Mr. Mats Granryd

Director General

GSMA

Mr. Mats Granryd, Director General of GSMA, believes that 2020 will be known in the history books as “the year that changed everything”. There have now been 79 commercial 5G launches live in 24 markets. By 2025, 5G will account for 20% of global connections, operators are expected to invest around $1.1 trillion worldwide,roughly 80% of that will be in 5G networks. He said, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to the robustresilient mobile networks, we can be able to continue with life. It is the robust mobile networks that are accelerating our stepthe future. He urges governmentsregulators to enable the mobile industry to realize the full potential of 5G, digital transformationglobal economic growth; ensure more exclusive spectrum to be assigned to mobile operators at more reasonable prices; lower taxestax reliefs to stimulate 5G investment; encourage innovationindustrial collaboration. At last, he proposed that we need to grab the opportunity of innovationfoster further development.