Cellular IoT Market 2025-2030: Market Trends & Strategies

This report thoroughly examines the global Cellular IoT market; assessing market trends, technological developments, and monetisable opportunities which are shaping the market presently and in the future. Alongside this analysis, the document provides a comprehensive evaluation of business strategies in the cellular IoT market; exploring how operators, MVNOs, and connectivity service providers can introduce new monetisation models and technologies into the cellular IoT market.

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1. Key Takeaways & Strategic Recommendations
1.1 Key Takeaways
1.2 Key Strategic Recommendations
2. Market Landscape
2.1 Introduction
Figure 2.1: Total Number of Cellular IoT Connections, Split by China and Rest of the World (m), 2025-2030
2.2 Disruptive Services in Cellular IoT
2.2.1 Telecommunications APIs
Figure 2.2: Total Operator Revenue from Telecommunications API calls ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
2.2.2 NTNs and Satellite IoT
Figure 2.3: Total Satellite Revenue from NTNs (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
2.2.3 Private Networks
Table 2.4: Total Expenditure on Private Cellular Networks ($m), Split by Market Vertical, 2025-2030
2.2.4 AI Services for Cellular IoT
i. Natural Language Interfaces for CMPs
ii. AI Data Analytics
iii. AI Inferencing
iv. AI-based Multi RAT Selection
2.2.5 eSIMs and iSIMs
Figure 2.5: Total Number of eSIMs and iSIMs in Cellular IoT Connections (m), 2023-2028
i. SGP.32
Figure 2.6: SGP.32 Architecture
ii. SGP.41/42
Figure 2.7: SGP41/42 Architecture Diagram
2.2.6 Quantum Security for Cellular IoT
3. Future Strategies for Cellular IoT Business Models and Monetisation
3.1 Cellular IoT Business Models and Monetisation
3.1.1 Revenue Not Connections and Technology Not Connectivity
3.1.2 LPWA Services, Business Models, and Monetisation
Table 3.1: NB-IoT and LTE-M
Table 3.2: Total Number of LPWA Connections (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
Figure 3.3: Total Number of LPWA Connections (m), Split by NB-IoT and LTE-M, 2025-2030
3.1.3 5G Business Models and Monetisation
Table 3.4: Total Number of 5G IoT Connections (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2025-2030
i. Differentiated Connectivity and Network Slicing
Figure 3.5: Types of Network Slice
3.2 Connectivity-as-a-Service
4. Country Readiness Index
4.1 Introduction to The Country Readiness Index
Figure 4.1: Juniper Research Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index: Regional Definitions
Table 4.2: Juniper Research Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index: Scoring Criteria
Figure 4.3: Juniper Research Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index
4.2 Focus Markets
i. 5G Infrastructure
Figure 4.4: Total Cellular IoT Connectivity Revenue ($m), Split by Network Technology, 2025-2030
ii. eSIM and iSIM Adoption
4.2.2 China
Figure 4.5: Total Number of Cellular IoT Connections in China (m), Split by Network Technology, 2025-2030
4.2.3 The US
Figure 4.6: Total Revenue from Cellular IoT Connections in the US ($m), 2025-2030
Figure 4.7: Total Number of LTE-M and NB-IoT Connections in the US (m), 2025-2030
4.3 Growth Markets
Figure 4.8: Cellular IoT Market High-growth Countries
4.3.1 Brazil
Figure 4.9: Total Revenue from Cellular IoT Connectivity in Brazil ($m), Split by Network Technology, 2025-2030
4.3.2 India
Figure 4.10: Total Number of Cellular IoT Connections in India (m), Split by Network Technology, 2025-2030
4.4 Saturated Markets
4.5 Developing Markets
Table 4.11: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: North America
Table 4.12: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Latin America
Table 4.13: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: West Europe
Table 4.14: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Central & East Europe
Table 4.15: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Far East & China
Table 4.16: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Indian Subcontinent
Table 4.17: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Rest of Asia Pacific
Table 4.18: Juniper Research’s Cellular IoT Market Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Africa & Middle East

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