Fiber Broadband Expansion and Switch to CUPS Architectures Will Power a Long-Term Transition to vBNGs
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 18, 2025 – According to the brand new published Virtual Broadband Network Gateway (vBNG) Advanced Research Report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, total global revenue for vBNG platforms is expected to grow with a 31 percent CAGR from 2025 to 2030, as operators look to further distribute their subscriber and session management and separate control and user plane functions.
“Broadband service providers continue to move away from hardware-based BNGs toward more virtualized, cloud-native architectures so they can scale their services faster, add edge compute functions, and enable network and service convergence more quickly,” said Jeff Heynen, Vice President with Dell’Oro Group. “vBNGs and Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS) architectures provide significant benefits to service providers and are being increasingly deployed for their architectural flexibility, integrated feature sets, shorter development timelines for new features, and their ability to scale with subscriber, traffic, and service growth.”
Additional highlights from the Virtual Broadband Network Gateway Advanced Research Report:
- Nearly 48 percent of all new BNG subscriber licenses purchased in 2030 will be on integrated edge router BNGs. Nevertheless, this share is down from a peak of 94 percent in 2023.
- Revenue from subscriber licenses will remain the majority of overall revenue for the combined BNG and vBNG market, with maintenance and support revenue expected to gradually increase as additional features and capabilities are introduced.
Dell’Oro Group’s Virtual Broadband Network Gateway Advanced Research Report offers 5-year market forecast for total BNG and vBNG deployments by product, including Integrated Edge Router BNGs, Integrated PON OLT BNGs, vBNGs segmented by processor type, and BNG CUPS Controllers. The report also segments BNG and vBNG spend by operator type—Tier 1 telcos, Tier 2/3 telcos, and cable MSOs, covering both global and regional markets. For more information about the report, please contact us at dgsales@delloro.com.
Dell’Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications, security, enterprise networks, data center infrastructure, and network security markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell’Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit https://www.delloro.com.
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