Tuesday, June 03, 2025

GSMA: The mobile economy is on track to reach 10% of Latin America's GDP

According to the report presented at M360 - CLTD, held days ago in Mexico City, the mobile economy will reach 8.6% of the regional product by 2030. The trends driving this growth are the massive adoption of 5G, the development of AI, enterprise digital transformation, and the increase in data consumption.

At the recent M360 – CLTD 2025, held in Mexico City, the Latin American chapter of GSMA presented its report “The Mobile Economy in Latin America 2025.”

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