Category: 5G & 6G
5G & 6G market research reports by IDC
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Emerging Trends in the IoT Cellular Connectivity Market for 2024
Emerging Trends in the IoT Cellular Connectivity Market for 2024 This IDC Market Perspective examines the key trends that will impact the IoT cellular connectivity market in 2024. In an increasingly competitive field of IoT cellular connectivity providers, the important lessons learned around globa ... Read More
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5G Monetization Enablers: 5G Policy/PCF
5G Monetization Enablers: 5G Policy/PCF This IDC Market Perspective examines the growing importance of complex 5G policy support and enforcement and its crucial role in providing a bridge between network resources and monetization. As telcos embrace 5G core network elements, they will need to rely o ... Read More
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Top 5 Trends in Telecommunications Digital Services and Monetization to Watch in 2024
Top 5 Trends in Telecommunications Digital Services and Monetization to Watch in 2024 This IDC Market Perspective examines the top 5 trends that will impact the global communications service provider market in 2024. These trends include the strategic imperative of generative AI (GenAI) for the telec ... Read More
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DeepTech: Technologies with Purpose in Europe
DeepTech: Technologies with Purpose in Europe This IDC Market Perspective explores the defining characteristics of DeepTech, emphasizing its research and development intensity, high complexity and its Tech4Good purpose. DeepTech, an emerging category of advanced technologies, has garnered significan ... Read More
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Emerging Trends in the U.S. Mobile Market for 2024
Emerging Trends in the U.S. Mobile Market for 2024 This IDC Market Perspective examines the key trends that will impact the U.S. mobile market in 2024. Considering these anticipated trends poised to bring about some changes in the U.S. mobile services landscape, communications SPs must adeptly navig ... Read More
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U.S. 5G Connections Forecast, 2023–2027
U.S. 5G Connections Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC study provides the U.S. 5G connections forecast for 2023–2027.“5G became the modus operandi for the majority of mobile subscribers in the United States in 2023, though not because it was an intent-based decision, but rather the ubiquity of coverage, i ... Read More
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Telco CPaaS Strategies in Europe
Telco CPaaS Strategies in Europe This IDC Market Perspective looks at how CPaaS is deployed within European telco enterprise communications strategies as well as its role in telco operators' digital marketplaces, network monetization, and unlocking new customer market communities."As 5G market deman ... Read More
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Telco-Driven Edge Services: The Intersection of 5G and Internet of Things
Telco-Driven Edge Services: The Intersection of 5G and Internet of Things This IDC Market Perspective explores the intersection of 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) in the context of telco-driven edge services. It discusses how the convergence of these technologies presents opportunities for communica ... Read More
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Cable MVNOs Encounter Persistent Growth in 3Q23 Subscribers and Revenue as Boost Mobile Struggles with Continued Losses
Cable MVNOs Encounter Persistent Growth in 3Q23 Subscribers and Revenue as Boost Mobile Struggles with Continued Losses This IDC Market Perspective examines the 3Q23 earnings from the three U.S. cable companies that offer mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services and from DISH Network's Boost ... Read More
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Worldwide 5G Network Infrastructure Forecast, 2023–2027
Worldwide 5G Network Infrastructure Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC study provides a five-year forecast for the worldwide 5G network infrastructure market for the 2023–2027 period."The overall mobile network infrastructure market is expected to slightly decline over the forecast period as comms SPs tak ... Read More
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T-Mobile's Hybrid 5G Network for Boston Children's Hospital: Combining Robust Secure Connectivity with the Mobility to Serve Patients Wherever, Whenever the Need Arises
T-Mobile's Hybrid 5G Network for Boston Children's Hospital: Combining Robust Secure Connectivity with the Mobility to Serve Patients Wherever, Whenever the Need Arises This IDC Market Note examines the recent announcement that T-Mobile and its partners will be building the first 5G hybrid network i ... Read More
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STC Group Profile
STC Group Profile This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of one of the leading telecom operators in Saudia Arabia and the wider Middle East. IDC assessed STC Group's portfolio and strategy for the digital services market (e.g., cloud services, IoT, data analytics). Please Note: Extended descript ... Read More
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Road to 5G: How a Vendor Impacts a Communication SP's 5G Journey
