has brought to light, it is believed that the revolution has helped the world to grow its economy. According to GSMA, mobile technology accounted for about $10 for every $100 income per capita growth for countries across the world between the year 2000 until 2019.
Take a look at the following infographic to see how the economy was impacted by every network update for mobile technology.
Although 5G network deployment seems to be slower than predicted at the beginning of the year, the network has already been adopted by more than 100 million mobile users today. Here's the updated map for 5G network commercial availability!
Digital technologies will play crucial roles in enhancing societies and economies. As the pandemic continues to push the world to do physical distancing, digital transformations are happening across multiple industries. Here's how intelligent connectivity transforms the journey of digital society and pushes the Industry 4.0 agenda.
The North American region is seeing a slow adoption for the new 5G network due to pandemic disruption. However, this is believed to merely have a short-term impact. North America is predicted to be one of the first regions where 5G accounts for more than 50% of total connections by 2025.
The total number of mobile subscribers for mobile operators are increasing exponentially, especially more so than ever this year. With China and India having the largest population of users, here are the top 10 biggest mobile operators in 2020.
Connectivity is one of the most important things to maintain and improve to keep society informed, especially during 2020. More updates are yet to come as almost half of the world's population are already using mobile internet. Here are some quick facts about mobile connectivity in 2020!
Mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa: Estimated subscribers by 2025Forest Interactive
The Sub-Saharan African region has plenty of potentials. With the region's burgeoning growth, it is estimated that by 2025 that there will be 130 million new unique mobile subscribers. Here's a glimpse of the substantially growing mobile industry in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite COVID-19's drawbacks, the response of mobile operators in the European region is showing swift progress in strengthening telecom networks. 5G investment promises to accelerate economic recovery. Let's have a glimpse of Europe's 2020 mobile connections as the region strives for a comeback.
As the need for digital transformation continues, IoT development and adoption for both enterprises and consumers are also on the rise. One of the main challenges in allowing multiple device connectivity is cybersecurity. Here are the challenges enterprises are facing when ensuring security for their IoT connections.
The connectivity gap around the world is narrowing as mobile subscribers worldwide are growing. Though markets become more saturated, the world will still see an additional 610 million mobile subscriber in the next few years regardless of the challenges in reaching rural populations. Let's take a look at mobile subscribers growth by 2025.
Cellular IoT provides benefits such as large coverage area, personalized connectivity according to your needs, remote management and analytics, and more. There are still more developments to come for IoT technology! Here are the top 10 mobile operators with cellular IoT connections as of 2020.
COVID-19 has impacted the worldwide economy with many countries' GDP having taken a significant hit. Despite the downsizing of revenue opportunity for IoT business, the pandemic has only made clearer how vital digital transformation is now than before. Here's how COVID-19 has impacted IoT business.
In the digital transformation era, multiple IoT solutions are available to help processes in the manufacturing industry become more effective. The driving force behind this transformation is data and 5G networks will offer one of many routes to help connect these operations and processes. Here are some facts about IoT solutions in the manufacturing industry!
Global 5G connectivity will reach approximately 1.79 billion in 2025 with Asia Pacific as the leading region. Top three mobile operators leading the adoption will be from China. Here's the list of most 5G-connected mobile operators in 2025!
Connectivity in the IoT business still remains only a small source of IoT revenue. It's predicted to account for approximately 5% of the total IoT revenue by 2025. Mobile operators are expanding their capabilities beyond connectivity to obtain larger proportion of the overall market with cellular M2M. Here's a forecast of the IoT business opportunities.
In 2025, the Internet of Things is predicted to have a revenue opportunity of more than $900 billion. The leading region will be Asia Pacific followed by North America and Europe. Here's a glimpse on how the worldwide revenue opportunity is going to be distributed.
It is forecasted that we will live in a hyper-connected world in the near future as the connectivity for Internet of Things worldwide will reach up to 24 billion in 2025. Asia Pacific will be one of the most IoT connected regions led by China with more than 2 billion connections. Here are some interesting key numbers for IoT!