Category: Telecommunications & Wireless
Telecommunications & Wireless market research reports by IDC
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The Future of Meeting Rooms — Delivering Equitable Experiences
The Future of Meeting Rooms — Delivering Equitable Experiences This IDC Market Perspective discusses how meeting room technologies are evolving with vendor-led innovation and the buyers' perspective on why they would be willing to spend on these technologies. "The establishment of hybrid working as ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartphone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: December 2023
Worldwide Smartphone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: December 2023 This IDC study presents the updated five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by operating system. The smartphone market will reach 1.16 billion units shipped in 2023, down 3.5% from the 1.20 billion units shipped in 2022. Fr ... 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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U.S. Mobile Phone and Smartphone Installed Base Forecast Update, 2023-2027
U.S. Mobile Phone and Smartphone Installed Base Forecast Update, 2023-2027 This IDC study analyzes the installed base of smartphone users in the United States by operating system (OS). It combines IDC’s extensive knowledge of smartphones, smartphone users, subscribers, subscriber growth, and challen ... Read More
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European Enterprise Voice Platforms and Services Forecast, 2022-2027
European Enterprise Voice Platforms and Services Forecast, 2022-2027 The integration and capabilities of UCaaS, in addition to the quality of the service, means voice will remain an important part of the modern communications stack. Voice is becoming more specialized, and businesses will look for th ... 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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European Communications-Platform-as-a-Service Forecast, 2023–2027
European Communications-Platform-as-a-Service Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC Market Forecast assesses the European CPaaS market for 2022 to 2027. It provides insight into the underlying forces impacting this market in the forecast period."Despite macroeconomic challenges in the region, the CPaaS marke ... Read More
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BT Unveils its Strategy for Business at Focus 2023: Better on BT
BT Unveils its Strategy for Business at Focus 2023: Better on BT This IDC Market Perspective summarizes the highlights of BT Focus 2023, which was held virtually on October 12, 2023. It provides IDC's perspective on BT Business' strategy, with a focus on its Global Fabric platform and its efforts in ... Read More
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IDC Perspective: Best in Digital Policies Award Winner Profile
IDC Perspective: Best in Digital Policies Award Winner Profile This IDC Perspective discusses the nomination details of the Special Award for Smart Cities — Best in Digital Policies winner from the IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2023 in the Asia/Pacific region with focus on how generative AI (GenAI) c ... Read More
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Generative AI in Action: Vodafone Idea
Generative AI in Action: Vodafone Idea This IDC Perspective examines the adoption level of generative AI (GenAI) technologies in Vodafone Idea (VI). Its objective is to provide enterprises with practical insights and guidance relating to GenAI solutions adoption and demonstrate ways of leveraging it ... Read More
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Esri Conference: Industry Ecosystem Empowerment Through Shared Geospatial Data
Esri Conference: Industry Ecosystem Empowerment Through Shared Geospatial Data This IDC Market Note provides our observations and thoughts from the Esri IMGIS Conference held recently in Palm Springs, California."The move to modern GIS data mapping, as Esri envisions, includes integration of this da ... Read More
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Telco FMC Bundles in Europe: Shifting to Value-Based Offerings to Move Away from Tight Pricing Competition
Telco FMC Bundles in Europe: Shifting to Value-Based Offerings to Move Away from Tight Pricing Competition This IDC Market Perspective describes the evolution of the fixed-mobile convergence telecommunication services market. In Europe, growth in FMC multiplay bundle subscriptions has largely stalle ... 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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Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23
Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23 This IDC study provides an updated forecast for the worldwide augmented and virtual reality hardware market for the 2023–2027 period."Although 2023 will show another year of decline, it will show a significant slowd ... 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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European Unified-Communications-as-a-Service Forecast, 2022–2027
European Unified-Communications-as-a-Service Forecast, 2022–2027 This IDC Market Forecast analyzes the European UCaaS market over the 2022–2027 forecast period."Voice is an integral part of the communications and collaboration stack, and combined UCaaS and CCaaS solutions will become more common as ... Read More
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Connectedness 2024 Predictions
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Connectedness 2024 Predictions This IDC study provides IDC's 2024 top 10 predictions for future of connectedness."The enterprise road map to becoming agile and connected will be one that requires a continued shift toward cloud connectivity, where ubiquitous acce ... 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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European Telecommunications Capex Forecast, 2022-2027
European Telecommunications Capex Forecast, 2022-2027 This IDC Market Forecast provides a European forecast for telecommunications capex in 2021-2027. The capex forecast is broken down into France, Germany, Spain, the U.K., other European countries and Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)."Telecom ope ... Read More
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