1、for a Sustainable Mobile Industry in the 5G Era Supportive Policies March 2020 1 Executive Summary The mobile industry plays a key role in boosting the growth of the global economy. In 2019, mobile technologies and services generated 4.7% of GDP globally. By 2024, the mobile industrys contribution w
2、ill reach $4.9 trillion (4.9% of GDP). Research shows that every $1 invested in digital technologies over the past three decades has added $20 to GDP, on average. Digital Spillover, Huawei and Oxford Economics, 2017 5G will be a key pillar of the era of intelligent connectivity, supporting economic
3、growth, transforming businesses and delivering innovative new services. However, the outlook for the mobile industry is subdued, with revenue growth modest at best. While global mobile traffic has grown 1,000 times in the past decade, operator revenue growth was lower than GDP growth in many countri
4、es. This is a challenge to the future development of the mobile industry, despite its role in supporting the digital transformation of both society and economies. Moreover, 5G deployment will bring new challenges, including the large cost incurred by the demands for more spectrum, the heavy financia
5、l burden of network deployment as well as multilateral coordination with diverse vertical industries. Therefore, more supportive policies are needed from governments and regulators if the mobile industry is to realise the full potential of 5G and so enable both digital transformation and to further
6、support global economic growth. In this white paper, a number of recommendations from 5G pioneering countries are reviewed, including those from China, Finland, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Germany. Based on the learnings from 5G national plans, the paper highlights the following elements for count