Indonesian enterprises are signaling one of the region’s strongest appetites for digital transformation, GSMA said Wednesday.

The recent GSMA Intelligence survey of more than 580 companies across ASEAN shows firms in Indonesia expect to channel an average 10 percent of their revenues into digital transformation between 2025 and 2030, above both the ASEAN (10.4 percent) and global (9.8 percent) averages.

Meanwhile, two-thirds of respondents ranked AI in their top three areas of spend, while over half view 5G-enabled internet of things (IoT) as essential to future growth, underlining the country’s ambition to harness next-generation technologies for competitiveness and security.

According to GSMA Intelligence, the next wave of 5G investment in Indonesia can unlock a further $41 billion in gross domestic product for the nation’s economy between 2024 and 2030, underscoring the transformative economic impact of digital connectivity.

It is noted that mobile operators have invested almost $29 billion in Indonesia’s network infrastructure and services since 2015.

With the right investment landscape, the industry —including operators and ecosystem partners — is expected to commit an additional $16 billion between 2024 and 2030, with a strong focus on 5G rollouts.

“Indonesia’s scale, entrepreneurial energy and young, connected population give the country a strong opportunity to lead. The priority now is investment where it counts: affordable, predictable spectrum; resilient backhaul; and artificial intelligence (AI)–ready, sustainable data centers paired with visible consumer protections,

“With clear policy signals and cross–sector execution, Indonesia can innovate by crowding in private capital, hardening defenses against scams and accelerating inclusive growth across the archipelago,” said Julian Gorman, Head of Asia Pacific at the GSMA.

The GSMA’s Digital Nations report also tracked the progress of Asia Pacific nations across five pillars namely in infrastructure, innovation, data governance, security and people, highlighting where investment can yield the greatest impact.

Indonesia ranked in the middle of the 21 nations benchmarked.

While it showed Indonesia’s strengths around people, digital skills and cybersecurity it also highlighted areas of improvement in innovation and investment.

Delays to mid–band spectrum allocation, uneven rural coverage and limited AI–ready capacity risk slowing momentum just as demand accelerates.

Consumer trust is also under strain. Indonesian insights from the ASEAN Consumer Scam Report 2025 show Indonesia tracks the broader ASEAN picture where 45% of adults report lifetime victimization and 68 percent of victims lose money.

In Indonesia specifically, scam contacts are even more mobile-first, with OTT messaging (50 percent) and voice calls (44 percent) both above the ASEAN average.

The good news is 81 percent of Indonesians support operators sharing minimal, purpose–bound network signals (e.g., SIM–change and number–verification) at high–risk moments to stop fraud – paving the way for wider use of GSMA Open Gateway anti–fraud APIs.

It is noted that Indonesia’s three major mobile players, Telkomsel, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and XLSmart have formed an alliance to protect customers from scams and other cybersecurity risks by jointly adopting Open Gateway APIs, such as SIM Swap, Number Verification and Device Location, to secure payments and logins.

The GSMA has also urged a sharper, investment–led push to accelerate Indonesia’s digital transformation and drive innovation.

GSMA: five-fold GDP growth positions ASEAN for next wave of digital investment