Category: 5G & 6G
5G & 6G market research reports by IDC
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5G Clearly Drives ARPU Increase, But Telcos Must Act Quickly to Develop New Revenue Streams
5G Clearly Drives ARPU Increase, But Telcos Must Act Quickly to Develop New Revenue Streams This IDC Market Perspective discusses the effects of 5G adoption on average revenue per user (ARPU) in Europe. Mobile consumer 5G ARPU today is now higher than for previous generations. However, promoting 5G ... Read More
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The Emergence of Open RAN Mobile Network Strategy for 5G Deployment
The Emergence of Open RAN Mobile Network Strategy for 5G Deployment This IDC Perspective provides an overview of open RAN initiatives in Asia/Pacific and their role in 5G network deployment. Open RAN is a new approach that separates the hardware and software components of the RAN, allowing communica ... Read More
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Telco Operator Digital Units: Keep It In or Spin It Out?
Telco Operator Digital Units: Keep It In or Spin It Out? This IDC Market Perspective discusses the different approaches European telecom operators can take in operating their digital units. As European telcos recognize enterprise customers' need to embrace digital transformation across different ver ... Read More
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5G Operational Readiness: AWS' Strategy Continues to Evolve
5G Operational Readiness: AWS' Strategy Continues to Evolve This IDC Market Perspective provides an update on Amazon Web Services' (AWS') evolving profile considering several portfolio updates at MWC 2023 that significantly expand the company's focus on communications service providers (SPs). IDC hi ... Read More
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European Consumer Telco Monetization Strategies
European Consumer Telco Monetization Strategies This IDC Market Perspective describes the focus of European telco actions and initiatives oriented toward monetizing their services, accelerating their transition to new operating models, and addressing rapidly changing consumer behavior, thus creating ... Read More
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A New Dawn of Network Edge Processing for IoT Devices
A New Dawn of Network Edge Processing for IoT Devices In this IDC Perspective, the roles of edge processing for faster adoption of IoT devices in a longer run are discussed. Leveraging edge IoT and analytics can offer a potent solution for converting intricate data sources into an efficient, cost-ef ... Read More
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Worldwide Service Provider Infrastructure Forecast, 2023–2027
Worldwide Service Provider Infrastructure Forecast, 2023–2027 This IDC study provides historical data (2018–2022) and forecast data (2023–2027) for the worldwide service provider compute and storage infrastructure market. The forecast and historical data illustrate consumption of infrastructure hard ... Read More
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Worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE Enterprise Wireless WAN Forecast, 2023-2027: 5G Shipments Begin to Ramp
Worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE Enterprise Wireless WAN Forecast, 2023-2027: 5G Shipments Begin to Ramp This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE enterprise wireless WAN market."2022 marked another year of relatively high, yet uneven, growth in the enterprise wireless WAN space. Mar ... Read More
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LTE/5G Mobile Private Network Proposal from Orange Focuses on Flexibility and Execution
LTE/5G Mobile Private Network Proposal from Orange Focuses on Flexibility and Execution This IDC Market Note analyzes Orange's current LTE/5G mobile private network value proposition, driven by its enterprise business unit Orange Business. These solutions have been gaining traction in the market and ... Read More
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Gauging the Success of the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Three Years In
Gauging the Success of the T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Three Years In This IDC Market Perspective looks at the success of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. Three years after the T-Mobile-Sprint merger closed, the new T-Mobile has largely delivered on its pre-deal commitments and completed numerous integration ... Read More
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The Growing Momentum for Non-Terrestrial Networks Supporting 5G and Internet of Things
The Growing Momentum for Non-Terrestrial Networks Supporting 5G and Internet of Things This IDC Market Note delves into the key issues facing enterprises as they invest in Internet of Things (IoT) platforms to make sense of all the data flowing through their organization. Hardware investments must i ... Read More
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IDC Perspective: Urgent Need for Comms SPs to Relook at their Operations and Monetization System Investments
IDC Perspective: Urgent Need for Comms SPs to Relook at their Operations and Monetization System Investments The emergence of 5G has created possibilities for communications SPs to provide services related to advanced technologies such as AI, Internet of Things (IoT), and network slicing. However, t ... Read More
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MWC23 in Review: Transformation, Transformation, Transformation
