Category: Telecommunications & Wireless
Telecommunications & Wireless market research reports by IDC
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Embedded Payments — Acceptance
Embedded Payments — Acceptance This IDC Perspective discusses the other side of the card payment ecosystem: acceptance. The concept of embedded financial services continues to find traction across multiple industries. IDC believes that embedded financial services are an evolutionary step in the proc ... Read More
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A Telco Outlook on Generative AI
A Telco Outlook on Generative AI This IDC Market Note reviews the current expected use cases and impact of generative AI in the telecoms sector, reflecting on the past six months of industry discussions and considerations for using generative AI — and AI in general — in the telecoms industry. Please ... Read More
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Europe 5G Network Slicing Services Forecast, 2023–2027
Europe 5G Network Slicing Services Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC Market Forecast study presents a five-year forecast for European 5G network-slicing services revenue generated by European communications SPs. The forecast aligns with the worldwide 5G network-slicing services forecast methodology and o ... Read More
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New Era in Medical Devices Cybersecurity: Implications of the FDA's Latest Guidance Document for the Industry
New Era in Medical Devices Cybersecurity: Implications of the FDA's Latest Guidance Document for the Industry This IDC Market Note provides an overview of and insights into the FDA's final guidance document entitled "Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Refuse to Accept Policy for Cyber Devices Under S ... Read More
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U.S. Consumer Fixed Broadband Market Shares, 2022: Cable Growth Slows, While Fixed Wireless Access Surges
U.S. Consumer Fixed Broadband Market Shares, 2022: Cable Growth Slows, While Fixed Wireless Access Surges This IDC study provides market shares for the U.S. consumer fixed broadband market for full-year 2022."Broadband is the most important service for most households, driving connectivity across nu ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartphone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: June 2023
Worldwide Smartphone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: June 2023 This IDC study presents the updated five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by operating system. The worldwide smartphone market will reach 1.17 billion units shipped in 2023, down 3.2% from the 1.20 billion units shipped in 2 ... Read More
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Western Europe 4G/5G Mobile Private Network Shipments, Revenue, and Connections Forecast, 2023–2027
Western Europe 4G/5G Mobile Private Network Shipments, Revenue, and Connections Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC Market Forecast discusses the prospects of the MPN market in Western Europe. It identifies key trends that will shape the market over the next five years and features five-year forecasts for ... Read More
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European Enterprise Fixed Data Services Forecast, 2023–2027
European Enterprise Fixed Data Services Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC Market Forecast analyzes the development of the enterprise fixed data services market in Europe with an outlook to 2027. This market includes internet access, private IP, Ethernet, very-high bandwidth, cloud connectivity, and legac ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific Communications Service Provider Market Semiannual Update, 2H22
Asia/Pacific Communications Service Provider Market Semiannual Update, 2H22 This IDC study looks at the Asia/Pacific fixed-line telecommunications market, which is unique in terms of a rich mix of mature markets, such as China, South Korea, Singapore, and emerging markets, such as India, Malaysia, P ... Read More
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Canadian Communications Services Market Shares, 2022: The Dawn of Satellite Internet
Canadian Communications Services Market Shares, 2022: The Dawn of Satellite Internet This IDC Canada study analyzes the Canadian communications services sector revenue shares across the major service providers in Canada. The telecommunications market is undergoing a significant consolidation not onl ... Read More
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Communication Service Providers Expand Service and Revenue Opportunities with Low Earth Orbit Satellites
Communication Service Providers Expand Service and Revenue Opportunities with Low Earth Orbit Satellites This IDC Market Perspective highlights how low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites have emerged to become more prominent for communications service providers' (comms SPs)' investment and technology plan ... Read More
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Are Digital Payments the Key to Youth Banking?
