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EMEA Wholesale Radar, 1H26

Jan Hein Bakkers — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Presentation analyzes recent news and events in the wholesale telecoms market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It identifies major trends and dynamics from these announcements and places them in the context of overall market development and outlook.

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 Unified Communications and Collaboration Forecast, 2026–2030

Graham Fruin, Denise Lund — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

"The UC&C market is in a mature phase where consolidation of solutions and platforms is expected. AI features are no longer simply an add-on but a core part of the solutions. Cloud-based UC&C is still expected to be the dominant solution in the market, but there is a growing core of hybrid/on-premises users that prefer to retain control and have concerns over public cloud security." — Senior Research Analyst, Graham Fruin, Unified Communications and Collaboration, IDC

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.

AI-RAN Moves from Pilot to Production

Ajeet Das — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Market Note details how AI-RAN shifted from pilot projects to commercial deployment in 2026, with Ericsson and Nokia launching subscription AI-RAN platforms, the AI-RAN Alliance growing to 132 members, and Verizon extending agentic AI across 60,000 sites. It outlines the Alliance's four pillars (AI for RAN, AI on RAN, AI and RAN, and agentic AI), explains how AWS and Microsoft Azure position themselves as orchestration and monetization layers for shared RAN infrastructure, and discusses the ROI validation gap and the GPU versus baseband architecture debate hindering adoption. IDC recommends operators focus on validated, high-ROI use cases such as energy savings and massive MIMO tuning, delay second-wave applications such as computer vision, and consider hyperscaler and accelerator decisions as core infrastructure choices for upcoming budget cycles.

"AI-RAN has moved from lab pilot to a board-level budget line in a single quarter — the operators who win will be those who validate ROI and adopt an accelerator strategy first." — Ajeet Das, research director, Worldwide Telecom Network Infrastructure, IDC.

Market Forecast: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services Forecast, 2026–2030

Olga Yashkova — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation provides the five-year forecast for the datacenter colocation services market and delivers insights into the drivers and inhibitors of growth. It quantifies colocation revenue by region through 2030 and captures how AI and power constraints are reshaping the market.

"The colocation market has moved past its growth-story phase into something closer to a supply crisis. AI workloads aren't just adding demand, they are redefining what a datacenter needs to be, from power density to cooling to interconnection. Providers that can secure power and execute fast are commanding real pricing power for the first time in over a decade. The ones still operating like traditional landlords will fall behind." — Olga Yashkova, research manager, Worldwide Telecommunications Services, IDC

IDC Survey Spotlight: How Do Wholesale Telcos in EMEA Adapt Their Networks to Increased AI Workloads?

Jan Hein Bakkers — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey Spotlight highlights data from IDC's May 2026 Worldwide Telco DX Network Infrastructure and Cloud Survey. The data provides insights into network strategy actions that wholesale operators in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are prioritizing in response to increased AI workloads.

Tech Buyer Survey Spotlight: How Are Networking and Telecom Spending Impacting IT Investment Shifts?

Paul Hughes — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This Tech Buyer Survey Spotlight looks at how enterprises view the impact of tariffs and economic shifts on the cost of IT services, and in particular, telecom and network services spending concerns rank well below other segments. As enterprises navigate geopolitical realities that affect business planning and investment, business continuity and connectivity resilience remain priorities, but longer-term contracts reduce much of the cost pressure that comes from other IT segments.

The data in this Spotlight comes from IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey Wave 4, with 1,835 respondents across 27 countries and 15 vertical industries.

IDC's Worldwide Telecom Services Taxonomy, 2026

Kresimir Alic — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview of the definitions used for measuring telecom services markets across the globe. The top-level methodology used to research these markets is also outlined in the study. The taxonomy summarizes the segmentation used throughout the IDC Worldwide Telecom Services Tracker, which includes service access type and end-user type. The study also outlines the metrics used in the tracker and its add-ons — service connections, traffic generated on those service connections, and associated spending by users. Other key indicators published include service penetration levels and average revenue per user (ARPU) calculations.

"IDC's Worldwide Telecom Services Taxonomy provides a standard, consistent guide for our analysts across the globe who research telecom services markets at a country level. These markets must be assessed from the bottom up, as they are all different. Therefore, a foundational taxonomy study that evolves with the markets over time is essential." — Research Director Kresimir Alic, Worldwide Telecom Services, IDC