11 November 2020, London: The latest GSMA Intelligence report, ‘Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020’, forecasts that there will be 52 million 5G connections across the region by 2025, representing a 13% adoption rate. Underlying this growth is operator investments, expected to be more than $25b in new infrastructure rollouts, of which 57% will be for high-performance 5G networks.
Other highlights from the ‘Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020’ report include:
- 4G became the region’s leading mobile technology in 2020 and will account for 65% of total connections by 2025
- Smartphone adoption is set to reach 81% by 2025 due to the availability and popularity of lower cost handsets
- The mobile ecosystem employed over 830,000 people in the region in 2019 and contributed $14b to public sector funding
- The CIS region will add almost 330 million new IoT connections by 2025, with smart home and smart buildings two key growth area
More at: https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/all-documents/mobile-operators-set-to-invest-25bn-in-infrastructure-across-the-commonwealth-of-independent-states-cis-region/
