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The Global M2M/IoT Communications Market - 11th Edition

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  • 260 Pages
  • July 2026
  • Region: Global
  • Berg Insight AB
  • ID: 5397217
The analyst estimates that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 11% during 2025 to reach 4.2 billion at the end of the year. Until 2030, the number of cellular IoT subscribers is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% to reach 6.5 billion at the end of the period. This report covers in-depth the mobile operator perspective on the global M2M/IoT communications market. Get up to date with the latest trends from all main regions and vertical markets with this unique 260-page report.

Highlights from the report:

  • 360-degree overview of the cellular IoT communications ecosystem.
  • Update on the adoption of 5G and LPWA standards for IoT networking.
  • Reviews of the IoT strategies of the leading IoT connectivity providers.
  • Summary of industry trends in all world regions.
  • IoT business KPIs for leading global mobile operators.
  • Statistical data on cellular IoT connections in all world regions.
  • Extensive global and regional market forecasts lasting until 2030.

Table of Contents

1 Wide Area Networks for the Internet of Things
1.1 3GPP family of cellular technologies
1.1.1 3GPP Release 13 (2016) - Introducing LTE-M and NB-IoT
1.1.2 3GPP Release 14 (2017) - IoT enhancements and C-V2X
1.1.3 3GPP Release 15 (2019) - The first phase of 5G specifications
1.1.4 3GPP Release 16 (2020) - URLLC and 5G NR C-V2X
1.1.5 3GPP Release 17 (2022) - RedCap and NTN communications
1.1.6 3GPP Release 18 (2024) - The first 5G-Advanced specifications and eRedCap
1.1.7 3GPP Release 19 (2025) - Ambient IoT as a new low-power cellular IoT class
1.1.8 Network footprint
1.1.9 2G/3G mobile networks
1.1.10 4G mobile networks
1.1.11 4G/5G mobile IoT networks (LTE-M and NB-IoT)
1.1.12 5G mobile networks
1.2 LPWA and satellite technologies
1.2.1 LoRa
1.2.2 Sigfox
1.2.3 Satellite networks
1.3 IoT connectivity management platforms and eSIM solutions
1.3.1 IoT connectivity management platforms
1.3.2 SIM and eSIM solutions
1.4 International coverage and alliances
1.4.1 Roaming and international coverage
1.4.2 Mobile operator alliances
2 Europe
2.1 Regional market trends
2.1.1 Western Europe
2.1.2 Central and Eastern Europe
2.2 Mobile operators
2.2.1 A1 Telekom Austria
2.2.2 Altice Group
2.2.3 Bouygues Telecom
2.2.4 BT Group
2.2.5 CK Hutchison Group Telecom
2.2.6 Deutsche Telekom
2.2.7 KPN
2.2.8 OV (Manx Telecom)
2.2.9 MegaFon
2.2.10 MTS
2.2.11 Orange
2.2.12 DEEP (POST Luxembourg)
2.2.13 Proximus
2.2.14 Tele2
2.2.15 Telecom Italia
2.2.16 Telefonica
2.2.17 Telenor
2.2.18 Telia Company
2.2.19 Vodafone
2.3 IoT managed service providers
2.3.1 1GLOBAL
2.3.2 1NCE
2.3.3 1oT
2.3.4 Airnity
2.3.5 BICS
2.3.6 Com4 (Wireless Logic)
2.3.7 CSL Group
2.3.8 Cubic3
2.3.9 emnify
2.3.10 Eseye
2.3.11 floLIVE
2.3.12 Freeeway
2.3.13 Giesecke+Devrient
2.3.14 iBASIS
2.3.15 Onomondo
2.3.16 Pelion
2.3.17 Velos IoT
2.3.18 Wireless Logic
2.4 LPWA networks
2.4.1 LoRa networks
2.4.2 Sigfox and network partners
3 The Americas
3.1 Regional market trends
3.1.1 United States and Canada
3.1.2 Brazil
3.1.3 Rest of Latin America
3.2 Mobile operators
3.2.1 AT&T
3.2.2 Bell
3.2.3 Verizon
3.2.4 T-Mobile USA
3.2.5 Rogers Communications
3.2.6 TELUS
3.2.7 America Movil
3.2.8 Vivo (Telefonica Brasil)
3.2.9 Other mobile operators in Latin America
3.3 IoT managed service providers
3.3.1 Aeris
3.3.2 Hologram
3.3.3 Kajeet
3.3.4 KORE Wireless
3.3.5 Monogoto
3.3.6 Semtech
3.3.7 Simplex Wireless
3.3.8 Teal
3.3.9 Telit Cinterion
3.4 LPWA networks
3.4.1 LoRa networks
3.4.2 Sigfox and network partners
4 Asia-Pacific
4.1 Regional market trends
4.1.1 China
4.1.2 India
4.1.3 Japan and South Korea
4.1.4 Australia and New Zealand
4.1.5 Southeast Asia
4.2 Mobile operators
4.2.1 China Mobile
4.2.2 China Unicom
4.2.3 China Telecom
4.2.4 KDDI
4.2.5 KT
4.2.6 NTT
4.2.7 Singtel
4.2.8 SK Telecom
4.2.9 SoftBank
4.2.10 Telstra
4.2.11 Vodafone Idea
4.3 IoT managed service providers
4.3.1 Lenovo Connect
4.3.2 Plintron
4.3.3 Quectel
4.3.4 Soracom
4.3.5 Tata Communications
4.4 LPWA networks
4.4.1 LoRa networks
4.4.2 Sigfox networks
5 Middle East & Africa
5.1 Regional market trends
5.1.1 Middle East
5.1.2 Africa
5.2 Mobile operators
5.2.1 e&
5.2.2 MTN
5.2.3 Ooredoo
5.2.4 Turkcell
5.2.5 Vodacom
5.2.6 Zain
5.3 IoT managed service providers
5.3.1 SIMcontrol
5.4 LPWA networks
5.4.1 LoRa networks
5.4.2 Sigfox networks
6 Satellite IoT Communications
6.1 Introduction to satellite IoT networks
6.2 Market analysis
6.3 Satellite IoT operator market shares
6.4 European satellite operators
6.4.1 Astrocast
6.4.2 Kineis
6.4.3 Lacuna Space
6.4.4 OQ Technology
6.4.5 Sateliot
6.4.6 SES
6.4.7 Additional satellite connectivity providers
6.5 North American satellite operators
6.5.1 Globalstar
6.5.2 Iridium
6.5.3 Ligado Networks
6.5.4 Lynk
6.5.5 Orbcomm
6.5.6 Skylo
6.5.7 Starlink (SpaceX)
6.5.8 Viasat
6.5.9 Additional satellite connectivity providers
6.6 Chinese satellite operators
6.6.1 Commsat
6.6.2 Galaxy Space
6.6.3 Guowang
6.6.4 Head Aerospace
6.6.5 Honghu-3
6.6.6 Qianfan
6.6.7 Additional satellite connectivity providers
6.7 Rest of World satellite operators
6.7.1 Innova Space
6.7.2 Myriota
6.7.3 Plan-S
6.7.4 Thuraya (Space42)
6.7.5 Additional satellite connectivity providers
7 Market Forecasts and Trends
7.1 Industry trends
7.1.1 Top ten connectivity providers manage 3.7 billion cellular IoT connections
7.1.2 IoT connectivity revenues continue to grow slower than connections
7.1.3 IoT managed service providers connect 250+ million cellular devices
7.1.4 The international connectivity segment is evolving
7.1.5 eSIMs and fragmentation of CMPs drive the need for orchestration capabilities
7.1.6 IoT MVNOs are driving consolidation in the IoT connectivity market
7.1.7 SGP.32 disaggregates the IoT connectivity value chain
7.1.8 Satellite IoT players leverage mobile operators and MVNOs as sales channel .
7.1.9 New entrants disrupt distribution channels
7.2 Geographic markets
7.2.1 Global market summary
7.2.2 Europe
7.2.3 North America
7.2.4 Latin America
7.2.5 Asia-Pacific
7.2.6 Middle East & Africa
7.3 Vertical markets
7.3.1 Connected cars on the rise
7.3.2 Data consumption of connected cars will grow significantly
7.3.3 Motor-powered two-wheeler telematics adoption picks up speed
7.3.4 Telematics giants increasingly dominate the fleet management industry
7.3.5 The opportunity to create smarter and safer cities
7.3.6 Smart metering turns to new LPWA options for deployments in the 2020s
7.3.7 Asset tracking to drive the second wave of LPWA deployments
7.3.8 Connected healthcare reaches the masses
7.3.9 Steady uptake of cellular connectivity in the POS terminal market
7.3.10 Home energy and EV charging solutions to become new volume segments
7.4 Technology trends
7.4.1 Cellular technologies dominate wireless IoT
7.4.2 IoT CMPs move towards AI-assisted operations
7.4.3 NB-IoT uptake is growing on a project-by-project basis
7.4.4 RedCap will accelerate the adoption of 5G in IoT
7.4.5 Distributed core networks facilitate global IoT connectivity services
7.4.6 The SGP.32 specification will lower the barriers for eSIM adoption in IoT

