Global Mobile Roaming Market 2025-2029: Market Trends & Strategies

This trends analysis report examines the mobile roaming market landscape in detail; assessing market trends and factors shaping the evolution of this rapidly changing market. The essential strategy report delivers a comprehensive analysis of the strategic opportunities for mobile roaming providers; addressing key verticals, developing market challenges, and how stakeholders must navigate these. It also includes an evaluation of the key country-level opportunities for mobile roaming growth, with the Country Readiness Index.

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1. Key Takeaways & Strategic Recommendations
1.1 Key Takeaways and Strategic Recommendations
2. Future Market Outlook – Wholesale Roaming
2.1 Introduction to Wholesale Roaming
Figure 2.1: Mobile Roaming Structure
Figure 2.2: Total Wholesale Roaming Revenue ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
2.2 2G and 3G Sunsetting
i. VoLTE Roaming
2.3 5G Roaming
i. Network Slicing
ii. Infrastructure Sharing
iii. Bundled Services
iv. VoLTE as 5G SA Fallback
v. 5G Roaming Security
2.4 6G Roaming
2.5 Cloud-based Roaming Services
2.6 Travel eSIMs
2.7 Evolution of Billing and Charging Evolution (BCE)
Figure 2.3: Data Flow in BCE Process
Figure 2.4: High-level Reporting Exchange Flow
2.8 APIs
2.9 IoT Roaming Devices
Figure 2.5: Total Number of IoT Connections that are Roaming (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
Figure 2.6: Total IoT Wholesale Roaming Revenue
Figure 2.7: IoT Use Cases
2.10 Fraudulent Roaming Activity
3. Future Market Outlook – Retail Roaming
3.1 Introduction to Retail Roaming
Figure 3.1: Total Retail Roaming Revenue Split by 8 Key Regions, 2024
3.2 Travel SIMs and Travel eSIMs
Figure 3.2: Total Roaming Spend Lost to Travel SIMs/eSIMs ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
3.2.1 Travel SIMs
3.2.2 Travel eSIMs
Figure 3.3: Total Number of Smartphones that have eSIMs (m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2024-2026
3.3 Regulatory
3.4 Cloud-based Roaming Services
3.5 5G and 6G Roaming
3.6 Consumer Device Roaming
3.7 Cruise and In-flight Roaming
3.7.1 Cruise Roaming
Figure 3.4: Infographic Showing the Process of Cruise Roaming
Figure 3.5: Total Cruise Roaming Revenue ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
3.7.2 In-flight Roaming
4. Country Readiness Index
4.1 Introduction to Country Readiness Index
Figure 4.1: Mobile Roaming Country Readiness Index Regional Definitions
Table 4.2: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Scoring Criteria: Mobile Roaming
Figure 4.3: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index: Mobile Roaming
Table 4.4: Mobile Roaming Country Readiness Index: Market Segments
4.2 Focus Markets
Figure 4.5: Total Retail Roaming Revenue ($m), Split by 20 Focus Markets, 2024
4.2.1 RLAH
Figure 4.6: Total Active Outbound Mobile Roaming Subscribers (m), Split by Focus Markets in West Europe, 2024
4.2.2 The GCC
Figure 4.7: Total Retail Roaming Revenue ($m), Split by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, 2024-2029
4.2.3 The Nordic Roaming Initiative
Figure 4.8: Total Retail Roaming Revenue ($m), Split by Sweden, Denmark and Norway, 2024-2029
4.2.4 North America
Figure 4.9: Total Outbound Travellers (m), Split by US and Canada, 2024-2029
4.2.5 Far East & Asia
4.3 Growth Markets
4.3.1 India
Figure 4.10: GDP per Capita ($), 2024-2029, India
4.3.2 Belgium
4.4 Saturated Markets
4.5 Developing Markets
Figure 4.11: Total Retail Roaming Revenue ($m), Split by Developing Markets, 2024
4.5.1 Roaming Initiatives in Africa
4.5.2 Roaming Initiatives in Latin America
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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