This report provides a comprehensive analysis for the global radio unit (RU)/active antenna unit (AAU) market. This report covers the global market for 2024 shipments as well as a forecast for 2025-2029.
The analyst has segmented the overall market into three product segments types based upon the types of RU/AAU configurations:
- Macro RU
- Massive MIMO AAU
- Massive Antenna Element (AE) AAU
The product segments are further divided by Frequency Cluster.
Features
- 2024 Shipments and 2025-2029 forecast by Product Segment
- 2024 Shipments and 2025-2029 forecast by Frequency Cluster
- 2024 Shipments and 2025-2029 forecast by Region
Note: There is no vendor market share in this report
Total Pages: 63 | Total Exhibits: 32 | Total Tables: 67
Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 2024 Review: Global Market and 5G Continues to rely on China
- Global RU/AAU Forecast 2025-2029
- Outlook Summary
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Network Architecture Definitions
- RU/AAU Database Taxonomy
- Purpose Built RU/AAU
- 5G Architecture Definitions
- Open RAN RU/AAU (O-RU/O-AAU)
- Virtual RAN (vRAN) RU/AAU
CHAPTER 1: OVERALL MARKET PERFORMANCE AND FORECAST
- 2024: Weakness Everywhere Except for Europe and LATAM
- Global RU/AAU Forecast 2025-2029
CHAPTER 2: MASSIVE MIMO AAU SHIPMENTS/FORECAST
- Definition of Massive MIMO AAU Category
- Global Massive MIMO FR1 AAU Shipments, 2023-2024
- Global Massive MIMO AAU Forecast 2025-2029
CHAPTER 3: MASSIVE AE AAU SHIPMENTS/FORECAST
- Definition of Massive AE AAU Category
- Global Massive AE FR2/3 AAU Shipments, 2023-2024
- Global Massive AE AAU Forecast 2025-2029
CHAPTER 4: MACRO MULTI-RAT/MULTI-BAND RUS
- Definition of Non-Massive MIMO Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Category
- Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band Radio Unit Shipments, 2023-2024
- Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Forecast 2025-2029
CHAPTER 5: OPEN RAN/VRAN RU/AAU ANALYSIS
- Global Open RAN/vRAN RU/AAU Forecast 2025-2029
- AT&T Wireless’ 2023 5 Year Contract with Ericsson for Open RAN Network
- Modernization (Update)
- OREX®
- Vodafone’s Open RAN Modernization Program
- vRAN vs. Open RAN
CHAPTER 7: GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET ANALYSIS
- Latin America and Europe: Growth regions in 2024
- Regional Forecast 2025-2029
- North America
- Latin America/Caribbean
- Europe
- Africa
- The Middle East
- Rest of Asia-Pacific (ROAP)
- China
- India
TABLES
Table 1: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Radio Type, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 2: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 3: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 4: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Radio Type, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 5: Global Macro RU Market Share by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 6: Global Massive MIMO AAU Market Share by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 7: Global Massive AE AAU Market Share by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 8: Global RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 9: Global Massive MIMO AAU Shipments by FR1 Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 10: Global Massive MIMO FR1 AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 11: Global Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by FR1/3 Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 12: Global Massive MIMO FR1/3 AAU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 13:Global Massive AE AAU Shipments by FR2/3 Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 14: Global Massive AE FR2/3 AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 15: Global Massive AE AAU Forecast by FR2/3 Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 16: Global Massive AE FR2/3 AAU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 17: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 18: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Major Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 19: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 20: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 21: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 22: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN Compliant, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 23: Global RU/AAU Forecast Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 24: Global RU/AAU Shipments by xTyR Configuration, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 25: Global RU/AAU Forecast by xTyR Configuration, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 26: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 27: Global RU/AAU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 28: North America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 29: North America Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 30: North America Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 31: North America Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 32: North America RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 33: Latin America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 34: Latin America Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 35: Latin America Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 36: Latin America Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 37: Latin America RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 38: Europe RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 39: Europe Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 40: Europe Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 41: Europe Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 42: Europe RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 43: Africa RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 44: Africa Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 45: Africa Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 46: Africa Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 47: Africa RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 48: Middle East RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 49: Middle East Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 50: Middle East Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 51: Middle East Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 52: Middle East RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 53: Rest of Asia Pacific RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 54: Rest of Asia Pacific Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 55: Rest of Asia Pacific Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 56: Rest of Asia Pacific Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 57: ROAP RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 58: China RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 59: China Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 60: China Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 61: China Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 62: China RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 63: India RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 64: India Macro RU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 65: India Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 66: India Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 67: India RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 2: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 3: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 4: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Radio Type, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 5: Global Macro RU Market Share by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 6: Global Massive MIMO AAU Market Share by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 7: Global Massive AE AAU Market Share by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 8: Global RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 9: Global Massive MIMO AAU Shipments by FR1 Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 10: Global Massive MIMO FR1 AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 11: Global Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by FR1/3 Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 12: Global Massive MIMO FR1/3 AAU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 13:Global Massive AE AAU Shipments by FR2/3 Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 14: Global Massive AE FR2/3 AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 15: Global Massive AE AAU Forecast by FR2/3 Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 16: Global