Mobile ecosystem employment
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18 million
Asia-Pacific · 2025
Mobile ecosystem employment in the Asia-Pacific stood at 18 million in 2025 (GSMA).
- Publisher
- GSMA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Other key findings from the Mobile Economy Asia Pacific 2026
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The mobile ecosystem supported 18 million jobs across the region in 2025.
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- APA
- GSMA. (2025). GSMA Report: Mobile Industry to Contribute US$1.4 Trillion to Asia Pacific Economy by 2030 as Digital Trust, AI, Digital Sovereignty and Resilience Take Centre Stage at M360 ASEAN. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-report-mobile-industry-to-contribute-us1-4-trillion-to-asia-pacific-economy-by-2030-as-digital-trust-ai-digital-sovereignty-and-resilience-take-centre-stage-at-m360-asean/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8KCDRSR4QRED1DCTESQVBPRNSC
- MLA
- GSMA. "GSMA Report: Mobile Industry to Contribute US$1.4 Trillion to Asia Pacific Economy by 2030 as Digital Trust, AI, Digital Sovereignty and Resilience Take Centre Stage at M360 ASEAN." 2025, https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-report-mobile-industry-to-contribute-us1-4-trillion-to-asia-pacific-economy-by-2030-as-digital-trust-ai-digital-sovereignty-and-resilience-take-centre-stage-at-m360-asean/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8KCDRSR4QRED1DCTESQVBPRNSC.
- Chicago
- GSMA. "GSMA Report: Mobile Industry to Contribute US$1.4 Trillion to Asia Pacific Economy by 2030 as Digital Trust, AI, Digital Sovereignty and Resilience Take Centre Stage at M360 ASEAN." 2025. https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-report-mobile-industry-to-contribute-us1-4-trillion-to-asia-pacific-economy-by-2030-as-digital-trust-ai-digital-sovereignty-and-resilience-take-centre-stage-at-m360-asean/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8KCDRSR4QRED1DCTESQVBPRNSC.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gsma2025mobilebprnsc, author = {{GSMA}}, title = {GSMA Report: Mobile Industry to Contribute US\$1.4 Trillion to Asia Pacific Economy by 2030 as Digital Trust, AI, Digital Sovereignty and Resilience Take Centre Stage at M360 ASEAN}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8KCDRSR4QRED1DCTESQVBPRNSC}, note = {Original source: https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-report-mobile-industry-to-contribute-us1-4-trillion-to-asia-pacific-economy-by-2030-as-digital-trust-ai-digital-sovereignty-and-resilience-take-centre-stage-at-m360-asean/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- GSMA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- GSMA Report: Mobile Industry to Contribute US$1.4 Trillion to Asia Pacific Economy by 2030 as Digital Trust, AI, Digital Sovereignty and Resilience Take Centre Stage at M360 ASEAN
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- Other key findings from the Mobile Economy Asia Pacific 2026
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_8KCDRSR4QRED1DCTESQVBPRNSC