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  • Global 5G connections reach 2.6 billion at end-Q2

    by Juan Pedro Tomás September 29, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás September 29, 2025

    5G connections are projected to rise to nearly 9 billion by 2030, accounting for 60% of all wireless connections globally In sum – what to know: 2.6B global 5G connections …

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  • Global 5G connections reach 2.6 billion at end-Q2

    by Juan Pedro Tomás September 29, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás September 29, 2025

    5G connections are projected to rise to nearly 9 billion by 2030, accounting for 60% of all wireless connections globally In sum – what to know: 2.6B global 5G connections …

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  • AIDC chip market to hit $286 billion by 2030: Omdia

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 29, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 29, 2025

    Omdia anticipates AI infrastructure spending will peak as a share of total data center investment in 2026, before gradually easing through the end of the decade In sum – what …

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  • AI in telecom – from quiet power to front-line force

    by James Blackman June 6, 2025
    by James Blackman June 6, 2025

    Telecom operators aren’t new to AI – they’ve quietly optimized networks for years. But with the surge in generative AI, the sector is poised to become both a major user …

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  • Nokia crowned champ in private 5G knockout bout – Omdia calls it

    by James Blackman May 21, 2025
    by James Blackman May 21, 2025

    Omdia’s 2025 private 5G vendor review places Nokia top of the pile, leading from ZTE, Ericsson, and Celona (as prime movers), and exposing market gaps in strategy, distribution, and IT/OT …

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  • Hands up if private 5G needs AI (it doesn’t, but it really does)

    by James Blackman May 20, 2025
    by James Blackman May 20, 2025

    Private 5G doesn’t need (!) AI – but telcos like BT, KPN and Telenor say it’s the difference between ticking over and taking off. Scale it up, and AI goes from …

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  • GSA forms special group to boost 5G RedCap development

    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 10, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 10, 2025

    GSA noted that RedCap is a reduced set of 5G capabilities intended for devices like wearables and low-cost hotspots that have low battery consumption In brief – why this matters …

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  • A billion RedCap connections by 2030, reckons Omdia

    by James Blackman October 2, 2024
    by James Blackman October 2, 2024

    The broad internet-of-things (IoT) market will drive demand for reduced-capability 5G, and even-more reduced-capability 5G (enhanced RedCap; eRedCap) technology to the tune of almost a billion connections by 2030, says …

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  • Global 5G connections exceeds 2 billion at end-Q2

    by Juan Pedro Tomás September 25, 2024
    by Juan Pedro Tomás September 25, 2024

    Currently, there are 329 commercial 5G networks worldwide, according to 5G Americas Global 5G connections exceeded 2 billion connections at the end of the second quarter of the year, with …

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  • The top five telco-born ‘tech-cos’ in the world

    by James Blackman September 9, 2024
    by James Blackman September 9, 2024

    Prompted by some late opportunism by Spain-based Telefónica, which has just issued a press note (widely covered) to declare itself the best telco-born ‘techco’ in Europe, six months after the …

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  • Mission-critical cloud storage market to double to top $103 billion by 2028

    by James Blackman August 16, 2024
    by James Blackman August 16, 2024

    Another day, another forecast; this one from Informa-owned analyst company Omdia, which says global market revenue from “mission-critical” data centre storage will reach $103 billion by 2028. The projected growth …

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  • Botched software, crappy computers, hybrid clouds – about the global IT outage

    by James Blackman July 19, 2024
    by James Blackman July 19, 2024

    Some quick thoughts on the big IT outage today, which grounded planes, trains, banks, hospitals, shops, telcos, and broadcasters around the world. Reports on the radio this morning – when …

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  • NTT Data intros edge AI platform to fuse data from private 5G and IoT setups

    by James Blackman July 18, 2024
    by James Blackman July 18, 2024

    NTT Data, the global system integrator division of Japanese group NTT, has introduced a new edge AI platform that “integrates and synthesises” data from sensors, devices, and systems in enterprise …

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  • NB-IoT and LoRa crowned kings of IoT – to hit 3.5bn connections by 2030

    by James Blackman June 19, 2024
    by James Blackman June 19, 2024

    NB-IoT and LoRa-based IoT connectivity technologies have, and will continue to have, the lion’s share of the low-power wide-area (LPWA) end of the IoT networking market, reckons research house Omdia. …

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  • “Good progress” – China Mobile, NTT, SK Telecom ranked top for tech-co transformation

    by James Blackman April 30, 2024
    by James Blackman April 30, 2024

    Analyst house Omdia has ranked the top mobile network operators in the world for their various progress with ‘tech-co’ reinvention, and placed a trio of Asia Pacific (APAC) firms in …

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  • 5G connections reach 1.76bn globally at end-2023: 5G Americas

    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 1, 2024
    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 1, 2024

    5G Americas said that 5G accounted for 29% of all North American connections by the end of 2023 5G connections reached 1.76 billion globally at the end of 2023, after …

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  • Installed base of eSIM cellular IoT devices to hit 3.6bn by 2030 (from 1bn)

    by James Blackman February 14, 2024
    by James Blackman February 14, 2024

    The installed base of IoT devices using embedded SIM (SIM) technology will top 3.6 billion by 2030, up from just over one billion in 2023, reckons analyst house Omdia. Growth, …

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  • RedCap surge to drive cellular IoT volumes up 70% to 5.4b by 2030

    by James Blackman January 18, 2024
    by James Blackman January 18, 2024

    Mass adoption of reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) for mid-tier cellular IoT applications will start from next year (2024), commencing in China, reckons analyst house Omdia. The arrival of RedCap, it …

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  • 5G connections up 71% YoY in Q3

    by Kelly Hill December 20, 2023
    by Kelly Hill December 20, 2023

    5G gained about 537 million connections around the world during the third quarter of 2023, according to 5G Americas, based on data from Omdia. That brings the global total to …

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  • Broadband providers hope to differentiate with value-added services: Report

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin October 30, 2023
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin October 30, 2023

    Home broadband, Wi-Fi speed and reliability guarantees and speed testing/diagnostics were among the most popular services that providers plan to offer Omdia and Broadband Forum have published a new report …

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  • 5G connections to reach 8 billion globally by 2028: Report

    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 4, 2023
    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 4, 2023

    North America had a total of 151 million 5G connections and 496 million LTE connections as of the end of the second quarter of the year, 5G Americas said The …

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  • A question of money – why all private-5G hopes are pinned on RedCap

    by James Blackman July 10, 2023
    by James Blackman July 10, 2023

    Sooner or later, it all comes down to money – and there just aren’t that many clear-cut use cases to bankroll a private 5G deployment. That is the consensus. Yes, …

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  • 5G subscriptions to reach 6.8 billion globally by end-2027: Report

    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 5, 2023
    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 5, 2023

    The report stated that the total number of 5G connections at the end of this year will reach nearly 2 billion The number of 5G subscribers at a global level …

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  • China to end 2023 with 2.9 million 5G base stations: Omdia

    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 15, 2023
    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 15, 2023

    Mobile operators in China had deployed 2.3 million 5G base stations as of the end of last year China is expected to deploy 600,000 new 5G base stations during 2023 …

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  • NB-IoT and LoRaWAN leave rivals for dust as LPWA-IoT jumps 23% per year

    by James Blackman April 26, 2023
    by James Blackman April 26, 2023

    New research from analyst house Omdia says the number of low-power wide-area (LPWA) IoT network connections will grow at a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 23 percent in the period …

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