Category: Telecommunications & Wireless
Telecommunications & Wireless market research reports by IDC
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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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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 Unified Communications and Collaboration Market Share, 2022: Vendors Shaping 2022
European Unified Communications and Collaboration Market Share, 2022: Vendors Shaping 2022 The IDC Market Share examines the European UC&C vendor landscape, with breakdowns for the various technologies and services that constitute this market, namely UC applications and IP telephony equipment, v ... 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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Nokia's Strategic Response to Shifting Market Dynamics in the Telecommunications industry
Nokia's Strategic Response to Shifting Market Dynamics in the Telecommunications industry This IDC Perspective reviews Nokia's ongoing journey toward innovation and excellence in the telecommunications realm. It considers the focus of Nokia's 2023 rebrand and the development of several strategic ini ... 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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Redesigning the Office to Meet Future Business Needs
Redesigning the Office to Meet Future Business Needs This IDC Market Perspective examines the current trends in office redesign, drawing on results from IDC’s 2023 Future of Work Survey. It also provides an overview of the popular technologies used to support seamless collaboration, attract employee ... 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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