{"id":16366,"date":"2019-09-25T06:01:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T05:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=16366"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:08:00","slug":"gsma-partnership-programme-expands-to-create-the-largest-iot-community-in-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-partnership-programme-expands-to-create-the-largest-iot-community-in-asia-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Partnership Programme Expands to Create the Largest IoT Community in Asia Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"

32 Operators in 16 Countries Creating Innovative IoT Solutions; APAC IoT market to Reach 11 billion Connections by 2025 <\/em><\/p>\n

London<\/strong>: The GSMA APAC IoT Partnership Programme<\/a> has expanded to include more than thirty mobile operators making it the largest IoT community in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), the GSMA announced today. The programme brings operators and their partners together including developers, manufacturers and system integrators to share best practice, discuss challenges and progress updates on the development of IoT across the region. The initiative has seen 7 operators open 9 new IoT Labs in the region to help develop new IoT-based solutions. APAC has the largest IoT market in the world and is expected to reach 11 billion connections by 2025 and be worth $386 billion, according to GSMA Intelligence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe programme has doubled in size in less than a year and that is testament to the support, engagement and commitment of the mobile operator community who are collaborating closely with their partners to lead the expansion and growth of IoT across the region,\u201d said Julian Gorman, Head of Asia Pacific, GSMA. \u201cThis is now the largest cross-regional IoT community in the world and we are already seeing the impact it is having in terms of the development of new solutions. I look forward to seeing how it continues to grow in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n

APAC Impact<\/strong>
\nSince launch in October 2018, the APAC IoT Partnership Programme has had an instant impact throughout the region, encouraging more than 120 companies such as IoT developers or solutions companies to work with operators. The programme has also supported the development, design and funding of 9 new IoT Labs throughout the region that is encouraging the development of new products. The IoT labs are a key mechanism for collaboration, encouraging the joint development of new use cases, services and applications that are enabling IoT innovations to be effectively deployed. The programme has also held a series of workshops exploring key industry topics such as Mobile IoT, AI and 5G as well as offered capacity building for local regulators and stakeholders and provided best practice support.<\/p>\n

Mobile IoT Experiencing Fastest Global Growth<\/strong>
\nThe APAC region is the fastest growing IoT market in the world, accounting for approximately 40 per cent of the total global IoT spend in 2018. Global Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) or Mobile IoT network connections have also been driven primarily by the APAC region accounting for nearly 97% of all NB-IoT connections according to ABI Research. Mobile IoT networks are being merged into 5G standards to support low latency, massive IoT and large bandwidth. Thirty-seven of the world\u2019s 119 Mobile IoT networks are also deployed in Asia Pacific across 15 countries. China in particular has been a key market in driving early adoption, accounting for 40 per cent of the global LPWA connections in 2018.<\/p>\n

IoT @ GSMA Mobile 360 \u2013 Digital Societies\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nThe GSMA IoT programme will host a number of different activities at GSMA M360 \u2013 Digital Societies<\/a> held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday 26 September 2019. This includes the APAC IoT Innovation Summit<\/a> which provides attendees with insight from mobile operators and their partners on the latest developments in Mobile IoT. There will also be a number of interactive demos showcasing Mobile IoT, 5G, AI, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain and Drones at IoT Expo \u2013 Connected APAC<\/a>. This will include hands on demonstrations from key industry verticals such as agriculture, aviation and retail and host smart home, smart traffic and smart poultry solutions. For further information, please go here: https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/gsma_events\/m360-apac-iot-summit\/#expo<\/a><\/p>\n

The Birth of Beyond Connectivity \u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe GSMA will launch the \u2018Beyond Connectivity\u2019 campaign\u00a0at Mobile 360 \u2013 Digital Societies. Beyond Connectivity\u00a0describes how mobile operators are delivering innovation and transformative solutions to customers across big data, machine learning, analytics, edge computing and distributed ledger technologies and delivering beyond just data connectivity. To find out more, please go to: www.gsma.com\/BeyondConnectivity<\/a><\/p>\n

-ENDS-<\/p>\n

Notes to Editors <\/strong>
\n1. Operators include Axiata Group (Axiata Robi, Celcom, Dialog Axiata, Ncell, Smart Axiata, XL Axiata and Xpand), Indosat Ooredoo, Jazz, M1, Maxis, Mobitel, Smartfren, Singtel Group (Singtel, Optus), StarHub, Telenor Group (Digi, DTAC, Grasolutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencynphone, Telenor Connexion, Telenor Myanmar, Telenor Pakistan), Telstra, TM ONE, True, Rakuten, Viettel Group (Metfone, Mytel, Unitel, Telemor, Viettel), Vodafone Idea<\/p>\n

About the GSMA<\/strong>
\nThe GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators and nearly 400 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces the industry-leading MWC events held annually in Barcelona, Los Angeles and Shanghai, as well as the Mobile 360 Series of regional conferences.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at\u00a0www.gsma.com<\/a>. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Media Contacts:<\/strong>
\nFor the GSMA
\nGear\u00f3id Cashman
\n+44 79 7679 0169
\nGCashman@webershandwick.com<\/a><\/p>\n

GSMA Press Office
\npressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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