Road to 5G: How a Vendor Impacts a Communication SP's 5G Journey This IDC Market Perspective looks into what communication SPs (CSPs) are looking forward to after deploying 5G. 5G deployments are in full swing, with mature markets, such as South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Singapore, deploying 5G i ... Read More
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European 5G IoT Forecast, 2023–2027
European 5G IoT Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC Market Forecast provides IDC's assessment of the current adoption of and spending on 5G IoT connections in Europe, along with a five-year forecast."Although we are now a few years into the 5G era, we have not yet seen its true potential for IoT. 5G networ ... Read More
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United Arab Emirates Telecom Services Forecast, 2022-2027
United Arab Emirates Telecom Services Forecast, 2022-2027 This IDC Market Forecast examines the outlook for the UAE telecom market across the 2022–2027 period. The study analyzes the provision of connectivity services and discusses the key trends, challenges, and competitive dynamics shaping the mar ... Read More
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South Africa Open RAN/Open Core Trends and Developments
South Africa Open RAN/Open Core Trends and Developments This IDC Market Perspective explores the momentum behind open RAN and open core in South Africa. Open RAN is a new approach that separates the hardware and software components of a RAN, allowing communications service providers to use products ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and Greater China) Carrier Equipment Spending Forecast Update, 2023–2027
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and Greater China) Carrier Equipment Spending Forecast Update, 2023–2027 This IDC Market Forecast analyzes the mobile network equipment investments that continue to play a larger portion in total capex, accounting for 65–70% of total network equipment capex, indicating ... Read More
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Japan Carrier MEC Market Forecast, 2023–2027
Japan Carrier MEC Market Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC Market Forecast summarizes the outlook for the Japan carrier multi-access edge cloud (MEC) services market and forecasts the market size from 2023 to 2027.Although the development of the carrier MEC market is basically left to market competition ... Read More
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Vodafone Unleashing the Potential of 5G, Cloud, Edge, and MPN Solutions
Vodafone Unleashing the Potential of 5G, Cloud, Edge, and MPN Solutions This IDC Market Note analyzes announcements during Vodafone Group's Analyst Roundtable 2023 session. Vodafone is taking different strategies to tackle the competitiveness of the European telecom and technology markets for the en ... Read More
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Worldwide Foldable Phone Forecast Update, 2023–2027
Worldwide Foldable Phone Forecast Update, 2023–2027 This IDC study presents our updated five-year forecast for foldable phone shipments worldwide. The worldwide foldable phone market will reach 20.4 million devices in 2023, up 43.9% from the 14.2 million units shipped in 2022. Total foldable shipmen ... Read More
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Is the Future Wireless? The Rise of 5G Fixed Wireless Broadband in Asia/Pacific
Is the Future Wireless? The Rise of 5G Fixed Wireless Broadband in Asia/Pacific This IDC Perspective examines what is driving mobile network operators (MNOs) to deploy 5G fixed wireless broadband (FWB), its benefits and challenges, utilizing a case study from the New Zealand market where incumbent t ... Read More
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5G Exposure and Network APIs: How Will the Telecom Ecosystem Capture New Opportunities with Developers?
5G Exposure and Network APIs: How Will the Telecom Ecosystem Capture New Opportunities with Developers? This IDC Market Perspective covers the fast-developing network API ecosystem and seeks to answer key questions related to how the ecosystem is developing and who is shaping it. In addition, this d ... Read More
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EMEA Communications SP Operations and Monetization Solution Forecast, 2023-2027
EMEA Communications SP Operations and Monetization Solution Forecast, 2023-2027 EMEA network operators are investing in their OSS/BSS estates to become 'match fit' as they progress their service strategies beyond pure connectivity. Their investments now and in the next few years are intended to redu ... Read More
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Addressing Visibility and Observability Challenges Is Vital to 5G Monetization
Addressing Visibility and Observability Challenges Is Vital to 5G Monetization This IDC Market Perspective examines the importance of addressing the visibility and observability challenges, which is vital to 5G monetization. Comms SPs are challenged with increasingly complex network architectures, ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Managed Connectivity Services as an Enabler of Enterprise Connectedness
IDC PlanScape: Managed Connectivity Services as an Enabler of Enterprise Connectedness This IDC PlanScape provides business and technology leaders with a background on the role of managed connectivity services as part of the enterprise road map to becoming agile and connected. It looks at some of th ... Read More
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