Analysts tip 5G equipment value to soar
Research firm SNS Insider expects the global 5G equipment market to more than eightfold over the next decade, from an estimated $32 billion in 2025 to about $265 billion by 2035. It forecasts compound annual growth of 23.6% between 2026 and 2035, with sub-6GHz kit holding the largest share of the 2025 market at 62.4%, and Asia-Pacific leading regions with 37.5%.
The report links this growth to rising demand for high-speed, low-latency connectivity from IoT deployments, private networks, AR, autonomous vehicles, and smart city projects. It also points to operators upgrading networks, government support through spectrum auctions and R&D funding, and a shift toward software-defined networking and virtualisation, which it argues make 5G rollouts more flexible and cheaper to run.
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