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Forecast: RAN revenue growth flat amid 5G slow down

According to a forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, market conditions are improving but remain underwhelming for the broader Radio Access Network (RAN) ecosystem as regional 5G coverage imbalances, slower data traffic growth, and monetisation challenges are weighing on the market. Following […]

January 27, 2025

Forecast: US private 5G spend to exceed $3.7bn to 2027

SNS Telecom & IT’s latest research forecasts that cumulative spending on private cellular networks in the US will exceed $3.7 billion (€3.5bn) between 2024 and 2027, driven by the market’s pivot towards 5G, growing recognition of private network-based neutral host solutions, and a diverse array of spectrum options for varied use cases. Private LTE networks […]

January 17, 2025

Report: Digital infrastructure investments key for Europe

5G accounted for 30 per cent of mobile connections in Europe at the end of 2024 – equivalent to 200 million connections – against a global average of 24 per cent, according to the GSMA’s annual Mobile Economy Europe report. 5G will become the dominant mobile technology on the continent by 2026 and already accounts […]

January 16, 2025

Forecast: FWA equipment spend $48bn+ in next 5 years

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data centre industries, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has surged in recent years to support both residential and enterprise connectivity due to its ease of deployment along with the more widespread availability of 4G LTE and 5G Sub-6GHz […]

January 14, 2025

Forecast: Wholesale roaming revenue to double by 2028

A study from Juniper Research, experts in telecommunications markets, has found that global revenue from wholesale roaming will grow from $9 billion (€8.7bn) in 2024 to $20 billion by 2028. Juniper Research predicts that the increasing deployment of 5G standalone (SA) technology, which supports the growing need for real-time monitoring of roaming connections and activity, […]

January 14, 2025

Report: IoT CMPs market at $1bn in 2024

Berg Insight, the IoT market research provider, has released findings about the market for IoT connectivity management platforms (CMPs), a standard component in the value proposition from mobile operators and IoT MVNOs around the world. Market dynamics in the IoT CMP market have evolved in recent times as vendors focus on responding to the challenge […]

January 13, 2025

Nokia, stc Group successful 1Tbps long haul field trial

Nokia and stc Group have successfully concluded a 1Tbps (terabit-per-second) long haul field trial in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Leveraging stc Group’s live Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) terrestrial network, this innovative trial highlights the unique potential of Nokia’s sixth generation of super-coherent Photonic Service Engine (PSE-6s) technology in delivering high-capacity, efficient, […]

January 8, 2025

Verizon reports 5.5 Gbps breakthrough

Using carrier aggregation and 5G virtualised technology, Verizon has reported that its engineers recently achieved 5.5 Gbps download speeds. That’s the equivalent of downloading 266 albums a minute or streaming 3,056 TV episodes per hour, according to Verizon “Customers expect the gold standard from Verizon and we work every day to do even better for […]

January 7, 2025

UK flagging behind in mobile performance

Brits have been told that the reason for increasingly poor mobile phone signal at large events across the UK could be due to cellular capacity. Experts from TelephoneSystems.Cloud have warned that a lack of investment in the industry has resulted in telecommunications infrastructure not being upgraded quick enough to keep up with the ever-increasing demand. […]

January 6, 2025

€128m EC 5G connectivity boost

The European Commission has announced grant agreements totalling €128 million to support 31 new 5G infrastructure projects, following the third call for proposals of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital). This adds to the €93 million already committed to finance 35 projects for 5G under the first two CEF Digital calls, for a total of […]

December 23, 2024