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • 1GLOBAL
  • 1NCE
  • 1oT
  • A1 Telekom Austria
  • Aeris
  • Airnity
  • Altice Group
  • America Movil
  • Astrocast
  • AT&T
  • Bell
  • BICS
  • Bouygues Telecom
  • BT Group
  • China Mobile
  • China Telecom
  • China Unicom
  • CK Hutchison Group Telecom
  • Com4 (Wireless Logic)
  • Commsat
  • CSL Group
  • Cubic3
  • DEEP (POST Luxembourg)
  • Deutsche Telekom
  • e&
  • emnify
  • Eseye
  • floLIVE
  • Freeeway
  • Galaxy Space
  • Giesecke+Devrient
  • Globalstar
  • Guowang
  • Head Aerospace
  • Hologram
  • Honghu-3
  • iBASIS
  • Innova Space
  • Iridium
  • Kajeet
  • KDDI
  • Kineis
  • KORE Wireless
  • KPN
  • KT
  • Lacuna Space
  • Lenovo Connect
  • Ligado Networks
  • LoRa networks
  • LPWA networks
  • Lynk
  • MegaFon
  • Monogoto
  • MTN
  • MTS
  • Myriota
  • NTT
  • Onomondo
  • Ooredoo
  • OQ Technology
  • Orange
  • Orbcomm
  • OV (Manx Telecom)
  • Pelion
  • Plan-S
  • Plintron
  • Proximus
  • Qianfan
  • Quectel
  • Rogers Communications
  • Sateliot
  • Semtech
  • SES
  • Sigfox networks
  • SIMcontrol
  • Simplex Wireless
  • Singtel
  • SK Telecom
  • Skylo
  • SoftBank
  • Soracom
  • Starlink (SpaceX)
  • T-Mobile USA
  • Tata Communications
  • Teal
  • Tele2
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telefonica
  • Telenor
  • Telia Company
  • Telit Cinterion
  • Telstra
  • TELUS
  • Thuraya (Space42)
  • Turkcell
  • Velos IoT
  • Verizon
  • Viasat
  • Vivo (Telefonica Brasil)
  • Vodacom
  • Vodafone
  • Vodafone Idea
  • Wireless Logic
  • Zain