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Dell’Oro: Private RAN revenue declines slightly, but still doing relatively better than public RAN and WLAN markets
Dell’Oro Group reports that Private Wireless Radio Access Network (RAN) revenue growth slowed slightly in the second quarter on a year-over-year basis relative to the ~40 percent increase in 2023. Still, the tapering is in line with expectations and private wireless is performing significantly better on a relative basis than both public RAN and enterprise… Read more
Japan to support telecom infrastructure in South Pacific using Open RAN technology
Japan’s government and private sector will offer support for telecommunications infrastructure in Pacific island countries, starting with a data center and telecom project in Palau, in an effort to improve the security of vital networks connecting Asia and North America. The initiative will be led by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and is… Read more
Huawei’s First-Half Net Profit Rose on Strong Smartphone Sales, Car Business
Huawei Technologies Co.’s revenue grew for the sixth straight quarter as its smartphones gained significant market share in China. Net profit climbed 18% in the first half of the year, thanks to strong smartphone sales and robust growth in its car business. Huawei reports a handful of unaudited financial figures throughout the year and releases… Read more
Dell’Oro: RAN market still declining with Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE and Samsung top vendors
RAN market conditions continued to remained challenging in the second quarter despite some faint signs of improvements. Dell’Oro estimates that the overall 2G–5G Radio Access Network (RAN) market—including baseband plus radio hardware and software, excluding services—declined at a double-digit rate for a fourth consecutive quarter in 2Q24. The results in the second quarter were mostly… Read more
ZTE reports H1-2024 revenue of RMB 62.49 billion (+2.9% YoY) and net profit of RMB 5.73 billion (+4.8% YoY)
China’s ZTE reported a 2.9% rise in total revenue to RMB62.5 billion ($8.76 billion), with net profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the Hong Kong listed company at RMB 5.73 billion, up 4.8% year-over-year (YoY). The biggest growth surge was in the corporate and government unit, which boosted revenue by 56% to RMB9.2… Read more
Nokia’s 760 global private networking contracts are mostly 4G-LTE Advanced
Backgrounder: Private Wireless Radio Access Network (RAN) revenue growth slowed in the fourth quarter of 2023 on a year-over-year basis. However, full-year revenues accelerated by approximately 40% in 2023, propelling private wireless to comprise around 2% of the overall RAN market. “Private wireless RANs are now growing at a formidable pace, in contrast to public… Read more
Highlights of FiberConnect 2024: PON-related products dominate
The Fiber Broadband Association’s flagship conference, FiberConnect 2024, concluded July 31, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. It featuring 275 speakers and 286 exhibitors in the Expo Hall, with about half the attendees from operators and half representing vendors. The show provided a great opportunity to gauge the pulse of the fiber based broadband industry in North… Read more
Highlights of Dell’Oro’s 5-year RAN forecast
Market conditions remain challenging for the broader RAN market. Following the 40% to 50% ramp between 2017 and 2021, the RAN market has been declining since then. These trends are expected to prevail throughout the forecast period. However, the pace of the decline should moderate somewhat after 2024. “It is not a surprise that there… Read more
Nokia cuts sales forecast as mobile sales drop 25%
Yesterday, Nokia cut its full-year sales forecast as the telecom market remains uncertain with network operators continuing to cut spending (CAPEX) in new network equipment, especially for the disappointing 5G (which is actually 4G with a 5GNR for 5G NSA which are by far the majority of 5G network deployments). Nokia, like its Swedish rival Ericsson,… Read more
Analysts: Telco CAPEX crash looks to continue: mobile core network, RAN, and optical all expected to decline
Dell’Oro has just cut its outlook for mobile core spending for the fifth consecutive time. Not a single operator has adopted 5G SA this year. “It bears repeating, this is the fifth consecutive time we have reduced the growth rate of the MCN market as the build-out of 5G SA networks continue to wane compared to… Read more