Carriers Invest $109B in Their Networks Annually: GSMA
GSMA pegged the investment in mobile internet connectivity infrastructure at $244 billion annually over the past five years, including spending on end-user devices. Mobile network operators make the biggest investment at $109 billion each year, said a report released at…
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the Mobile World Congress. Consumers spend about $95 billion annually on smartphones and other devices. Without these investments, “we wouldn’t have access to services such as online banking, remote working platforms, and streaming services, just to name a few,” GSMA said: “Large online business models have evolved in a way that would not have been feasible without the investments into the connectivity infrastructure that enables them.”