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Market Analysis Perspective: EMEA Wholesale Telecoms Strategies, 2025

Jan Hein Bakkers, Tolga Yalcin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides wholesale telecoms service providers with insights into the development of the data, infrastructure, voice and messaging, roaming, and MVNO markets. It analyzes industry dynamics, competitive landscape, customer behavior, and future outlook across segments.

2025年地方創生とデジタル変革に向けたサービスプロバイダーの取り組み

Takuya Uemura, Masaru Muramatsu — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、人口減少や産業衰退といった構造的課題に直面する国内地域市場に対し、デジタル技術を活用して課題解決や活性化を図る、地方創生支援における主要なサービスプロバイダーの事業者動向を分析したものである。特に主要プレイヤー間では、地域市場における個別企業／組織の支援に留まらない、地域経済のエコシステム全体の変革に向けた取り組みが進んでいる。

IDC Japan、Software & Servicesのシニアリサーチマネージャーである植村卓弥は「地方創生の支援への取り組みは、近年の主要サービスプロバイダーに共通する戦略の方向性である、労働集約型からアセットベースへのビジネスモデルの転換、あるいはリソース不足への対応といった取り組みの推進に向けた重要な「試行の場」となっている」と述べている。

IDC Perspective: Key Considerations for Enterprises When Selecting a CPaaS Platform

Courtney Munroe, Avinash Naga — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective discusses key considerations for enterprises when selecting a CPaaS platform. Enterprises adopting CPaaS are not just buying APIs — they are investing in a strategic engagement layer that will define customer experience for the next decade. The right platform should deliver global reliability, regulatory compliance, and AI-driven personalization while integrating seamlessly into existing business ecosystems.

"Enterprises must evaluate CPaaS platforms not as tactical tools but as strategic enablers of digital engagement. The winners will be those that combine programmable communications with AI-driven orchestration, compliance, and global scalability." —Avinash Naga, research manager, Communications Platform as a Service at IDC

Capex Trends for Europe's Top 10 Telcos, 2025 — Investment Reduction and Efficiency Improvement

Bruno Teyton — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation summarizes the significant capex trends that will affect the top 10 telcos in Europe over the short and medium term. IDC forecasts that the combined capex of these 10 telcos will decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.2% through 2029. Their combined capex intensity will decrease to 16.0% by 2029, following the completion of fixed broadband networks. Efficiency and profitability will be the key focus areas.

Worldwide Enterprise Endpoint Device Management Survey, 2025

Phil Hochmuth — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey examines the results of IDC's 2025 Worldwide Enterprise Endpoint Device Management Survey. IDC surveyed over 982 decision-makers for device management software technology in October 2025. The goal of this survey is to capture the trends, opinions, and priorities of IT decision-makers and endpoint device management operations teams among companies with 500–1,000+ employees.

NVIDIA GTC 2025, Washington, D.C. — Implications for Defense and National Security

Alan Webber — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note analyzes the key announcements made at the NVIDIA GTC 2025 event, held October 28–29 in Washington, D.C. The event brought together NVIDIA developers, government leaders, and technology partners to explore the latest innovations being delivered by NVIDIA.

"NVIDIA's GTC DC 2025 marks a new direction where defense and military agencies transition from experimental AI pilots to owning sovereign, production-grade intelligence infrastructure — fundamentally shifting the acquisition calculus from renting from hyperscalers to building and owning their own AI infrastructure." — Alan Webber, program VP, National Security, Defense, and Intelligence at IDC

Are You Using the Right XR Headset for Work?

Bryan Bassett, Ramon T. Llamas — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective explores the evolution and practical deployment of extended reality (XR) technologies, including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and extended reality (ER) headsets. It outlines how advances in silicon, displays, and cameras have propelled XR devices into commercial popularity over the past decade, particularly for training applications across industries. This IDC Perspective clarifies distinctions between headsets and ideal use cases. VR offers immersive training in completely digital environments, MR enables users to interact with both real and virtual objects, ER provides heads-up content overlay for field service, and AR overlays interactive digital information onto real-world surroundings with advanced mapping features. Each type of headset has unique benefits and deployment considerations, recommended usage environments, mobility constraints, and interaction types. IDC aims to provide guidance for technology buyers on choosing and deploying appropriate XR solutions in the workplace.

"XR deployments in the commercial space are still relatively niche in 2025 compared with other hardware segments, but players in this market are actively designing and developing XR solutions for both frontline and knowledge/desk workers," said Bryan Bassett, research manager, Enterprise Mobility, IDC. "The latest generation of XR hardware has seen improvements in design and functionality, presenting an opportunity for expanded XR deployments in business. Collaboration, virtual design, and employee training are emerging as the front-runner use cases for enterprise workers."

"Augmented reality and virtual reality have been around for decades, but it has only been within the past 10 years that they have gained popularity and acceptance among interested commercial users," said Ramon T. Llamas, research director with IDC's XR and 3D Interactive Software program. "Training has become one of the most popular use cases for XR, allowing users to safely understand a task and the steps involved with it. Training can change markedly from one product to another, each presenting benefits and limitations to the wearer."

Network Inventory Market Landscape and Vendor Profiles

Chris Silberberg — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Perspective discusses the network inventory landscape and a few profiles of vendors that offer network inventory solutions. Network inventory is undergoing an evolution as telecom operators modernize legacy systems to enable automation, AI-driven operations, and new monetization models. Investment in cloud-native, unified inventory platforms is accelerating to overcome data silos, support autonomous networks, and deliver improved operational efficiency. Leading vendors are advancing with agentic AI, digital twins, and open APIs, while telcos prioritize integration, data quality, and strategic partnerships to drive resilience, innovation, and differentiated connectivity in an increasingly complex ecosystem.

"In the drive toward autonomous networks, fragmented inventory data is a significant barrier to accelerating network automation, innovation, and dynamic network services. Telcos must ensure they have a clear strategy for transforming this foundational area of their business," Chris Silberberg, research manager, Telecom Operations and Monetization, IDC.

Intelligence in RAN: Reshaping Innovation, Efficiency, and Sustainability for 5G-A

Swathi Arunaa — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note examines the Huawei IntelligentRAN solution, which addresses communications SPs' challenges with rising network complexity, sustainability objectives, and operational challenges. The solution aims to enable communications SPs in optimizing user experience, improving energy efficiency, and advancing automated operations as they transition to 5G–Advanced (5G-A).

SMB Communications Services Survey, 2025: Mobility

Jason Blackwell — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey provides a summary of results from IDC's SMB Communications Services Survey, an online survey of United States–based small and medium-sized businesses fielded in September 2025. This portion of the survey explores key issues related to mobility services adoption and implementation by businesses with 1–499 employees.