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What will happen to mobile next year? What about internet technology? All we talk about is 5G and satellites (not related to Covid-19 conspiracy theories). Did you know that 6G is already on the horizon? Here’s the 2023 Telecom Forecast.
This forecast starts in 2023 and extends to 2030. We’ll cover internet technology, mobile tech, 5G, and 6G.
2023 & Beyond Telecom Forecast
Please note that some of these predictions are in French.
Internet technology
2023
- Ultra-broadband 75% of total LatAm connections in 2023, advanced-television.com by Editor Aug 31, 2017
- 37.2 million households to Broadband-only by 2023., mediapost.com Feb 7, 2017
- Wi-Fi 6 chipset shipments to break 1bn unit barrier by 2023, Advanced Television, Nov.21 2018
2024
2025
- Report: Global fixed broadband subs at 1.2bn by 2025, Advanced Television, April 2019
- Forecast: Broadband spending to remain strong to 2025, Advanced Television, Feb 2021
- Forecast: 58m US broadband homes MVPD-free by 2025, Advanced Television, Oct. 2020
- Forecast: India to reach 1bn internet users by 2025, Advanced Television, Oct. 2020
2026
- Forecast: Euro fibre 202m homes passed in 2026, Advanced Television, by Colin Mann, Dec 4 2020
- Forecast: 302m European homes passed with FTTH by 2026, Advanced Television, Sept. 2021
2028
- Satellite broadband worth $159bn by 2028, Advanced Television by Editor, Jan. 2018
- Euroconsult: Satellite comms market worth $19.4bn by 2028, Advanced Television, Oct. 2018
2030
Mobile Technology
Note that 5G and 6G are treated separately
2025
- LATAM to Reach 2.5bn Mobile Devices by 2025; Mexican Digital Ad Market Grows by 28%, exchangewire.com by Gabriela Stripoli Sep 5, 2017
2030
- Japan Mobile Battery Market to Reach $1.43 Billion by 2030: Allied Market Research, Globe Newswire, Jan 11, 2022
5G
2023
- CCS predicts 1bn 5G users by 2023, advanced-television.com, Oct 18, 2017
- Ericsson predicts 1bn 5G subs in 2023, advanced-television.com, Nov 30, 2017
- Forecast: mmWave smartphones critical mass after 2023, Advanced Television, by Colin Mann, May 2021
2024
- Ericsson: 5G to reach 1.5bn subs in 2024, Advanced Television, Nov.27 2018
2025
- Study: 5G billed service revenues to reach $300bn by 2025, Advanced Television, Nov.5 2018
- 5G seen at 15% of global mobile market by 2025, IAB SmartBrief, April 2019
- GSMA: 5G 15% of mobile industry by 2025, Advanced Television, April 2019
- 5G connections to reach 240m by 2025, advanced-television.com, Sept 8, 2015
- 5G to reach 300m handset shipments by 2025, advanced-television.com, Sep 1, 2016
- 5G connections to reach 1.4bn by 2025, advanced-television.com, Aug 15, 2017
- Ericsson: 2.6bn 5G subs by YE 2025, Advanced Television, by Colin Mann, Nov..2019
- Forecast: 5G IoT revenue to reach $8bn by 2025, Advanced Television, Feb. 2020
- Forecast: 5G smartphones over 50% of sales revenue by 2025, Advanced Television, Aug 2021
2026
- Study: 3.2bn 5G connections by 2026, Advanced Television, by Colin Mann, Aug. 2021
2027
2028
- 5G To Drive $1.3 Trillion Media, Entertainment Revenue By 2028: Intel Study, MediaPost.com: MediaDailyNews, Oct. 2018
2030
- Huawei: “5G to bring $1.4 trillion to the economy by 2030”, Advanced Television, Nov. 2019
- Ericsson: $31trn 5G consumer market by 2030, Advanced Television, by Colin Mann, Nov 2020
- Forecast: Satellite 5G could reach 400m subs by 2030, Advanced Television, Nov 2021
6G
2028
- FR – Samsung prévoit (déjà) la 6G pour 2028, BDM, by Flavien Chantrel, July 2020
2030
- Prediction: 6G set for 2030, Advanced Television, by Colin Mann, March 2020
- DOCOMO: 6G by 2030, Advanced Television, by Colin Mann, Feb.2020
Telecom Technology
2029
- Report: Satellite Data worth $21bn by 2029, Advanced Television, by Editor, Nov 2020