The latest 5G Roaming Strategies research offers an in-depth market segment analysis into the key market drivers, technologies and regions being innovated through the use of 5G networks for roaming services. This report provides tailored recommendations for market stakeholders in the competitive landscape, including mobile operators and roaming service providers, as well as four-year forecasts for key market verticals, such as mobile roaming subscribers, roaming consumer devices and IoT (Internet of Things) roaming. The Competitor Leaderboard, featuring an in‑depth evaluation of 15 major roaming vendors, uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative scoring criteria to provide vendor positioning for the market’s leading players. In addition, the report suite contains a thorough region analysis of innovative applications; assessing 60 countries in 8 key regions on their readiness and market opportunities for the adoption of 5G roaming technology for the forecast period. This regional analysis leverages in-house forecast data for a range of key factors including for dedicated:
Value-added Services Evaluation: The landscape overview assesses 5G influence on value-added roaming services and provides recommendations to operators and roaming service providers on how to utilise these value-added services to reduce key major factors affecting revenue leakage and maximise return on investment, including:
North America:
- Subscribers
- Subscriber Data Revenue
- Subscriber Voice Traffic
- Subscriber SMS Traffic
- 5G Cellular IoT Connections
- 5G IoT Roaming Data
- 5G IoT Roaming Revenue
Key Statistics
- 53mn - 5G roaming connections in 2023
- 526mn - 5G roaming connections in 2027
- 900% - 2023 to 2027 market growth
- 2023-2027 - Forecast period
Key Features
Regional Analysis: Comprehensive coverage featuring regional market analysis on the future of the market in a select 60 countries split by 8 key regions; analysing each region’s full potential using the following criteria, paired with supplementary 5-year forecast data.Value-added Services Evaluation: The landscape overview assesses 5G influence on value-added roaming services and provides recommendations to operators and roaming service providers on how to utilise these value-added services to reduce key major factors affecting revenue leakage and maximise return on investment, including:
- Data & Financial Clearing
- GPX (GPS Exchange) & IPX (IP Exchange)
- Permanent Roaming
- Roaming Analytics
- Roaming Hubs
- Sponsored Roaming
- Steering of Roaming
Competitor Leaderboard: Key player capability and capacity assessment for 15 roaming service providers; positioning them as either an established leader, leading challenger, or disruptor and challenger. Our Competitor Leaderboard scores these companies on a number of criteria including their size of operations in the space, their extent and breadth of market partnerships, sophistication of their platforms, and the publisher's view on each company's innovation and future business prospects. The companies included in the 5G Roaming Strategies Competitor Leaderboard are:
- A1 Telekom Austria Group
- BICS
- Cellusys
- Comfone
- Deutsche Telekom Carrier
- emnify
- Etisalat Carrier & Wholesale
- iBASIS
- Mobileum
- Nextgen Clearing
- Syniverse
- Tata Communications
- Telefónica Global Solutions
- TOMIA
- Vodafone Roaming Services
North America:
- Canada, US
- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay
- Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
- Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
- China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
- Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
- Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
- Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates
Research Deliverables
- Market Data & Forecasting Report - The numbers tell you what's happening, but our written report details why, alongside the methodologies.
- Interactive Forecast Excel - Full 5-year forecasts for every available market metric provided in Excel format, with interactive 'What If' and scenario tools.
- harvest Online Data Platform - Access the very latest data in our exclusive online data platform, harvest. All the data from Excel, with frequent updates and a more user-friendly interface.
- Market Trends & Strategies Report - A comprehensive analysis of the current market landscape, alongside strategic recommendations.
- Competitor Leaderboard Report - Provides a visual representation of the competitive positioning of the leaders within the market.
Executive Summary
The publisher has found that the total number of 5G roaming connections will increase from 53 million in 2023 to 526 million by 2027. This substantial growth will require the development of new roaming tools that are able to autonomously identify roaming connections as 5G connectivity proliferates. The publisher identified AI-based real-time analytics and roaming fraud mitigation services as two critical solutions that will enable operators to protect their networks against an influx of data traffic from roaming subscribers.The publisher predicted that amidst the growth of 5G roamers, emerging traffic analytics and anti-fraud solutions must enable the enhanced identification and authentication of roaming connections over 5G networks. However, given the increased complexity of 5G networks, the publisher anticipated current roaming analytics services will be insufficient in monitoring 5G roaming connections, and the subsequent increase in mobile roaming data.
To maximise the benefits from these new 5G roaming services, operators must invest in 5G NGCs (Next-generation Cores), which are highly virtualised and can more efficiently assess traffic and connectivity. By deploying NGCs, roaming vendors can better protect networks’ processing power and signalling capabilities amidst rising levels of roaming data consumption. This will ensure a continuous level of service essential to attracting high-spending enterprise customers.
Additionally, the publisher predicted that 5G NGCs will be imperative to enabling operators to handle the growth of data from roaming subscribers, forecasting that 5G data roaming traffic will rise by 3,500% over the next four years.
An inability to detect roaming connections that use valuable network bandwidth risks diminishing the user experience for the operator’s own subscribers. To maintain high-quality services for their subscribers, operators must invest in roaming solutions that can efficiently identify roaming connections that consume large amounts of cellular data.
Companies Mentioned
- A1 Telekom Austria Group
- BICS
- Cellusys
- Comfone
- Deutsche Telekom Carrier
- emnify
- Etisalat Carrier & Wholesale
- iBASIS
- Mobileum
- Nextgen Clearing
- Syniverse
- Tata Communications
- Telefónica Global Solutions
- TOMIA
- Vodafone Roaming Services
