Category: Wireless
Wireless market research reports by IDC
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The Smart and Sustainable Islands Market
The Smart and Sustainable Islands Market This IDC Market Perspective highlights how islands can be innovators, demonstrators, and a compelling market.The document presents critical information for technology providers and suppliers that want to take advantage of this opportunity. It highlights fundi ... Read More
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Russia–Ukraine War: Impact and Implications for the China Tech Industry
Russia–Ukraine War: Impact and Implications for the China Tech Industry Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a tremendous global response, including economic and technology sanctions from many countries. Several countries, including China, have abstained from voting on the United Nations resolution ... Read More
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U.S. SMB Managed Wi-Fi Services Forecast, 2022–2026
U.S. SMB Managed Wi-Fi Services Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC study identifies and quantifies the SMB managed Wi-Fi services market opportunity in the United States, including an assessment of the drivers and inhibitors influencing the deployment, marketing, and pricing of these services and the adop ... Read More
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U.S. Mobile Consumer and Business Services Forecast, 2022–2026
U.S. Mobile Consumer and Business Services Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC study analyzes the U.S. mobile consumer and business services market outlook for the 2022–2026 period."2021 saw unusually high net adds in the mobile industry in both the consumer and business segments," says Sandra Wendelken, ... Read More
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IDC Market Note: Smart Cities Connect, 2022
IDC Market Note: Smart Cities Connect, 2022 This IDC Market Note investigates the relevant news, announcements, and themes from the 2022 Smart Cities Connect (SCC) event held in Columbus, Ohio, as part of IDC's role to better understand and track the future of Smart City initiatives undertaken by mu ... Read More
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India's 5G Auction Is Finally in Motion
India's 5G Auction Is Finally in Motion This IDC Market Note discusses the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the upcoming 5G auctions scheduled in mid-2022. The TRAI has made recommendations for the issuance of spectrum for several 4G and 5G spectrum bands, but ... Read More
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How Edge Computing Aligns Connectedness and Trust
How Edge Computing Aligns Connectedness and Trust This IDC Perspective discusses how secure, scalable access anywhere and anytime is one of the goals and outcomes of the connected enterprise. As enterprises adopt the edge to enhance application performance and improve business agility, trusted conne ... Read More
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Managed Services: Enabling IT in Meeting Buyer 5G Needs
Managed Services: Enabling IT in Meeting Buyer 5G Needs This IDC Market Perspective provides insight into enterprises' needs and expectations of managed SPs in using managed services to support IT environments required to provision 5G capabilities. This document provides details of market maturity a ... Read More
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Worldwide Telecommunications Capex FY21: Overview of Top Global Service Providers
Worldwide Telecommunications Capex FY21: Overview of Top Global Service Providers This IDC Market Perspective presents an overview of strategy for investment in capital expenditure (capex) for top 10 global service providers and discusses in brief the factors influencing the overall telecommunicatio ... Read More
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The European Road Map to Self-Sovereign Identity
The European Road Map to Self-Sovereign Identity This IDC Perspective analyzes the technological and policy changes that are opening up new opportunities to deliver on the promise of an easy-to-use digital identity solution with high security and privacy standards for trusted inclusive access to dig ... Read More
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Can 5G Radio Access Networks Break the Energy Curve? The Quest for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emissions Reduction
Can 5G Radio Access Networks Break the Energy Curve? The Quest for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emissions Reduction The exponential growth of mobile data demand and the higher frequencies of 5G versus 4G means that 5G footprint will be much denser than that of 4G, and even though the energy efficien ... Read More
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A Comparative View of 4G, FTTx, and 5G Plans in South Africa
A Comparative View of 4G, FTTx, and 5G Plans in South Africa This IDC Market Perspective presents a comparative view of South African telecom operators’ data-only tariff plans and the UAE's position in relation to those offerings in other 5G-live countries — Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. ID ... Read More
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Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2021: Market Rebounds as Wi-Fi 6 Drives Growth
Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2021: Market Rebounds as Wi-Fi 6 Drives Growth This IDC study reviews 2021 vendor revenue and shipments in the wireless local area network (LAN) infrastructure market (excluding WLAN NICs) and shows the market's changes from 2020. Year-over-year and qua ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartphone Market Shares, 2021: Smartphones Finally Return to Growth
Worldwide Smartphone Market Shares, 2021: Smartphones Finally Return to Growth This IDC study examines the market share of the major vendors in the worldwide smartphone market in 2021."The fact that the market grew over 6% during these difficult times could be a precursor of better things to come do ... Read More
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IDC's Worldwide Small and Medium Business Spending Guide Taxonomy, 2022
IDC's Worldwide Small and Medium Business Spending Guide Taxonomy, 2022 This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's worldwide company size methodology and taxonomy. This document should be used as a companion piece for IDC's Worldwide Small and Medium Business Spending Guide and all of I ... Read More
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Space — The Crowded Frontier: LEO Satellite Constellations 2021–2022 Update
Space — The Crowded Frontier: LEO Satellite Constellations 2021–2022 Update This IDC Perspective provides an update on the status of a dozen major global low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. More than a dozen small satellite operators have begun to place giant constellation swarms — many ... Read More
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Smart Policies for People-Centric European Cities and Communities
Smart Policies for People-Centric European Cities and Communities This IDC Perspective provides an overview of eight macro policy areas that European city and community leaders should consider integrating into their smart city policies to drive a people-centric approach to technological innovation. ... Read More
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Worldwide Private 5G Network Evolution: Deployment Models and Regulatory Developments
Worldwide Private 5G Network Evolution: Deployment Models and Regulatory Developments This IDC Market Perspective provides information on private 5G network evolution and its deployment models and regulatory developments."Growing use cases for ultrareliable low-latency connectivity with complete con ... Read More
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5G Primer for Agriculture
5G Primer for Agriculture This IDC Perspective is part of a continuing series examining the development and commercialization of 5G use cases in specific industries. In this document, we outline how 5G intersects with and enables the broader ecosystem of technologies and vendors that must come toget ... Read More
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The Future of Connected Agriculture: Top 5G Use Cases
The Future of Connected Agriculture: Top 5G Use Cases This IDC Perspective is the first of a series of documents examining the impact of connectivity and faster networks on the development and commercialization of use cases in today's hyperconnected smart industries. This document takes a deeper loo ... Read More
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Enterprise Internet of Things Security Solution in the Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Region
Enterprise Internet of Things Security Solution in the Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Region This IDC Perspective discusses the various security solutions that enterprises adopt to protect their Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. According to IDC's Worldwide Security Spending Guide, spending o ... Read More
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5G Sustainability: CSPs Need C-Suite Focus to Make an Impact
5G Sustainability: CSPs Need C-Suite Focus to Make an Impact The IDC Market Note explains why 5G energy and sustainability has become a CSP C-suite agenda item since the beginning of 2022. It evaluates energy-efficiency features of 5G networks and outlines what CSPs must do to ensure their 5G energy ... Read More
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Future of Connectedness: 5G's Role in Fueling Education's DX Journey
Future of Connectedness: 5G's Role in Fueling Education's DX Journey This IDC Perspective looks at the 5G's role in fueling education's digital transformation (DX) journey. The emergence of 5G will expand the market for educational services, with high-quality connectivity enabling institutions to s ... Read More
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A Comparative View of 4G, FTTx, and 5G Plans in Saudi Arabia
A Comparative View of 4G, FTTx, and 5G Plans in Saudi Arabia This IDC Market Perspective presents a comparative view of the data-only tariff offerings of Saudi Arabia telecom operators in relation to offerings in other 5G-live countries — Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and South Africa. IDC c ... Read More
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Comcast, Charter, and Altice: As Broadband Growth Slows, Bundling Takes on a New Face
Comcast, Charter, and Altice: As Broadband Growth Slows, Bundling Takes on a New Face This IDC Market Note discusses recent announcements by various cable service providers in the United States. It summarizes IDC's opinion on market changes and dynamics that are impacting the multiplay bundling mark ... Read More
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