2024版《移动行业SDG影响力报告》2024 Mobile Industry Impact Report Sustainable Development Goals

2024

MobileIndustryImpactReport:

Sustainable

DevelopmentGoals

Executivesummary

September2024

TheGSMAisaglobalorganisationunifyingthemobileecosystemtodiscover,develop

anddeliverinnovationfoundationalto

positivebusinessenvironmentsandsocietalchange.Ourvisionistounlockthefullpowerofconnectivitysothatpeople,industry

andsocietythrive.Representingmobile

operatorsandorganisationsfromcrossthemobileecosystemandadjacentindustries,theGSMAdeliversforitsmembersacrossthreebroadpillars:IndustryServicesandSolutions,ConnectivityforGoodand

Outreach.Thisactivityincludesunderpinningthetechnologyandinteroperabilitythat

makemobilework,advancingpolicy,tacklingtoday’sbiggestsocietalchallengesand

providingtheworld’slargestplatformto

convenethemobileecosystemattheMWCandM360seriesofevents.

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GSMAIntelligenceisthedefinitive

sourceofglobalmobileoperatordata,

analysisandforecasts,andapublisher

ofauthoritativeindustryreportsand

research.Ourdatacoverseveryoperatorgroup,networkandMVNOinevery

countryworldwide–fromAfghanistan

toZimbabwe.Itisthemostaccurateandcompletesetofindustrymetricsavailable,comprisingtensofmillionsofindividual

datapointswhichareupdateddaily.

GSMAIntelligenceisreliedonbyleading

operators,vendors,regulators,financial

institutionsandthird-partyindustryplayerstosupportstrategicdecision-makingandlong-terminvestmentplanning.Thedata

isusedasanindustryreferencepointandisfrequentlycitedbythemediaandby

theindustryitself.

Ourteamofanalystsandexpertsproduceregularthought-leadingresearchreportsacrossarangeofindustrytopics.

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Digitalconnectivityisessentialforadvancingsustainabledevelopment

Immediateactionisrequiredtoreversethesetrends.BuildingontherecommendationsoftheGlobalSustainableDevelopmentReport2023,theUNhasproposedaframework

builtaroundsixinvestmentpathwaysfortheeffectivedeliveryofhigh-impact,sustainable,resilientandinnovativesolutionstorealise

theSDGsby2030.2Digitalconnectivityis

oneofthesesixinvestmentpathways,withtheUNhighlightingconnectivity’svitalroleinprovidingthefoundationsonwhichdigitalproducts,serviceandinnovationscanbe

builtforthebenefitofallofsociety.

Theworldisgrapplingwithsubstantialeconomic,socialandenvironmental

challengesinthefaceofescalatingrisksanduncertainties.Inanincreasingly

interconnectedworld,shocksandcrises

areoccurringwithgreaterfrequencyand

intensity.RecenteventssuchastheCovid-19pandemic,conflictsandclimate-related

disastershavesignificantlyhinderedprogressineradicatingpovertyandhunger,reducinginequalityandgendergaps,andenhancinghealthandeducationoutcomes.1

Theimpactofthesecrisesisapparent

whenmeasuringprogressontheUN

SustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs).

“Inanincreasingly

TheworldisnotontracktoachievemostoftheSDGsby2030.TheUN’s2024

interconnectedworld,shocksandcrises

areoccurringwithgreaterfrequency”

assessmentoftheroughly140SDGtargetswithdatashowsthatonly17%areon

track,nearlyhalfareshowingminimalormoderateprogressandmorethanathirdhaveseeneithernomovementorregressedbelowthe2015baseline.

1TheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsReport2024,UN,June2024

2‘Reinforcingthe2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopmentanderadicatingpovertyintimesofmultiplecrises:Theeffectivedeliveryofsustainable,resilientandinnovativesolutions’,UN,May2024

2024MobileIndustryImpactReportExecutiveSummary3

Themobileindustryhasachieved58%ofitspotentialcontributiontotheSDGs–upfrom31%in2015

20152023

Themobileindustrymakesasignificantcontributiontodrivingsustainable

developmentandachievingtheSDGs.

In2023,theaverageSDGmobileimpact

scoreacrossthe17goalswas58.3This

meansthemobileindustryachieved58%

ofitspotentialcontributiontotheSDGs–

upfrom31%in2015.Themobileindustry

achieveditshighestimpactonSDG9:

Industry,InnovationandInfrastructure,

drivenbythereachofmobile.Bytheend

of2023,theshareoftheworld’spopulationlivinginareaswithoutmobilebroadband

coveragestoodatjust4%(350million

people),while57%oftheworld’spopulation(4.6billionpeople)wasusingmobileinternet.

Growingusageofmobile-enabledactivitiesisalsopivotaltothemobileindustry’sSDG

contribution.Forexample,3billionpeople

(54%ofmobilesubscribers)usedmobile

financialservices(suchasmobilebanking

andmobilemoney)in2023.Thisdrives

mobile’simpactonmultipleSDGs,includingSDG1:NoPovertyandSDG8:DecentWorkandEconomicGrowth,byhelpingindividualstomanagetheirfinanceswhilecreating

employmentopportunitiesandraising

productivity.Yet,despitethesignificant

impactofthemobiletechnologyonthe

SDGs,thereisstillmoreworktobedonetomaximisetheindustry’scontributionaheadofthe2030deadline.

