Dell’Oro Group’s Mobile Radio Access Network (RAN) research tracks the global market across technologies, architectures, and deployment models. While RAN is not a growth market—expanding at just 1 percent CAGR between 2000 and 2025—revenues fluctuate significantly with new spectrum and technology cycles. The research examines how 5G coverage, slowing mobile data traffic growth, and future technology transitions will shape the market.
The research combines quarterly market tracking with long-term forecasting to quantify RAN revenue, shipment trends, and vendor positioning across technologies, architectures, and regions.
Analysis is structured across multiple dimensions—technology (e.g., LTE, 5G NR, Massive MIMO), deployment model (macro, small cell, Cloud RAN), and spectrum bands (Sub-7 GHz and mmWave)—to assess how operator investment priorities are shifting.
RAN growth is expected to remain muted, but innovation will remain elevated. As 5G coverage improves and mobile data traffic growth moderates, the focus is shifting towards network performance/differentiation, TCO optimization, and long-term positioning for new opportunities in the AI/6G era.
To address ongoing changes both from a supply and demand perspective, component manufacturers, equipment vendors, service providers, and financial institutions need to answer critical business questions including:
Dell’Oro Group publishes RAN quarterly reports containing in-depth market-level and/or detailed vendor market share information on the following RAN markets:
Dell’Oro Group publishes RAN 5-year forecasts offering a complete overview of the market with historical data from 2000 to the present. The forecasts provide a comprehensive overview of market trends and include tables covering revenue, shipments, and regional forecasts for various RAN segments:
