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Welcome to your first GSMA 5G Futures Community newsletter of 2025!
With the year already in full swing – and fresh from an exciting and thought-provoking MWC Barcelona - we have plenty of news, releases and updates to share with you.
Two personal spotlights in this edition include our latest market research, Destination Growth: The Journey to Complete 5G, which explores the pathways for MNOs to 5G Standalone deployment and fully unlocking their enterprise potential. The second are the new GSMA specifications for RCS availability, which marks a key milestone in industry standardisation, reinforcing a more seamless and secure communication ecosystem.
As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts—what topics are most important to you for 2025, and what do want to see more of from the community this year- complete our quick survey in less than a minute to share your input.
I hope you find this edition insightful and valuable. | |
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Kind regards,
Henry Calvert,
Head of Networks, GSMA | | | |
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Latest reports from the GSMA | | |
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Destination growth: The journey to complete 5G |
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Complete 5G is set to unlock US$127 billion market opportunity, offering mobile operators the lion’s share, 70% of all future industry revenue growth to 2030. This revenue growth will be gained through the provision of more valuable, highly differentiated services tailored to specific needs. Discover more about the opportunity of Complete 5G in the latest market research report from the GSMA. |
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Enriched service over converged Wi-Fi and cellular |
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In this whitepaper, the GSMA Voice over Wi-Fi Task Force (5GVoWiFi TF) promotes and facilitates the building of an interoperable 5G VoWiFi ecosystem and boosting the adoption of 5G VoWiFi across the industry. The 5GVoWiFi TF is led by China Telecom. Download the whitepaper today. |
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Missed MWC25 Barcelona? Watch on demand | | |
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Connect 5G Summit |
Monetising 5G networks and 5G-Advanced technologies
Hear from industry leaders who explored the evolving network landscape, focusing on the critical advancements required to drive cloud and AI transformation in telecom networks and achieving monetisation of 5G capabilities through new revenue streams. |
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Tower & Fibre Summit |
The evolution of Tower & Fibre infrastructure
Hear from experts on the evolving landscape of network infrastructure investment, innovation, and operational challenges, sharing valuable insights into the future of tower and fibre infrastructure and the strategies shaping its growth. |
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Read key insights from MWC Barcelona | | |
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Open Gateway & 5G: New capabilities & opportunities
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5G-Advanced: Reaching for reliable connectivity
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Tower & Fibre: How to build out coverage and capacity
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Open Gateway at MWC Barcelona | | |
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Talent Arena – Open Gateway Hackathon |
Innovation, competition and game-changing solutions
The Open Gateway Hackathon, a two-day event sponsored by Nokia and supported by the three Spanish operators – Mas Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone was a resounding success. 100 developers, in 20 teams competed for a €15k prize pot to create innovative solutions using the latest network APIs. |
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Welcome to the Demo Zone |
New Open Gateway Demonstration area showcasing network API innovations
The Open Gateway Zone had 6 Pods which were used to host over 30 companies showcasing their innovations. It also played host to a live remote driving demo from Nokia, and Estonian start-up Elmo which allowed users to drive a car 2,600km away in Espoo, Finland. |
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Destination Growth: The Journey to Complete 5G |
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Missed last week’s webinar? You can watch the session on demand now with special guest speakers from Citymesh and Liberty Global who explored the importance of 5G Standalone networks for driving new and differentiated connectivity services, sharing the latest innovative use case and the critical need for early deployment. |
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Next webinar: Mobile AI community group webinar |
Save the date: Tues, 11 June 2025
Save the date for the next community group webinar, Tues, 11 June, where we’ll be exploring the new GSMA Mobile AI group as part of the 5G Futures Community, the role of AI for the future of operator services, and what to expect at MWC Shanghai.
Save the date! |
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Discover the latest specifications from the GSMA | | |
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RCS Universal Profile 3.0 specifications |
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This specification defines the service experience and user experience for the features that are part of RCS. This major step forward includes the requirements and experience for the end-to-end encryption of RCS Messages, Files and other user provided content have been defined. |
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GSMA Operator Platform Group specifications |
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The latest specifications include the requirements and architecture now covering the routing to and from aggregation platforms and an update of the Operator Platform’s internal architecture, providing alignment with what’s defined for the GSMA’s Open Gateway initiative. |
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Join us in Shanghai from June 18 - 20 2025 |
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Join global operators, vendors, and the Chinese connectivity ecosystem from 18–20 June 2025 for the 5G Monetisation & Futures Summits. Be the first to explore the latest in 5G-Advanced, AI, and more. Registration opens soon—secure your pass today! |
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