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2025 Mobile Industry Trends: 5G, Open APIs, eSIM Adoption & AI — Insights from GSMA Analysts

2025 Mobile Industry Trends: 5G, Open APIs, eSIM Adoption & AI — Insights from GSMA Analysts

Watch the on-demand recording of GSMA Intelligence’s 2025 wrap-up webinar, where six senior analysts reveal the most important mobile industry trends, announcements, and market developments — and what they mean for 2026. In this session, GSMA Intelligence experts review key topics including: 6G development: Insights from 3GPP Release 20 and the rise of automated, energy-efficient networks. 5G evolution: Stand-alone deployments and operator growth forecasts for 2026. eSIM adoption: Apple’s eSIM-only devices, Chinese operator launches, and emerging travel eSIM services. AI in networks: Predictions for sovereign AI services and telco applications. Spectrum allocation: Impacts of 6 GHz mobile allocations and satellite-telco convergence. Network APIs: The first commercial use cases driving cross-operator revenue. Telco consolidation: Vodafone-Three merger and trends shaping the European telecom landscape. Speakers: Peter Jarich – Head of GSMA Intelligence Tim Hatt – Head of Research & Consulting Matthew Iji – Director of Forecasting & Modelling Pablo Iacopino – Head of Research & Consulting Radhika Gupta – Head of Data Acquisition Pau Catsells – Head of Economic Analysis Whether you’re a business leader, investor, strategist, or industry analyst, this one-hour session gives you direct access to the people who track the data every day — bringing clarity to a complex, fast-moving mobile industry.