Telecom Cloud Market Report 2025

This Telecom Cloud report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography.

The telecom cloud market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $44.7 billion in 2024 to $51.67 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, emergence of cloud-native architectures, early adoption of NFV (network function virtualization), adaptation to regulatory compliance, advancements in ai and machine learning integration.

The telecom cloud market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $111.19 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.1%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to customer-centric solutions, enhanced security measures, expansion of cloud-native architectures, rising demand for edge computing, increased automation of network processes. Major trends in the forecast period include focus on customer experience, 5g network deployment, edge computing integration, open ran (radio access network), network slicing for customized services.

The surge in demand for telecommuting (WFH) methods stands as a significant driver for the telecom cloud market. The adoption of work-from-home practices became widespread due to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing organizations to close offices for an extended period. The telecom cloud enables the deployment of workers beyond the conventional office setting. As reported by Forbes in June 2023, 12. 7% of full-time employees are working remotely, and 28. 2% follow a hybrid model. The trend is expected to continue, with an estimated 32. 6 million Americans working remotely by 2025, leading to increased demand for telecom cloud solutions and services.

The rapid rollout of 5G networks is anticipated to fuel the growth of the telecom cloud market. 5G, the fifth generation of wireless technology, offers higher data speeds and lower latency, making it suitable for data-intensive applications. The increasing adoption of 5G will result in a surge in data traffic, necessitating telecom operators to enhance network capacity and capabilities. According to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in May 2023, the global deployment of 5G networks is underway, with around 240 networks, and it is projected to increase by approximately 85% by 2028. Additionally, 5G wireless connections rose by 76% to 1. 05 billion in 2022, expected to reach 1. 9 billion by the end of 2023 and 5. 9 billion by 2027, as per 5G Americas in April 2023.

Technological innovations and advancements are a significant trend gaining traction in the telecom cloud market. Numerous companies within this sector are developing advanced solutions with enhanced features. One notable advancement is the use of artificial intelligence-powered automation. Leading communication service providers (CSPs) are either currently using or planning to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) to automate self-diagnostics and problem identification. For example, in February 2023, Snowflake, a US-based Data Cloud company, introduced the Telecom Data Cloud. This offering integrates Snowflake's data platform with both Snowflake- and partner-delivered solutions, along with industry-specific datasets. It helps telecommunications service providers eliminate data silos within their organizations and across the wider ecosystem, facilitating secure, near real-time access to data. Users can augment this data with machine learning (ML) models and share and analyze it for informed decision-making. Through the Telecom Data Cloud, Snowflake and its partner ecosystem aim to support telecommunications service providers in accelerating digital transformation, improving customer experiences, optimizing operational efficiency, and seizing new data service opportunities.

Major companies in the telecom cloud market are expanding their operations through strategic partnerships. This approach involves leveraging each other's strengths and resources for mutual benefits. In July 2022, Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud formed a partnership to create a roadmap for the telecommunications industry. This collaboration aims to bring cloud capabilities to the edge of Deutsche Telekom's network, closer to mobile and connected devices.

In February 2022, IBM, a US-based technology and consulting firm, acquired Sentaca for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition aimed to bolster IBM's hybrid cloud consulting division by incorporating Sentaca’s expertise in telecommunications consulting services and solutions. Sentaca is a US-based software consulting and professional services company that specializes in automation and cloud-native solutions for telecommunications and future networks.

Major companies operating in the telecom cloud market include AT&T Inc., BT Group PLC, Verizon Communications Inc., Vodafone Group PLC, China Telecommunications Corporation, Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Microsoft Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), VMware Inc., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Nokia Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Mavenir Systems Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Google LLC, Oracle Corporation, Deutsche Telekom AG, China Mobile Communications Corporation, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited, Orange S. A., NTT Communications Corporation, SoftBank Group Corp., Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel), Telstra Corporation Limited, CenturyLink Inc., Colt Technology Services Group Limited, Tata Communications Limited, Zayo Group Holdings Inc., Windstream Holdings Inc.

North America was the largest region in the telecom market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the telecom cloud market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the telecom cloud market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Italy, Canada, Spain.

The telecom cloud denotes a software-defined, highly resilient cloud architecture that empowers telecommunications companies to swiftly launch services, respond promptly to changes in demand, and efficiently manage resources centrally.

The primary types of telecom cloud encompass the public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud. The hybrid cloud is a comprehensive computing, storage, and services system that integrates on-premises infrastructure with private and public cloud services. The cloud services offered within these categories include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as large enterprises adopt telecom cloud for various applications, including data storage, computing, achieving, enterprise applications, and more. The end-user sectors utilizing telecom cloud services span BFSI, retail, manufacturing, transportation and distribution, healthcare, government, media and entertainment, and other industries.

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The telecom cloud market includes revenues earned by entities providing engineering infrastructure sustainability talent cloud, infrastructure management services, intelligent engineering automation, intelligent process automation, knowledge process outsourcing. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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