
2Q25 Wireless Infrastructure
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Key Takeaways
As we rightly predicted, the wireless infrastructure market has stabilized
As we rightly predicted, 2024 was the third year of the disinvestment cycle, 2025 will be up
Our long-term wireless infrastructure market forecast points to a slight declining trend
As we rightly predicted, the wireless infrastructure market has stabilized
As we rightly predicted, 2024 was the third year of the disinvestment cycle, 2025 will be up
Our long-term wireless infrastructure market forecast points to a slight declining trend
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- KEY TAKEAWAYS: 2Q25 CONFIRMS THE RETURN TO MARKET STABILITY
- AS WE RIGHTLY PREDICTED, THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET HAS STABILIZED
- LIKE IN THE PAST 3 QUARTERS, NORTH AMERICA CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE RECOVERY
- 5G, EPC AND OPEN RAN WERE THE BRIGHTEST SPOTS OF ALL CATEGORIES
- 5G IS AND WILL REMAIN THE BRIGHT SPOT WITH A LONG TAIL
- Although we maintain our view that a faster migration to 5G SA is greatly desired, we are seeing a pickup. 8
- The potential for LTE-A and VoLTE upgrades remains phenomenal
- IN THIS STATIC ENVIRONMENT, HUAWEI INCREASED ITS SHARE BY 3 POINTS
- For 2Q25 RAN market share, huawei gained share and stayed ahead of Ericsson
- IN CORE NETWORKS, HUAWEI AND ZTE COMBINED COMMAND A 52% MARKET SHARE BUT ERICSSON MOVED TO #2 AT THE EXPENSE OF ZTE
- The prolonged slow migration to 5G SA is over, a PICKUP started in 3Q24 and continued in 1H25
- We did such a good work in designing the EPC that the move to 5G core is hard to justify!
- AS RIGHTLY PREDICTED, 2024 WAS THE THIRD YEAR OF THE DISINVESTMENT CYCLE, 2025 WILL BE UP
- LIKE 4G, 5G WILL HAVE A LONG TAIL…
- …BUT UNLIKE PREVIOUS CYCLES, THERE IS NO NEW G TO CREATE A NEW INVESTMENT CYCLE
- Although 5G remains the bright spot, it won’t be big enough to offset the 4G decline
- Factoring in the 4G decline, our model produced a lower base forecast
- 2025 IS LOOKING UP!
- North America will experience the strongest growth this year
- Post-5G peak, all other regions will see moderate growth or flatness
- OUR LONG-TERM WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET FORECAST POINTS TO A SLIGHT DECLINING TREND
- Current conditions point to a slowly declining pattern through the end of the decade
- FURTHER EXACERBATED BY THE VIBRANT SECONDHAND MARKET FOR 4G AND 5G EQUIPMENT COMING FROM THE REMOVAL
- OF THE CHINESE VENDORS IN SPECIFIC COUNTRIES THAT SWAMPS OTHER MARKETS
- With Germany gearing up to remove Huawei’s 5G equipment, we expect another cycle of used kits to flood the secondhand market in 2025-2026
- AFTER THE 2-YEAR LULL, OPEN RAN WILL START TO RAMP UP THIS YEAR
- Geopolitics fueled both the open RAN ecosystem and traditional 5G RAN rollouts led by Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung
- HOME TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST WIRELESS NETWORK FOOTPRINTS, ASIA PACIFIC WILL REMAIN THE LARGEST MARKET
- NORTH AMERICA WILL REMAIN THE WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST MARKET
- AFTER GROWTH THIS YEAR, EMEA WILL SLOWLY DECLINE THROUGH 2030
- CALA IS BOUNCING BACK WITH POTENTIAL GROWTH AHEAD
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