Global IoT Roaming Market 2024-2029: Market Trends & Strategies

The report thoroughly examines the global IoT Roaming market landscape; assessing market trends and factors shaping the evolution of this rapidly growing use case for cellular connectivity. Alongside these trends, the report delivers a comprehensive analysis of the strategic business opportunities for operators and IoT connectivity providers.

The innovative ecosystem report addresses how operators and IoT connectivity providers should maximise revenue from IoT roaming through the adoption of the GSMA’s BCE, satellite connectivity, as well as the development of 5G enhanced connectivity services such as RedCap, eRedCap, and URLLC. Analysis, market breakdown, and strategic recommendations are also provided for how operators can leverage roaming steering in the future, as well as the development of roaming analytics focused on IoT roaming.

It also includes a Country Readiness Index which assesses the current and future development of the IoT roaming market in each of the 60 countries included in the market forecast. This provides detailed insight into which markets will offer the greatest revenue opportunities both at present and over the next five years; enabling effective strategic planning by stakeholders in the IoT roaming 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
2.2 Key Trends Driving the IoT Roaming Market
Figure 2.1: Total Number of IoT Roaming Connections (m), Split By 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
2.2.1 4G to Remain Critical to IoT Roaming, Despite Emergence of 5G and LPWA
Figure 2.2: Total Number of 4G IoT Roaming Connections (m), Split By 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
Table 2.3: 4G IoT Roaming Connections Compound Annual Growth Rate 2024-2029
2.2.2 LPWA to Become Increasingly Important in IoT Roaming
Figure 2.4: Total Number of LPWA Roaming Connections, Split By 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
Table 2.5: NB-IoT and LTE-M Comparison
Table 2.6: NB-IoT Evolution Comparison in 3GPP Standards
Table 2.7: LTE Cat-M1 and LTE Cat-M2 Connectivity Comparison in 3GPP Standards
Figure 2.8: Key LTE-M Use Cases
2.2.3 5G IoT Roaming Growth
Figure 2.9: Total Number of 5G IoT Roaming Connections, Split By 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
i. Enhanced Connectivity Roaming
3. Future Opportunities and Market Strategies
3.1 Key Opportunities and Market Strategies
3.1.1 2G and 3G Sunsetting Strategies
Figure 3.1: Total Number of 2G and 3G IoT Roaming Devices (m), Split By 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
Table 3.2: Upcoming 2G and 3G Network Sunsets (August 2024)
3.1.2 TAP and BCE
Figure 3.3: BCE Reporting Exchange Flow
3.1.3 Roaming Analytics
i. Provider Roaming Analytics
ii. Enterprise Roaming Analytics
Figure 3.4: Key Examples of Enterprise Roaming Analytics
3.1.4 Roaming Steering
Table 3.5: OTA Roaming Steering Benefits and Costs
Table 3.6: Signalling Roaming Steering Benefits and Costs
3.1.5 eSIM and iSIM
ii. iSIM
Table 3.7: SIM Form Factors and Dimensions
3.1.6 IoT SAFE
Figure 3.8: IoT SAFE Architecture
Table 3.9: IoT SAFE Applet 1 and 2 Comparison
Figure 3.10: IoT SAFE Service Operations
Satellite IoT Roaming
Figure 3.11: Total Satellite IoT Services Revenue ($m), Split by Market Vertical, 2024-2029
Table 3.12: Select Recent Satellite IoT Announcements
4. Country Readiness Index
4.1 Introduction to Country Readiness Index
Figure 4.1: IoT Roaming Country Readiness Index Regional Definitions
Table 4.2: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Scoring Criteria
Figure 4.3: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index
Table 4.4: Report Country Readiness Index: Market Segments
4.1.1 Focus Market
Figure 4.5: Total Number of LPWA Roaming Connections in Select Focus Markets (m), Split By 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
ii. The US
Figure 4.6: Total Number of IoT Roaming Connections in the US (m), 2024-2029
Figure 4.7: Total Operator Revenue from IoT Roaming in the US ($m), 2024-2029
iii. China
Figure 4.8: Total Number of IoT Roaming Connections in China (m), 2024-2029
4.2 Growth Markets
Figure 4.9: Total Number of IoT Roaming Connections in Select Key Growth Markets (m), 2024-2029
Figure 4.10: Total Number of IoT Roaming Connections in India (m), Regions, 2024-2029
Table 4.11: TRAI IoT eSIM recommendations
4.3 Developing Markets
Table 4.12: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: North America
Table 4.13: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Latin America
Table 4.14: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: West Europe
Table 4.15: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Central & East Europe
Table 4.16: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Far East & China
Table 4.17: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Indian Subcontinent
Table 4.18: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Rest of Asia Pacific
Table 4.19: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Africa & Middle East

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