Juniper Research has revealed the 10 trends it expects will shape the telecommunications landscape in 2025.
In announcing the trends, the market research analysts reported anticipating a year of significant shifts, as telcos prioritise investments in emerging technologies including Wi-Fi 7, MVNO-in-a-Box and moves towards 6G; while travel eSIMs and quantum computing are fresh opportunities for achieving global connectivity.
For 2025 the trends are:
- AIT (Artificially Inflated Traffic) to decline as firewalls shift the tide against fraudsters
- Travel eSIMs to provide serious competition to traditional roaming
- Direct-to-Cell to launch commercially
- Wi-Fi 7 devices to provide alternative to cellular technologies
- Managed Connectivity services to target new opportunities
- RCS (Rich Communication Services) hype to finally materialise following Apple’s adoption
- MVNO-in-a-Box model to disrupt connectivity markets
- 6G standardisation to begin with lessons learned from 5G
- Operators to increase network efficiency, not capacity
- Quantum resistant network development to accelerate
“The telecoms industry has experienced radical transformation that has reshaped stakeholders’ approaches to established markets like mobile messaging. Looking ahead, Juniper Research expects even greater disruption in 2025, with these trends representing the most substantial impacts on telecoms next year,” said Sam Barker, VP of Telecoms Market Research, Juniper Research.
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