Generative AI applications are emerging as a key area driving interest in differentiated connectivity - guaranteed uninterrupted high-end connectivity - among 5G smartphone users, new global research shows.

Australians — or at least 500 of them in Sydney — are among a group of several thousand of advanced users of the Internet around the world who see technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality playing a much more prominent role — both in society and at work — than ever before.

A global study of thousands of smartphone users has revealed that loyalty towards mobile operators can’t be taken for granted, with network performance increasingly playing a crucial role in driving user loyalty.

Many Australians are interested in connected home services primarily for delivering and managing home security, energy and utility and health services.

Smartphone subscriptions in South East Asia and Oceania will increase fourfold to over 800 million by 2020.