Expanding GSA’s Research Capabilities: Partnership with CCS Insight to Enrich GAMBoD Database and Industry Reports
London, 3 February 2025 — The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has renewed its partnership with CCS Insight, extending the agreement for five years through to 2030. This new agreement builds on the successful collaboration established in 2022 and appoints CCS Insight as the exclusive provider of GSA’s research. The extended partnership aims to deliver an even broader and deeper level of insight to support the mobile, connected and network markets.
GSA consistently tracks and reports on the latest advancements in the global mobile industry, including spectrum auctions, band availability, 4G and 5G network roll-outs, device launches and the market status of technologies such as VoNR, NB-IoT and 5G carrier aggregation. Its GAMBoD database delivers data, analysis and insights, supporting GSA’s research groups and focus areas, including spectrum, fixed wireless access (FWA), standards, private mobile networks and RedCap. The database is accessible to GSA Members and Associates, with free executive summary reports available on the GSA website. Since the organization’s formation in 1998, GSA reports have been downloaded over 2 million times.
With this new five-year agreement, GSA and CCS Insight will work together to enhance GAMBoD’s functionality, including ongoing development, hosting and support for membership recruitment. This collaboration will enable broader and deeper research, delivering enhanced insights into the key trends shaping the global mobile ecosystem.
The GAMBoD database is an essential resource for manufacturers, component suppliers, network operators, infrastructure suppliers, software companies and trade bodies. It contains millions of data points, including details of:
- Over 29,000 LTE and 5G devices
- Over 3,800 public networks
- Over 1,400 network operators
- Over 1,600 private network customers
- Over 400 chipsets
- Over 9,100 spectrum assignments
- Over 160 spectrum auctions tracked since 2021
- Spectrum auction data for at least 53 markets globally
- Over 1,000 device vendors tracked
- Over 280 5G device vendors tracked
- Over $51 billion worth of spectrum assignments tracked globally since the beginning of 2022
“CCS Insight is delighted to extend our partnership with GSA for another five years,” said Geoff Blaber, CEO of CCS Insight. “The mobile industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and our collaboration ensures that GSA Members and Associates continue to receive the most comprehensive, data-driven insights. By enhancing the GAMBoD database and deepening our research capabilities, we are reinforcing our shared commitment to delivering industry-leading intelligence to support critical decision-making across the mobile ecosystem.”
“Over the past three years, CCS Insight has overdelivered on its mobile industry research and reports for Members/Associates and free users, and has extended the capability of our GAMBoD industry databases”, said Joe Barrett, President, GSA. “We are therefore extremely happy to continue with this relationship and increase the research and deliverables we offer to the global mobile ecosystem”.
Resources available to GSA Members and Associates include detailed industry reports and access to the GAMBoD databases from which GSA reports are compiled, as well as the promotion of their own white papers and business using the GSA website. GSA Executive Members and Full Members also benefit from participation in GSA working groups, as well as driving GSA messaging and programmes.
CCS Insight was appointed following a competitive tender process.
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About CCS Insight
CCS Insight is a global analyst company focusing on current and future trends in technology. The firm offers comprehensive services tailored to meet the individual needs of its clients, helping them make sense of the connected world and optimize their strategies. CCS Insight provides valuable insights and analysis to navigate the complex technology landscape.
Learn more about CCS Insight at www.ccsinsight.com.
About GSA
GSA is the voice of the global mobile ecosystem representing companies engaged in the supply of infrastructure, semiconductors, test equipment, devices, applications and mobile support services. The organization plays a central role in promoting 3GPP technology, advocating spectrum policies and stimulating IMT industry development. The association is a single source of information for industry reports and market intelligence.
The GSA GAMBoD database is a unique search and analysis tool that has been developed to enable searches of LTE and 5G devices and new global data on Mobile Broadband Networks, Technologies and Spectrum (NTS). Results are presented as a list or in charts. Charts may be inserted into documents or presentations, subject to accreditation of GSA as the source.
GAMBoD is a resource dedicated to promoting the success and growth of the Mobile Broadband (MBB) industry and ecosystem and is fully available to all employees of GSA Executive and Ordinary Member companies and GSA Associates who subscribe to the service.
More information on GAMBoD is available here: https://gsacom.com/gambod/