Category: Wireless
Wireless market research reports by IDC
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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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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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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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Worldwide Mobile Phone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: September 2023
Worldwide Mobile Phone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: September 2023 This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments worldwide by device type. The worldwide mobile phone market will reach 1,353.1 million units shipped in 2023, down 5.8% from the 1,437.0 million units shipped i ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartphone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: September 2023
Worldwide Smartphone Forecast Update, 2023–2027: September 2023 This IDC study presents the updated five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by operating system. The worldwide smartphone market will reach 1.15 billion units shipped in 2023, down 4.7% from the 1.20 billion units shipped ... Read More
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Worldwide Connected Notebook Forecast, 2023–2027
Worldwide Connected Notebook Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC study presents forecast data for the worldwide connected notebook market for 2023–2027."It seems like the connected notebook market is approaching a critical inflection," says Linn Huang, research vice president, Devices and Displays, IDC. "I ... Read More
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Executive Interview With the Regional Director of IT for the Island of Madeira
Executive Interview With the Regional Director of IT for the Island of Madeira This IDC Perspective discusses how islands can become leaders in digital innovation and effective sandboxes to pilot and then scale new and emerging technologies from 5G to digital twins. IDC research highlights several f ... Read More
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Vendor Profile: Rajant
Vendor Profile: Rajant This IDC Vendor Profile focuses on Rajant, a network solutions vendor focused on providing connectivity solutions across the industrial IoT and M2M connectivity marketplaces. Please Note: Extended description available upon request. ... Read More
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Future of Work — Addressing Workforce Isolation and Creating Connectedness
Future of Work — Addressing Workforce Isolation and Creating Connectedness This IDC Market Perspective discusses how the elements of IDC's Future of Work Framework affect worker isolation. Flexible work models by their nature can cause workers to feel isolated, but there are ample technologies and ... Read More
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Canadian Communications Service Provider Capex Spending, 2022–2023: Doing More with Less
Canadian Communications Service Provider Capex Spending, 2022–2023: Doing More with Less This IDC Market Perspective details Canadian communications service provider capex spending for 2022–2023. Significant investments are advancing communications service providers' infrastructure in Canada. After ... Read More
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The Changing Faces and Cultures of EMEA's Telco Industry
The Changing Faces and Cultures of EMEA's Telco Industry This IDC Market Note reviews the key themes and emphasis on cultural transformation from several recent analyst interactions with EMEA telco industry CEOs and CXOs. In all these interactions, the leadership identified cultural transformation a ... Read More
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Deutsche Telekom's Sourcing Advisor and Analyst Day Through an Enterprise Communications Lens
Deutsche Telekom's Sourcing Advisor and Analyst Day Through an Enterprise Communications Lens This IDC Market Note looks back at the Deutsche Telekom Sourcing and Analyst Day, held just outside Bonn, Germany, in the summer of 2023. At the event, DT outlined its ambition to become the leading digital ... Read More
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Ciena Blue Planet
Ciena Blue Planet This IDC Vendor Profile provides an update on Ciena's Blue Planet automation software division, including an assessment of recent focus areas designed to address key emerging comms SP operating priorities. Please Note: Extended description available upon request. ... Read More
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South Africa Telecom Services Forecast, 2022–2027
South Africa Telecom Services Forecast, 2022–2027 This IDC Market Forecast examines the outlook for the South African telecom market across the 2022–2027 period. The study analyzes the provision of consumer and business connectivity (voice and data) services and discusses the key trends, challenges, ... Read More
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