3ForeachSDG,theGSMAcalculatesa‘mobileimpactscore’outof100.Ascoreofzeromeansthemobileindustryishavingnoimpactatall,whileascoreof100meanstheindustryisdoingeverythingpossibletocontributetothatSDG.AmoredetaileddescriptionisprovidedintheSDGImpactMethodologydocument.

2024MobileIndustryImpactReportExecutiveSummary4

“ThemobileindustryachieveditshighestimpactonSDG9:Industry,Innovationand

Infrastructure,drivenbythe

reachofmobile.Bytheendof2023,theshareoftheworld’spopulationlivinginareaswithoutmobile

broadbandcoveragestoodatjust4%(350millionpeople),while57%oftheworld’spopulation(4.6billionpeople)wasusingmobileinternet.”

2024MobileIndustryImpactReportExecutiveSummary5

TheUNSummitoftheFutureisauniqueopportunitytoenhancecooperation

oncriticalchallengesandaccelerateprogressontheSDGs

On22September2024,theUNSummitoftheFuturewillconveneworldleadersto

forgeanewinternationalconsensusonhowtodeliverabetterpresentandsafeguard

thefuture.Digitalconnectivitywillbecentraltodiscussionsduringtheevent.TheUN’s

CommonAgendaproposesaGlobalDigitalCompacttobeagreedattheSummitoftheFuture.4Thiscompactoutlinesthreecriticalareasrequiringurgentmulti-stakeholder

digitalcooperation:closingthedigitaldivide;makingtheonlinespaceopenandsafefor

everyone;andgoverningAIforhumanity.

Themobileindustryplaysacrucialrolein

eachofthesethreeareas.First,addressingtheusagegapisintegraltoclosingthe

digitaldivideandensuringnooneisleft

behindinthedigitalage.5Mostunconnected

personsliveinareaswithmobilebroadbandcoverage,butfacebarrierstoadoption

includingaffordability(particularlyof

internet-enabledhandsets),knowledge,skillsandrelevance.Operatorsandtheirpartnershaveimplementedseveral

initiativestotacklethesechallenges.

Theseincludeofferingfinancingoptions

tomakesmartphonesmoreaccessibleforawiderrangeofconsumers,promoting

digitalskillsandeducation,andintroducingrelevantcontentandonlineservices.

Inaddition,mobileoperatorsplayan

importantroleinprovidingasafeandsecuremobileexperiencefortheirconsumerswhilemeetingtheirobligationstoprotectpublicsafety.Theirworkincludesaddressingissuesofprivacyandsecurity,aswellaspromoting

4TheGlobalDigitalCompactwillsetoutprinciples,objectivesandactionsforadvancinganopen,free,secureandhuman-centreddigitalfuturethatisanchoredinuniversalhumanrightsandthatenablestheattainmentoftheSDGs.Formoreinformation,pleasesee‘AGlobalDigitalCompact—anOpen,FreeandSecureDigitalFutureforall’,UN,May2023

5The‘usagegap’referstothosewholivewithinthefootprintofamobilebroadbandnetworksbutdonotusemobileinternetservices

2024MobileIndustryImpactReportExecutiveSummary6

thesafeandbeneficialuseofmobileservicesandthevastarrayofapplicationsthey

support.Theseactionsgiveindividualstheconfidencetousethefullrangeofonline

services,providingaccesstovitalinformationandlife-enhancingtoolsthatsupportthe

mobileindustry’scontributiontotheSDGs.

Themobileindustryisalsoattheforefrontofinitiativestotacklethechallenges

associatedwithAI,withoperators

collaboratingwithadiverserangeof

stakeholderstodevelopethicalguidelinesandpromoteresponsibleAIpractice.

RaisingawarenessandprovidingeducationaboutAIpracticesandsafetyisalsoacriticalaspectofmaximisingthepotentialofAI

solutions.OperatorinitiativesarehelpingdiversepopulationsbetterunderstandAIanditssafetyconcernswhileaddressingtheneedsofunderservedcommunities.

“OperatorinitiativesarehelpingdiversepopulationsbetterunderstandAIanditssafetyconcerns”

2024MobileIndustryImpactReportExecutiveSummary7

Keydriversofmobile’sSDGimpact6

Mobileinternetcoverageandadoption

4%

57%

oftheworld’spopulation

(350millionpeople)are

stillnotcoveredbymobilebroadband(coveragegap)

oftheworld’spopulation(4.6billionpeople)nowusemobileinternet

49%

39%

Mobileinternetisusedby

49%ofthepoorest40%,

equivalentto1.6billionpeople

oftheworld’spopulation(3.1billionpeople)livewithinthefootprint

ofamobilebroadbandnetworkbutarenotusingit(usagegap)

41%60%2x

Ruralmobile

internetadoptionhasreached41%

(1.4billionpeople)

4Gaccountsfor

almost6