MWC23 in Review: Transformation, Transformation, Transformation This IDC Market Perspective covers key news and developments highlighted during Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona. MWC23, back at its pre-COVID-19 "buzz," showed an industry going through several transformations. Shaping the discu ... Read More
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Mobile World Congress 2023: Telecom Industry Seeks to Redefine Value in Global Digital Ecosystem At "Velocity"
Mobile World Congress 2023: Telecom Industry Seeks to Redefine Value in Global Digital Ecosystem At "Velocity" This IDC Market Perspective summarizes high-level takeaways from MWC 2023, including how the traditional telecom ecosystem is rapidly evolving both internally using innovative technologies ... Read More
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5G to Provide Boost to Edge Computing
5G to Provide Boost to Edge Computing In this IDC Perspective, multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a crucial use case of 5G technology, which has the potential to transform the way we process and analyze data. By utilizing the high-speed, low-latency, and reliable capabilities of 5G, MEC deployment ... Read More
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New Worldwide Private 4G/5G Network Market Insights from 2H22 Publicly Announced Contracts
New Worldwide Private 4G/5G Network Market Insights from 2H22 Publicly Announced Contracts This IDC Market Perspective examines the private mobile network contracts publicly announced during 2H22 with comparisons to previous data. The contracts provide a view into the differences in private 4G/5G ne ... Read More
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Cable Bundles Continue Evolving: Comcast, Charter, Altice, and Cox Leverage Mobile Services
Cable Bundles Continue Evolving: Comcast, Charter, Altice, and Cox Leverage Mobile Services This IDC Market Note discusses recent announcements by select cable service providers in the United States. It summarizes IDC's opinion on market changes and dynamics that are impacting the multiplay bundling ... Read More
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Spark New Zealand Half-Year Results: Half-Time Scores Signal Spark to Up Its Game
Spark New Zealand Half-Year Results: Half-Time Scores Signal Spark to Up Its Game This IDC Market Note discusses and provides IDC's viewpoint on Spark New Zealand's half-year results announcement for FY23, delivered on February 22, 2023. Spark is performing well in mobile services, but it has some c ... Read More
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5(G) Trends to Look for in 2023
5(G) Trends to Look for in 2023 This IDC Market Perspective looks at the key trends and drivers of 5G adoption that are expected to emerge in 2023. Amid the backdrop of economy uncertainty and a still shifting post-pandemic norm, 5G is helping make "wireless-first connectivity" a viable option for c ... Read More
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Worldwide Telecommunications Services Forecast, 2023-2026: Consumer, Commercial, Wireline, and Mobile
Worldwide Telecommunications Services Forecast, 2023-2026: Consumer, Commercial, Wireline, and Mobile This IDC study provides a worldwide forecast for telecommunications services for 2023–2026. Service forecasts are segmented between commercial and consumer services and wireline and mobile. This doc ... Read More
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The Key Digital Infrastructure Takeaways from NRF 2023
The Key Digital Infrastructure Takeaways from NRF 2023 This IDC Perspective highlights some of the top takeaways on the digital infrastructure areas that garnered great attention and interest from retailers at NRF 2023. NRF 2023 showcased a range of new solutions intended to reduce friction across t ... Read More
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Carrier Network Infrastructure Trends 2023: Cloud Native, 5G, and MEC Drive Carrier Planning
Carrier Network Infrastructure Trends 2023: Cloud Native, 5G, and MEC Drive Carrier Planning This IDC Market Perspective provides insights into five key trends impacting the carrier network infrastructure market in 2022 and beyond."Year 2023 is poised for the buildout of standalone 5G infrastructure ... Read More
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European Consumer Telecom Strategies: Scope and Definitions, 2023
European Consumer Telecom Strategies: Scope and Definitions, 2023 This IDC Perspective provides an overview of the markets covered in IDC's European Consumer Telecom Strategies research program, and it analyzes various aspects of consumer strategies including but not limited to connections and exist ... Read More
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Drones Have Momentum Across Asia/Pacific (Including Japan), Enabled by New Platforms
Drones Have Momentum Across Asia/Pacific (Including Japan), Enabled by New Platforms This IDC Market Perspective discusses the momentum behind drones or unmanned aerial vehicles in the Asia/Pacific region. Since the pandemic, the momentum for drones has picked up across Asia/Pacific (including Japan ... Read More
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The Future of Connectedness: How IoT Cellular Connectivity Providers Must Transform to Deliver Outcome-Based Results to the Enterprise
The Future of Connectedness: How IoT Cellular Connectivity Providers Must Transform to Deliver Outcome-Based Results to the Enterprise This IDC Perspective looks at how IoT cellular connectivity providers are transforming to help their customers achieve outcome-based results. The document covers the ... Read More
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