The effects on the global economy of mobile technologies and digital transformation by 2030 They will be quite evident, since according to a report by GSMA Intelligence, will boost GDP worldwide in 11 billion of dollars. That is, they will constitute 8.4% of the total.
This is a significant leap from the 6.5 billion dollars with which they contributed to the global GDP in 2024, 5.8% of the global GDP. In this way, the growing impact that digital transformation will have in the economy is revealed, in addition to the key role it will have in the evolution of the different sectors of the industry.
The report, Intelligent Economic Growth and the Digital Transformion of Enterprises 2025, highlights manufacturing, financial services, automotive and aviation as key sectors thanks to the implementation of these technologies, since they will add 34% of the planned impact of those 11 Billion dollars. Advanced connectivity will continue to transform these industries, promoting greater cost efficiency and revenue growth worldwide.
The manufacturing sector currently represents 23% of world GDP, and faces different challenges, such as supply chain interruptions or the need to adjust to climatic objectives. The adoption of technologies such as IoT, Robotics and Big Data will give an impulse to the GDP of the sector, improving it in 2.1 billion dollars until 2030.
In addition, the report predicts that thanks to the integration of advanced connectivity solutions, such as 5G technology, manufacturers could save more than 400,000 million dollars every year until that year.
As for financial services, they currently contribute 7% to the world GDP every year, and are experiencing a rapid transformation with the adoption of technologies such as cloud computing, AI and blockchain. According to the investigation, the transformation will give an impulse to the GDP of the sector at almost 900,000 million dollars by 2030.-
In this case, the latest generation connectivity is key to enable new data analysis channels in real time, and integrate it is to optimize efficiency and accelerate efficiency and accelerate the commercialization of new products. By 2030, it could generate almost 140,000 million dollars in indirect benefits for the sector.
Automotive is a sector that annually contributes around 3% to the world GDP, in which connected, electric and autonomous mobility solutions are causing a deep transformation. By 2030, digital technologies can increase automotive GDP by almost 600,000 million dollars. Among these technologies is 5G, which can lead to the development of smart automotive factories, in addition to allowing autonomous vehicles to be operated. All this would save the sector about 45,000 million dollars each year.
Aviation, on the other hand, contributes 1% to the world GDP. It is a sector that uses digital technologies to improve operations efficiency, as well as the experience of passengers. With its digital transformation, its GDP will rise about 200,000 million dollars in 2030.
In addition, if airports implement intelligent solutions enabled for 5G, including IoT sensors and AI -driven systems, it will improve infrastructure supervision, asset monitoring and safety systems. Thus they could save 10,000 million every year until 2030.
Pau Castells, Chief of Economic Analysis of GSMA Intelligencehe stated that «Advanced connectivity such as 5G is unlocking new opportunities for innovation and growth. However, to take advantage of its full potential, more collaboration is needed among political leaders, network operators and companies to overcome barriers to business adoption, such as high costs of implementation and lack of technical knowledge. Only through deep cooperation we can fully take advantage of the benefits of this digital revolution«.
