The Mobile Economy Smartphones Licensed
cellular
Middle East & North Africa
Percentage of connections
IoT connections
Unique Mobile
2023
81%
mobile internet 2030
90% 2023
48m
78m
subscribers users
427m 327m
2030
2023 2023 Operator
64% penetration rate* 49% penetration rate* revenues and
investment
2030
517m
71% penetration rate*
2030
422m
58% penetration rate* 2023
$66bn
Mobile's
contribution
to GDP
Total revenues
2.4% 3.2%
$88bn
CAGR CAGR
2023-2030
*Percentage of population
2023-2030
*Percentage of population
2030
Total revenues
2023
$310bn
5.5% of GDP
SIM 4G
$360bn
Percentage of connections
$97bn
Operator capex
(excluding licensed cellular IoT) for the period
connections
2030
2023–2030:
(excluding licensed cellular IoT)
2023
60%
2023
716m
108% penetration rate*
2030
35% Public
funding
Employment
2030
874m 5G Percentage of connections
(excluding licensed cellular IoT) 2023
2023
500k jobs
4.3% $20bn
120% penetration rate*
Directly supported by the
2023
mobile ecosystem
2.5%
50% 700k
CAGR
2023-2030
2030
Mobile ecosystem contribution to
public funding (before regulatory Plus
*Percentage of population
and spectrum fees) indirect jobs