Dell’Oro forecasts RAN market downturn to continue

The global Radio Access Network (RAN) market will continue its downturn over the next few years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group.

Dell'Oro forecasts that RAN revenues will decline at a compound annual growth rate of one percent through 2024. This comes on the heels of massive 40 percent growth from 2017 to 2021, when the market was boosted by initial 5G network builds.

Growth stabilised in 2022 but is expected to drop sharply in 2023, led by a pullback in...

23 January 2024 | 5G

Huawei leads Q2 2020 smartphone shipments despite market slump

Huawei has led smartphone shipments for Q2 2020 despite political pressures and a record slump in the wider market.

According to research by IDC, global smartphone shipments declined 16 percent in Q2 over the previous year. The decline is hardly surprising due to people holding out to upgrade to 5G – and, of course, that whole pandemic thing.

"Smartphones shipments suffered a huge decline in Q2 as they directly correlate to consumer spending, which had a massive...

3 August 2020 | Research