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The global wireless industry continued its rapid expansion in the third quarter of 2025, with global 5G connections reaching 2.8 billion worldwide, according to data from Omdia and 5G Americas.
According to new data from 5G Americas and Omdia, global 5G connections climbed past 2.6 billion in Q2 2025 — a 37 percent year-over-year surge — and are projected to reach nearly 9 billion by 2030, representing 60 percent of all wireless connections worldwide.
According to data from 5G Americas and Omdia, global 5G connections rose to 2.4 billion, with projections suggesting an increase to 8 billion by 2029, representing over 94 percent of forecasted global population coverage of 8.5 billion.
Omdia’s latest competitive assessment of nine end-to-end private 5G network infrastructure vendors has identified Nokia, ZTE and Ericsson as the top three leaders in this evolving market.
According to 5G Americas and Omdia, 5G has expanded 4x faster than 4G LTE did in a comparable period, when LTE had just surpassed 500 million connections at the end of 2014.
According to data from 5G Americas and Omdia, over 170 million new 5G connections were added globally during Q3 of 2024, underscoring the rapid adoption of next-generation wireless technologies.
According to data from 5G Americas and Omdia, global IoT subscriptions currently stand at 3.4 billion, complemented by 6.7 billion smartphone subscriptions.
In the first quarter of 2024, the global adoption of 5G connections continued its steady climb, reaching nearly two billion with an addition of 185 million new connections, according to data from 5G Americas and Omdia.
5G isn’t just the fastest-growing generation of wireless cellular technology; it’s on course to become the most widely-adopted, exceeding 4G LTE by over 2.5 billion connections in 2028, according to 5G America and data from Omdia.
