PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1976102
PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1976102
Next-generation network equipment refers to advanced equipment designed to enhance network infrastructure and support modern communication networks. This equipment is essential for building and maintaining modern communication networks, accommodating the growing demands of digital transformation, IoT (Internet of Things), 5G, edge computing, and other emerging technologies and applications.
The primary types of next-generation network equipment include high-fiber copper cables, broadband wireless, and broadband devices over power lines. High-fiber copper cables are designed with high-quality copper conductors to transmit data signals over long distances with minimal loss, ensuring reliable and high-speed communication connections. These cables find various applications such as file sharing, internet video, IPTV (internet protocol television) and video on demand, gaming, and web data, catering to internet service providers, telecom service providers, governments, and other end-users.
Tariffs have impacted the next-generation network equipment market by increasing costs for importing fiber optic cables, broadband devices, and wireless equipment. Regions including North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific are most affected, particularly for high-fiber and broadband wireless technologies. While tariffs have raised production costs, they have also promoted local manufacturing, stimulated innovation in broadband solutions, and encouraged development of cost-efficient network deployment strategies.
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The next generation network equipment market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $37.59 billion in 2025 to $40.33 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth of internet service providers, expansion of broadband infrastructure, adoption of wireless technologies, rise in internet video and gaming, demand for faster data transfer.
The next generation network equipment market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $53.71 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to deployment of 5g and wi-fi 6 networks, expansion of iot and edge devices, adoption in smart cities, growth of telecommunication service providers, innovation in broadband devices over power lines. Major trends in the forecast period include 5g technology deployment, high-fiber network expansion, wi-fi 6 implementation, powerline communication solutions, broadband devices innovation.
The increasing demand for high-capacity Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks is expected to drive the growth of the next-generation network equipment market in the coming years. High-capacity IP-based networks are advanced communication infrastructures with enhanced bandwidth and data-carrying capacity, designed to efficiently manage large volumes of digital information. Next-generation network equipment plays a critical role in supporting these networks by providing the advanced technologies and infrastructure needed to handle rising data traffic and enable emerging applications and services. For example, in September 2024, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, a US-based non-profit trade association, Americans consumed more than 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023, an increase of 26 trillion megabytes-or 36%-compared with 2022, marking the largest single-year growth in wireless data demand ever recorded. Therefore, the growing need for high-capacity IP networks is contributing to the expansion of the next-generation network equipment market.
Key players in the next-generation network equipment market are intensifying their efforts to develop innovative solutions, such as Amdocs Network Inventory, to gain a competitive advantage. Amdocs Network Inventory is an advanced cloud-agnostic network inventory solution, offering a comprehensive software platform capable of managing and tracking network resources across various cloud environments without being tied to any specific cloud provider. For example, in June 2023, Amdocs, a US-based software and services provider, unveiled the Amdocs Network Inventory platform, featuring AI-driven automation, cloud-agnostic support, and end-to-end visibility. This platform enhances network operations and facilitates faster time-to-market, signifying a technological shift towards intelligent and automated network management solutions. Such solutions empower service providers to navigate complex network operations, meet evolving demands, and maintain competitiveness in the next-generation network equipment market.
In February 2023, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), a US-based information technology company, acquired Athonet for an undisclosed amount. Through this acquisition, HPE aims to strengthen its next-generation network equipment portfolio by integrating Athonet's cloud-native private 5G core technology to support advanced enterprise connectivity, edge computing, and next-generation campus network deployments. Athonet Srl is an Italy-based telecommunications company that offers a fully software-based, virtualized 4G/5G mobile core for private cellular networks.
Major companies operating in the next generation network equipment market are Samsung Electronics; Verizon Communications Inc.; AT&T Inc.; Huawei Investments and Holding Co. Ltd.; Cisco Systems Inc.; Qualcomm Incorporated; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Fujitsu; Ericsson; Nokia; NEC Corporation; ZTE Corporation; Telstra Corporation Ltd.; Juniper Networks Inc.; Amdocs; Ciena Corporation; F5 Networks Inc.; ADTRAN; WebNMS (Zoho Corporation); Elitecore Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; Macquarie Telecom Group Ltd.; TELES AG; Mycom Osi
North America was the largest region in the next generation network equipment market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the next generation network equipment market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the next generation network equipment market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain
The next generation network equipment market consists of sales of routers, switches, gateways, access points, network management software, and security appliances. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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