Are Digital Payments the Key to Youth Banking? This IDC Market Note discusses the Venmo Teen Account, which is the most recent in a long line of youth-focused financial services products. A range of technologies are enabling a new way to offer payment services to new demographic markets. Banks and f ... Read More
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Semiconductor Market Forecast, 2023–2027
Worldwide Mobile Phone Semiconductor Market Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC study provides the forecast for the mobile phone semiconductor market for 2023–2027."The shift into the third era of smartphone processors around 2025 — a trend that cuts across media tablets and Arm-based PCs too — is the bigg ... Read More
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Digital Innovation in Telcos: Trends and Best Practices in Mature Asia/Pacific Markets
Digital Innovation in Telcos: Trends and Best Practices in Mature Asia/Pacific Markets This IDC Market Perspective offers insights about the challenges, industry trends, and best practices of telecom firms driving digital innovation in Asia/Pacific. The digital-first concept is being embraced by tel ... Read More
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The Future of Connectedness 2.0: Redefined
The Future of Connectedness 2.0: Redefined This IDC Perspective is a refresh of a 2022 anchor document that discusses the new future of connectedness framework as designed and defined by a global team of IDC's telecommunications, networking, and services analysts. In this document, we present a fram ... Read More
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IDC Perspective: Why Is 5G High on Pharma's Radar?
IDC Perspective: Why Is 5G High on Pharma's Radar? This IDC Perspective examines why the adoption of 5G is growing so rapidly, which are the key use cases for the life science industry, and where the roadblocks lie and provides guidance to technology buyers."As 5G technology becomes increasingly per ... Read More
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5G Clearly Drives ARPU Increase, But Telcos Must Act Quickly to Develop New Revenue Streams
5G Clearly Drives ARPU Increase, But Telcos Must Act Quickly to Develop New Revenue Streams This IDC Market Perspective discusses the effects of 5G adoption on average revenue per user (ARPU) in Europe. Mobile consumer 5G ARPU today is now higher than for previous generations. However, promoting 5G ... Read More
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Canadian Consumer Wireless, Internet, and Wireline Voice Services Forecast, 2023–2027
Canadian Consumer Wireless, Internet, and Wireline Voice Services Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC study examines consumer wireless voice and data, residential dial-up and high-speed internet, and residential wireline voice services and addresses the current state of these markets in Canada. It provides ... Read More
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Semiconductor Market Shares, 2022: Qualcomm Dominates Revenue Share Again in the Midst of the Coming Third Era of Smartphone Processors
Worldwide Mobile Phone Semiconductor Market Shares, 2022: Qualcomm Dominates Revenue Share Again in the Midst of the Coming Third Era of Smartphone Processors This IDC study discusses the worldwide mobile phone semiconductor market for 2022."Qualcomm dominates the revenue share for key semiconductor ... Read More
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The Emergence of Open RAN Mobile Network Strategy for 5G Deployment
The Emergence of Open RAN Mobile Network Strategy for 5G Deployment This IDC Perspective provides an overview of open RAN initiatives in Asia/Pacific and their role in 5G network deployment. Open RAN is a new approach that separates the hardware and software components of the RAN, allowing communica ... Read More
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Telco Operator Digital Units: Keep It In or Spin It Out?
Telco Operator Digital Units: Keep It In or Spin It Out? This IDC Market Perspective discusses the different approaches European telecom operators can take in operating their digital units. As European telcos recognize enterprise customers' need to embrace digital transformation across different ver ... Read More
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European Consumer Telco Monetization Strategies
European Consumer Telco Monetization Strategies This IDC Market Perspective describes the focus of European telco actions and initiatives oriented toward monetizing their services, accelerating their transition to new operating models, and addressing rapidly changing consumer behavior, thus creating ... Read More
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5G Operational Readiness: AWS' Strategy Continues to Evolve
5G Operational Readiness: AWS' Strategy Continues to Evolve This IDC Market Perspective provides an update on Amazon Web Services' (AWS') evolving profile considering several portfolio updates at MWC 2023 that significantly expand the company's focus on communications service providers (SPs). IDC hi ... Read More
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Spotlighting the Importance of Secure Digital Infrastructure: Key Retail Takeaways from the Comcast Business Analyst Conference
Spotlighting the Importance of Secure Digital Infrastructure: Key Retail Takeaways from the Comcast Business Analyst Conference This IDC Market Note covers key retail takeaways from the Comcast Business Analyst Conference held in March 2023. It includes a discussion of secure networking and its imp ... Read More
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1Q23 MVNO Earnings Results: Big Subscriber Gains for Top Cable MVNOs; Boost Mobile's Losses Drag On
1Q23 MVNO Earnings Results: Big Subscriber Gains for Top Cable MVNOs; Boost Mobile's Losses Drag On This IDC Market Note examines the 1Q23 earnings, released April 27 to May 8, 2023, from the three U.S. cable companies that report mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) financial services results as ... Read More
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