Category: Wireless
Wireless market research reports by IDC
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How to Make the Workspace Earn the Commute: Cisco's Office Redesign Experience
How to Make the Workspace Earn the Commute: Cisco's Office Redesign Experience This IDC Perspective discusses how Cisco has optimized its global office spaces to support hybrid work, focusing on collaboration, employee health, sustainability, and digitizing the real estate platform. By redesigning o ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartphone Market Shares, 2023: Revenues Grow, Shipments Drop
Worldwide Smartphone Market Shares, 2023: Revenues Grow, Shipments Drop This IDC study discusses the worldwide smartphone market for 2023."The slight rebound in 2023 could be a precursor of a better day ahead for 2024 as demand starts to return in many markets slowly," said Anthony Scarsella, resear ... Read More
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Worldwide Enterprise WLAN Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Enterprise WLAN Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study analyzes the key trends affecting the enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market. This study provides the worldwide revenue forecast for both the enterprise and the consumer WLAN markets. It segments the forecast into the followi ... Read More
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AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global: Serious D2D Contenders Against Starlink?
AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global: Serious D2D Contenders Against Starlink? This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of key operational and financial aspects of two aspirational direct-to-device (D2D) players AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global. It identifies aspects of the market open to them and ... Read More
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Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2023: Growth Driven by Backlog Drawdown and Wi-Fi 6E Adoption
Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2023: Growth Driven by Backlog Drawdown and Wi-Fi 6E Adoption This IDC study reviews 2023 vendor revenue and shipments in the wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure market (excluding WLAN NICs) and shows the market's changes from 2022. Year-o ... Read More
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Worldwide Telecommunications Capex Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Telecommunications Capex Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study provides a worldwide forecast for telecommunications service provider capex covering the 2024–2028 period. The capex forecast is broken out between wireless and wireline networks with data for each one of the three main geographic ... Read More
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Opportunities and Implications of IoT Networking for the European Enterprise
Opportunities and Implications of IoT Networking for the European Enterprise This IDC Market Perspective will investigate some of the implications and opportunities that IoT brings to European enterprise networking. The opportunities of IoT networking for the European enterprise are wide ranging. Th ... Read More
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The Future of Robotic-Assisted Telesurgery
The Future of Robotic-Assisted Telesurgery This IDC Perspective discusses the future of robotic-assisted telesurgery and its potential for improving healthcare delivery. It highlights its benefits, such as enhanced surgical accuracy, improved patient outcomes, and increased access to care, especiall ... Read More
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5G Trends in 2024
5G Trends in 2024 This IDC Market Perspective examines the key trends and drivers impacting 5G at the midpoint of the typical 10-year cycle for cellular generations. The 5G of recent years continues to evolve and mature, with the most talked about 5G features — ultra-reliable low-latency communicati ... Read More
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Highlights from LEAP 2024 in Saudi Arabia
Highlights from LEAP 2024 in Saudi Arabia This IDC Market Note presents highlights from the 2024 edition of Saudia Arabia's LEAP — a top-tier conference that also plays a key role in the wider tech ecosystem of the region. LEAP 2024 attracted 215,000+ attendees, 1,800 exhibitors, 1,000 speakers, and ... Read More
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Worldwide Mobile and Handheld Gaming Forecast, 2024–2028: Spending Rebound Expected Next Year
Worldwide Mobile and Handheld Gaming Forecast, 2024–2028: Spending Rebound Expected Next Year This IDC study sizes and assesses the mobile and handheld console gaming marketplace worldwide through 2028. The forecast includes four regional breakouts: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (AP), ... Read More
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MWC 2024: Open, Program, and Monetize
MWC 2024: Open, Program, and Monetize This Market Perspective provides a detailed analysis of the main areas addressed at Mobile World Congress 2024 at Barcelona. This annual event gathers the key players in the telecom sector, including operators, network equipment providers, technology companies, ... Read More
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Cable MVNOs Enjoy Gains in Subscribers and Revenue for 4Q23 and FY23; DISH's Boost Mobile Losses Continue Post Merger
Cable MVNOs Enjoy Gains in Subscribers and Revenue for 4Q23 and FY23; DISH's Boost Mobile Losses Continue Post Merger This IDC Market Note examines the 4Q23 and FY23 earnings from the three U.S. cable companies that offer mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services as well as DISH Network's Boos ... Read More
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Unlocking 5G Private Network: Communications SP Strategy and Ecosystem Partner Roles
Unlocking 5G Private Network: Communications SP Strategy and Ecosystem Partner Roles This IDC Market Perspective delves into the transformative potential of 5G mobile private networks (MPNs) within the telecommunications sector, spotlighting communication SPs' (CSPs) plans in driving MPN across dive ... Read More
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Understanding Gen Z Consumers
Understanding Gen Z Consumers This IDC Market Perspective looks at the characteristics of Gen Z consumers with a specific focus on brand sentiment and behaviors around their engagement with technology."Despite being early adopters, Gen Z consumers are often critical of new technology and unsatisfied ... Read More
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U.S. Business Use Smartphone Forecast, 2024-2028
U.S. Business Use Smartphone Forecast, 2024-2028 This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for the U.S. business use smartphone shipments by operating system and user type (consumer, individual liable, and corporate liable). It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices ... Read More
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Mobile Phone Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments worldwide by device type. The worldwide mobile phone market will reach 1,393.2 million units shipped in 2024, up 1% from the 1,380.1 million units shipped in 2023. From there, total m ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartphone Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Smartphone Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study presents the updated five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by operating system. The smartphone market will reach 1.20 billion units shipped in 2024, up 2.8% from the 1.16 billion units shipped in 2023. From there, shipments will ... Read More
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What the Vapor IO Zero Gap and Supermicro Collaboration Means for AI at the Edge
What the Vapor IO Zero Gap and Supermicro Collaboration Means for AI at the Edge This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview and analysis of a collaboration between Vapor IO — an edge platform and connectivity provider — and Supermicro — a manufacturer of high-performance servers. Called Zero G ... Read More
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Worldwide Foldable Phone Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Foldable Phone Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study presents our updated five-year forecast for foldable phone shipments worldwide. The worldwide foldable phone market will reach 25 million devices in 2024, up 37.6% from the 18.1 million units shipped in 2023. Total foldable shipments worldw ... Read More
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Can 5G Network Slicing Boost Consumer Market Revenues?
Can 5G Network Slicing Boost Consumer Market Revenues? This IDC Market Perspective discusses the potential of the 5G slicing feature in boosting revenues in the 5G consumer market. It provides an overview of the European telecom market, highlighting the challenges and transformations it is undergoin ... Read More
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European 5G Monetization and Adoption Strategies: Program Scope and Definitions, 2024
European 5G Monetization and Adoption Strategies: Program Scope and Definitions, 2024 This IDC Perspective provides an overview of the markets covered in IDC's European 5G Monetization and Adoption Strategies research program, analyzes various aspects of 5G strategies (including but not limited to c ... Read More
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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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European Consumer Telecoms Strategies: Research Coverage and Approach
European Consumer Telecoms Strategies: Research Coverage and Approach This IDC Perspective provides an overview of the markets covered in IDC's European Consumer Telecom Strategies research program. It analyzes various aspects of consumer strategies, including connections as well as existing and new ... Read More
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