Massive AE FR2/3 AAU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 17: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 18: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Major Frequency Cluster, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 19: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 20: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 21: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 22: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN Compliant, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 23: Global RU/AAU Forecast Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 24: Global RU/AAU Shipments by xTyR Configuration, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 25: Global RU/AAU Forecast by xTyR Configuration, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 26: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Table 27: Global RU/AAU Forecast by Region, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 28: North America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 29: North America Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 30: North America Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 31: North America Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 32: North America RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 33: Latin America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 34: Latin America Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 35: Latin America Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 36: Latin America Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 37: Latin America RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 38: Europe RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 39: Europe Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 40: Europe Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 41: Europe Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 42: Europe RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 43: Africa RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 44: Africa Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 45: Africa Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 46: Africa Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 47: Africa RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 48: Middle East RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 49: Middle East Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 50: Middle East Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 51: Middle East Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 52: Middle East RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 53: Rest of Asia Pacific RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 54: Rest of Asia Pacific Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 55: Rest of Asia Pacific Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 56: Rest of Asia Pacific Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 57: ROAP RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 58: China RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 59: China Macro RU <8GHz Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 60: China Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 61: China Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 62: China RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 63: India RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 64: India Macro RU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 65: India Massive MIMO AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 66: India Massive AE AAU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2025-2029 (Units)
Table 67: India RU/AAU Forecast, Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1: Historical Global RU/AAU Shipments, 2010-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 2: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Radio Type, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 3: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 4: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 5: Global RU/AAU Forecast 2025-2029, (Units)
Exhibit 6: LTE eNB vs. 5G NR gNB Physical Unit Protocol Stack Partitions
Exhibit 7: 5G Proprietary vRAN Architectures
Exhibit 8: Global RU/AAU Shipments, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 9: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Radio Type, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 10: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Type, 2024 (% Market Share)
Exhibit 11: Global RU/AAU Forecast 2025-2029, (Units)
Exhibit 12: Global RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 13: Global Massive MIMO AAU Shipments by FR1 Frequency Cluster, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 14: Global Massive AE AAU Shipments by FR2/3 Frequency Cluster, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 15: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 16: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Region, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 17: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 18: Global Open RAN/vRAN Compliant RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 19: Global RU/AAU Forecast Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 20: OREX SAI, Inc. JV Rationale
Exhibit 21: OREX SAI Supply Chain Model
Exhibit 22: Global RU/AAU Shipments by xTyR Configuration, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 23: Global RU/AAU Forecast by xTyR Configuration, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 24: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Region, 2024 (% Market Share)
Exhibit 25: North America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 26: Latin America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 27: Europe RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 28: Africa RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 29: The Middle East RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 30: Rest of Asia Pacific RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 31: China RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 32: India RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 2: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Radio Type, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 3: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 4: Global RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 5: Global RU/AAU Forecast 2025-2029, (Units)
Exhibit 6: LTE eNB vs. 5G NR gNB Physical Unit Protocol Stack Partitions
Exhibit 7: 5G Proprietary vRAN Architectures
Exhibit 8: Global RU/AAU Shipments, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 9: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Radio Type, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 10: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Type, 2024 (% Market Share)
Exhibit 11: Global RU/AAU Forecast 2025-2029, (Units)
Exhibit 12: Global RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 13: Global Massive MIMO AAU Shipments by FR1 Frequency Cluster, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 14: Global Massive AE AAU Shipments by FR2/3 Frequency Cluster, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 15: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 16: Global Macro Multi-RAT/Multi-Band RU Shipments by Region, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 17: Global RU/AAU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2024 (Units)
Exhibit 18: Global Open RAN/vRAN Compliant RU/AAU Shipments by Region, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 19: Global RU/AAU Forecast Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 20: OREX SAI, Inc. JV Rationale
Exhibit 21: OREX SAI Supply Chain Model
Exhibit 22: Global RU/AAU Shipments by xTyR Configuration, 2024 (Units)
Exhibit 23: Global RU/AAU Forecast by xTyR Configuration, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 24: Global RU/AAU Market Share by Region, 2024 (% Market Share)
Exhibit 25: North America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 26: Latin America RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 27: Europe RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 28: Africa RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 29: The Middle East RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 30: Rest of Asia Pacific RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 31: China RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Exhibit 32: India RU/AAU Forecast by Radio Type, 2025-2029 (Units)
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- AT&T Wireless
- Ericsson
- Vodafone
- OREX® / OREX SAI, Inc.
