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Following the 14% revenue decline between 2022 and 2024, telecom equipment investment conditions improved in 2025, says Dell’Oro. Telecon equipment revenues across the six programs tracked by Dell’Oro Group—Broadband Access, Microwave & Optical Transport, Mobile Core Network (MCN), Radio Access Network (RAN), and Service Provider Router & Switch—increased 4% year over year (YoY) in 2025, supported by an exceptionally strong ...
Telecoms companies are deploying AI across network operations, customer service, and fraud prevention to drive efficiency and reduce costs, according to IDC. These initiatives are already contributing to EBITDA margin gains, with predictive maintenance and automated support systems leading the way. AI also enables personalised offerings and dynamic pricing, boosting ARPU and reducing churn. Fraud detection systems enhanced by AI ...
The Swedish telco Tele2 is partnering with Skylo to launch a global satellite IoT connectivity service. Skylo is a narrowband non-terrestrial network (NB-NTN) service provider. It offers 3GPP Rel-17 based satellite connectivity, whether for sensor data, SMS, or voice calls. Handover The service for Tele2 will enable devices to remain connected in areas without terrestrial networks. And they will be ...
Worldwide telecom capex – the sum of wireless and wireline/other telecom carrier investments – fell 8% last year, says Dell’Oro Group, as telecom equipment revenues tanked. “With some of the larger fibre and 5G builds now in the past, the different risk profiles across the carrier spectrum become more pronounced,” said Dell’Oro vp Stefan Pongratz, “while some operators prefer a ...
Colorado-based Advanced Energy has announced a half-brick dc-dc converter capable of delivering 1.3kW at 28V – a continuous current of 46.5A. Called ADH1300-48S28, it is aimed at telecom wireless base stations and other equipment with RF power amplifiers. Input range is 36 to 75Vdc, the output is adjustable across 14 to 33Vdc, and efficiency peaks at 95.5% to keep heat ...
Worldwide telecom equipment revenues across the six telecom programs tracked at Dell’Oro Group—Broadband Access, Microwave & Optical Transport, Mobile Core Network (MCN), Radio Access Network (RAN), and SP Router & Switch—declined 16% year-over-year (Y/Y) in 2Q24, recording a fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit contractions. Helping to explain the abysmal results are excess inventory, weaker demand in China, challenging 5G comparisons, ...
Radio Access Network (RAN) market conditions remain challenging, says Dell’Oro, with global RAN revenues declining at a double-digit rate year-over-year for a fourth consecutive quarter. At the same time, pockets of the market are performing better, with three out of the six tracked regions growing, up from one region in 1Q 2024. “Even if the RAN market is still down ...
Japanese telco NTT has used machine learning to develop AI which predicts damage to outdoor communications infrastructure during disasters such as earthquakes or deluges. Resolution is as fine as individual telegraph poles. “This technology allows for accurate disaster prediction by building a model that learns disaster patterns from facility data that the NTT Group has inspected and repaired [after] past ...
Last year, telecom equipment sales across Broadband Access, Microwave & Optical Transport, Mobile Core Network (MCN), Radio Access Network (RAN), and SP Router & Switch declined 5% YoY, reports Dell’Oro. The telecom equipment market dropped a fifth in the North America region, underpinned by weak activity in both RAN and Broadband Access. If North America is excluded, worldwide sales revenue ...
Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1.55 trillion in 2023, an increase of 3.0% over 2022, according to IDC with inflation being the primary driver. The geographic regions seeing above-average forecast revisions are the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and Latin America. This is mainly a consequence of hyperinflation happening in countries such as Turkey, Uganda, ...
