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Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Enterprise Network Consulting and Integration Services, 2026

Leslie Rosenberg — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Analysis Perspective provides insight into the current and future state of the worldwide enterprise network consulting and integration services (NCIS) market. It includes an overview of the current market landscape, a technology buyer perspective, a market outlook, and IDC's advice for technology suppliers/service providers.

"The enterprise network will continue to rise in importance as high-speed, low-latency performance becomes a requirement for success in the agentic AI era. These demands, coupled with increased network complexity and skill scarcity, require that organizations leverage resources from their NCIS partners to accelerate successful network initiatives," said Leslie Rosenberg, research vice president, Network Life-Cycle and Infrastructure Services at IDC.

Worldwide Wi-Fi-Enabled Products Forecast, 2026–2030

Phil Solis — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Pivot Table deliverable includes yearly data from 2014 to 2030 for the worldwide Wi-Fi-enabled products market. This is a look at all the systems or end products that contain Wi-Fi integrated into an SoC, a Wi-Fi chip, or a Wi-Fi module.

The data includes pivot tables arranged in multiple ways (same pivot data) comprised of:

System/product categorization: 11 "level 1" market categorizations, over 50 "level 2" categorizations, over 85 "level 3" categorizations, about 150 "level 4" categorizations
Wi-Fi protocol segmentation: Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 8, "other" (WiGig, WAVE, HaLow)
IEEE protocol segmentation: 802.11n single band (Wi-Fi 4), 802.11n dual band (Wi-Fi 4), 802.11n/ac (Wi-Fi 5), 802.11n/ac/ad (Wi-Fi 5), 802.11ax without 6GHz (Wi-Fi 6), 802.11ax with 6GHz (Wi-Fi 6E), 802.11ax/ay (Wi-Fi 6), 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7), 802.11be/ay (Wi-Fi 7), 802.11bn (Wi-Fi 8) 802.11ad (WiGig), 802.11ay (WiGig), 802.11ah (HaLow), 802.11p (WAVE)
System landscape: Primary client, physical AI, IoT/endpoint, edge infrastructure (light), edge infrastructure (heavy), network infrastructure, storage mechanism

CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026: AI Agent and OT Device Security Carry Consequences for Device Management Vendors and Buyers

Phil Hochmuth — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This year's news from CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2026 skewed, predictably, toward security operations (SecOps) and agentic AI — but the endpoint's expanding definition and role have direct implications for unified endpoint management (UEM), patch management, and IT operations strategy.

CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026: AI Agent and OT Device Security Carry Consequences for Device Management Vendors and Buyers

Phil Hochmuth — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

IDC Market Glance: Japan Network Services, 3Q26

Yoko Ono — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

本調査レポートは、企業から個人まで、ますます不可欠になるネットワークサービスについて、国内における主要ベンダーのマップを提供するものである。ネットワークサービス市場を「WAN services」「Global WAN services」「Wavelength services」「Interconnection services」「Internet exchange services」「Fixed broadband & internet access services」「Mobile network services」「Mobile virtual network services」「IoT connectivity services」「Satellite communications services」の10のセグメントに分類し、市場定義を提供している。

Market Forecast: Worldwide Telco Cloud Infrastructure Software (NFVI, VNF, and CNF) Forecast, 2026–2030

Ajeet Das — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study presents how communication service providers are increasingly adopting cloud-native network functions, which not only offer benefits but also introduce challenges like a lack of in-house expertise, complex security, and managing multiple infrastructure types.

U.S. MVNO Earnings Analysis for 2Q26

Jitesh Gera, Jason Leigh — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note discusses how cable is pulling away in the U.S. MVNO race. Comcast, Charter, and Optimum together added 904,000 wireless lines in 2Q26 and are increasingly building their own Wi-Fi and CBRS network capacity — plus a bigger business wireless opportunity via a new T-Mobile agreement — to reduce their dependence on wholesale hosts. EchoStar’s Boost Mobile is heading in the opposite direction, shedding subscribers as it winds down its own network and shifts to AT&T’s under a new hybrid MNO model, trading growth for margin.

“Cable operators are no longer content to just rent capacity from the big three — they’re building their own Wi-Fi and CBRS networks and pushing into business wireless to control more of their own destiny,” said Jitesh Gera, research manager, Wireless Services, IDC. “EchoStar’s retreat from network ownership is the cautionary tale on the other side: owning a network and owning a customer relationship are different businesses, and Boost Mobile is learning that the hard way.”

IDC Survey: Worldwide Telco DX Network Infrastructure and Cloud Survey, 2026 — Satellite and NTN Responses

Simon Baker — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey, conducted in April 2026, builds upon a prior study from 2025 that explored how global telecommunications service providers are prioritizing technology investments, modernizing their operational and commercial infrastructure, and scaling AI across their organizations.

IDC's 2026 Telco DX Network Infrastructure and Cloud Survey captures insights from 350 telecom operators across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific regions.

Responses related to satellite communications show a big jump in telco interest in using satellite services. The main interest is in broadband service, ahead of satellite IoT and then direct smartphone to satellite (D2C) service. The telco respondents have more interest in working with Amazon Leo than they do with Starlink, despite the Amazon service not yet being operational at the time the survey was conducted.

Market Forecast: European Wholesale Telecom Services Forecast, 2026-2030

Jan Hein Bakkers — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Forecast study provides the five-year forecast for the European wholesale telecom services market and delivers insights into the drivers and inhibitors of growth.

“AI is redefining connectivity requirements of wholesale buyers and their end-customers. AI, automation and APIs will be key building blocks in the Wholesale 2.0 era,” said Jan Hein Bakkers, senior research director, Telecom at IDC.

Adaptive Monetization: The Next Frontier of Commercial Flexibility and Control

Christopher Silberberg, Tiffany McCormick — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note defines adaptive monetization systems, a category of monetization capability built to respond to the cost, output, and value volatility that AI-embedded products introduce. It maps the components of a modern monetization stack — pricing and catalog, usage capture, rating, charging and credit control, and billing — against the demands of real-time, usage-responsive commercial models, and gives suppliers and buyers a framework for judging where adaptive capabilities are needed versus where they add unnecessary complexity.

“When cost, output, and value are all moving at once, you cannot fix monetization by patching one component of price, charge, or bill. You need systems built to adapt across all of them before and during consumption, not after,” said Chris Silberberg, research manager, IDC.