Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud Software Forecast, 2024–2028

IDC Market Forecast Figure

• Figure: Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud Software Spending Snapshot

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Forecast

• The Carrier Mobile Edge Cloud

• Table: Worldwide Mobile Edge VNF/CNF Spending by Segment, 2019–2028 ($M)

• Figure: Carrier Mobile Edge Cloud Evolution Driven by 5G and Cloud-Native Network Functions

• vRAN and the Transition to 5G Cloud RAN Architectures

• 5G Core Considered Starting Point for Many Communication SPs to Deploy VNFs and CNFs at the Edge

• The Carrier Wireline Edge Cloud

• Figure: The Wireline Edge Evolution to a Cloud Model

• Table: Worldwide Wireline Edge VNF/CNF Spending by Segment, 2019–2028 ($M)

• Figure: Virtual Network Services Delivery Leveraging the Cloud

• The Cable Edge Cloud

• Figure: Cable Edge Evolution

• Table: Worldwide Cable Edge Spending, 2019–2028

• The Carrier CDN Edge

• Figure: Evolution to Virtual CDNs at the Carrier Edge

• Table: Worldwide CDN Edge VNF Spending, 2019–2025

• Overall Carrier Edge Cloud VNF/CNF Forecast

• Table: Worldwide Carrier Edge Cloud VNF/CNF Spending by Segment, 2019–2028 ($M)

• Overall Carrier Edge Cloud NFVI Forecast

• Table: Worldwide Carrier Edge Cloud NFVI Spending by Segment, 2019–2028 ($M)

• Overall Carrier Edge Cloud Software Forecast

• Table: Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud Software Spending, 2019–2028 ($M)

Market Context

• Drivers and Inhibitors

• Drivers

• 5G

• Enterprises' Move to the Cloud

• Delivery of OTT Video

• Inhibitors

• Telco Cloud Best Practice Debate: Virtual Machines or Bare Metal

• Telco Struggles with Rapid Network Functions Virtualization Operations

• Significant Market Developments

• Changes from Prior Forecast

• Table: Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud NFVI Spending, 2019–2024: Comparison of September 2021 and September 2024 Forecasts ($M)

• Table: Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud VNF/CNF Spending, 2019–2024: Comparison of September 2021 and September 2024 Forecasts ($M)

• Figure: Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud NFVI Spending, 2019–2024: Comparison of September 2021 and September 2024 Forecasts

• Figure: Worldwide Carrier Multi-Access Edge Cloud VNF/CNF Spending, 2019–2024: Comparison of September 2021 and September 2024 Forecasts

Market Definition

• Figure: The Carrier Network Edge

• Software-Defined Compute

• Software-Defined Networking

• Software-Defined Storage

• Management

• Orchestration

• What in the MEC Is Not Covered in This Document

Methodology

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