This IDC study analyzes the outlook for the postpaid and prepaid wireless segments of the U.S. mobile services market for the 2020-2024 period."The COVID-19 pandemic has put an unexpected focus on the prepaid market during 2020," says Jason Leigh, research manager, Mobility. "With a slight increase in prepaid subscribers and a couple notable prepaid acquisitions this year, time will tell whether U.S. consumers will continue to sign on to value-based mobility services. Regardless, reliable wireless connectivity is paramount in a pandemic, and postpaid subscribers will continue to be the engine that drives wireless growth throughout the forecast period."
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This IDC Market Perspective examines the role that 5G plays in accelerating and intensifying the transformation of mobile operators' networks. The advent of 5G brings tremendous promise, with the potential for advanced use cases and the ability to change connectivity utilized by both consumers and businesses. But before that potential can...
The 5G fixed wireless access market was valued at USD 503 million in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 86,669 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 135.9% from 2020 to 2026. The growth of the 5G fixed wireless access market is expected to be driven by the increased wireless network capacity and high speed offered by high-frequency millimeter...
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This IDC Market Perspective analyzes DISH's prospects for becoming a 5G nationwide carrier that can compete with the established U.S. mobile operators. DISH Network became a nationwide mobile operator this year with the acquisition of Sprint's Boost Mobile business following the T-Mobile and Sprint merger and has further plans to build a nationwide...
The global DAS market was valued at USD 7.9 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 10.7 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 6.2% during the forecast period. Some of the major factors that are driving the growth of the market include increasing mobile data traffic, a growing number of connected devices due to internet of things (IoT), rising...
The 5G chipset market is expected to grow from USD 12.8 billion in 2020 to USD 67.2 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 26.7%. The major factors driving the growth of the 5G chipset market are the growing demand for high-speed internet and broad network coverage, increasing cellular IoT connections, and an increase in mobile data traffic. However,...
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The United States Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Market is expected to register a CAGR of 4.21% over the forecast period from 2020 to 2025. The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market in the United States is considered mature and developed. The MVNOs first started operation in the United States in 2011. Since then, the MVNO market...
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