Telecom’s biggest vendors – 2Q24 edition
Vendor market decline moderates to 3.4% in 2Q24 as Huawei's recovery gains momentum; cautious optimism for 2H24 growth
By Arun Menon

The goal of this report series is to equip telecom industry decision-makers with a comprehensive view of spending trends and vendor market power in their industry. To do this we assess technology vendors’ revenues in the telecom vertical, across a wide range of company types and technology segments. We call this market “telco network infrastructure”, or “Telco NI.” This study tracks 134 Telco NI vendors, providing revenue and market share estimates for the 1Q13-2Q24 period. Of these 134 vendors, 108 are actively selling to telcos; most others have been acquired by other companies in the database. For instance, ADVA is now part of Adtran, but both companies remain in the database because of historic sales.

Below are the key highlights of the report:

Revenues: Telco NI vendor revenues were $53.3B in 2Q24 and $205.7B for the annualized 2Q24 period overall, down 3.4% and 8.9% on a YoY basis, respectively. Huawei lifted the market: excluding Huawei, the total market declined by 7.3% in the latest single quarter and by 11.2% in annualized 2Q24 on a YoY basis. After many disappointing quarters, Huawei appears to have turned a corner in the latest three quarters.

Top vendors: The top three Telco NI vendors remain the usual trio: Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia. They account for 37.7% of the total market in annualized 2Q24, or 40.3% in 2Q24 alone. China Comservice and ZTE have been jostling for the 4th and 5th positions since early 2019.

Key vendors by YoY revenue growth: The top three vendors, in terms of YoY revenue growth, are common to both single quarter and annualized 2Q24: Tejas Networks, Broadcom, and Alphabet. Respectively, their jumps were due to BSNL’s 4G rollout in India (Tejas), acquisition of VMWare in Nov 2023 (Broadcom), and improved penetration of the telecom vertical with cloud services (Alphabet).

Spending outlook: Per our latest official forecast, we expect telco capex – the main driver of the Telco NI market – to dip from $315B in 2023 to between $295B-$305B. Capex will start to rise again in a couple of years, reaching $331B in 2028. The spending outlook for the US market is appealing in the short-term due to government funding (BEAD and RDOF).

Table of Contents

  1. Report Highlights
  2. SUMMARY – Results commentary
  3. Telco NI Market – Latest Results
  4. TOP 25 VENDORS – Printable tearsheets
  5. CHARTS – Single vendor snapshot
  6. CHARTS – 5 vendor comparisons
  7. R&D spending by vendors
  8. RAW DATA – revenue estimates by company
  9. Methodology & Assumptions
  10. ABOUT – MTN Consulting

Figures

Partial list:

  • Annualized Telco NI vendor revenues ($B) vs. YoY growth in annualized sales
  • YoY growth in annualized Telco NI market, with and without Huawei figures
  • All vendors, YoY growth in single quarter sales
  • Telco NI vendor revenues by company type, TTM basis (US$B)
  • Telco NI revenues by company type: YoY % change
  • Telco NI revenue split: Services vs. HW/SW
  • Telco NI sales of top 10 vendors vs. all others, 2Q24 TTM (annualized)
  • Top 25 vendors based on annualized Telco NI revenues through 2Q24 ($B)
  • Top 25 vendors based on Telco NI revenues in 2Q24 ($B)
  • Key vendors’ annualized share of Telco NI market
  • Telco NI market share changes, 2Q24 TTM vs. 2Q23 TTM
  • Telco NI annualized revenue changes, 2Q24 vs. 2Q23
  • YoY growth in Telco NI revenues (2Q24)
  • Top 25 vendors in Telco NI Hardware/Software: Annualized 2Q24 Revenues (US$B)
  • Top 25 vendors in Telco NI Services: Annualized 2Q24 Revenues (US$B)
  • R&D spending as a percent of revenues for key telco-focused vendors (2Q22-2Q24)

Coverage

Company Segment
3M CCV
A10 Networks NEP
Accenture plc  ITSP
Accton Technology NEP
ADTRAN NEP
ADVA Optical Networking NEP
Affirmed Networks NSP
Airspan NEP
Akamai NSP
Alcatel-Lucent NEP
Allied Telesis NEP
Allot Communications NEP
Alphabet NSP
Altran Technologies ITSP
Amazon NSP
Amdocs ITSP
Amphenol CCV
Anritsu T&M
Arista Networks NEP
ARRIS International CCV
AsiaInfo Technologies NSP
Atos Origin ITSP
Audiocodes NSP
Avaya ITSP
Aviat Networks NEP
Beijing Xinwei NEP
Broadcom Limited  NEP
BroadSoft, Inc.  NSP
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.  NEP
CA Technologies NSP
Calix NEP
Capgemini ITSP
Casa Systems NEP
Ceragon Networks NEP
Check Point Software NSP
China Comservice ES
Ciena Corporation  NEP
Cisco Systems NEP
Citrix Systems ITSP
Clearfield CCV
Comarch ITSP
Comba Telecom NEP
CommScope Holding CCV
Commvault Systems ITSP
Comptel NSP
Coriant NEP
Corning CCV
CSG NSP
Cyan NSP
DASAN Zhone NEP
Datang Telecom Technology NEP
Dell Technologies NEP
DragonWave Inc.  NEP
DXC Technology (aka CSC) ITSP
DyCom Industries ES
Dynatrace NSP
ECI Telecom NEP
Ericsson NEP
EXFO Inc T&M
Extreme Networks NEP
F5 Networks ITSP
Fiberhome NEP
Fortinet ITSP
Fujikura CCV
Fujitsu Limited  NEP
Furukawa Electric CCV
General Cable CCV
Harmonic Inc.  NEP
HCL Technologies ITSP
Hengtong Optic-electric CCV
Hitachi NEP
HPE ITSP
Huawei NEP
Huber+suhner AG CCV
IBM ITSP
Infinera NEP
Infosys ITSP
Inseego NEP
Intel NEP
Italtel NEP
ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation  ES
Juniper Networks NEP
Kathrein CCV
Kudelski NEP
Kyndryl Holdings ITSP
Lenovo NEP
MasTec ES
Mavenir NSP
Metaswitch NSP
Microsoft NSP
Mitsubishi Electric NEP
NEC Corporation  NEP
Net Insight NEP
Netcomm NEP
NetScout Systems NSP
Nexans CCV
Nokia NEP
Nutanix NSP
Openet NSP
OPTIVA NSP
Oracle NSP
Pace plc NEP
Palo Alto Networks NEP
Prysmian CCV
Radcom NSP
Radisys NSP
Radware NEP
Rakuten Group NSP
Red Hat NSP
Ribbon Communications NEP
Ruckus Wireless NEP
Samsung Electronics NEP
SAP SE  NSP
SeaChange International, Inc.  NSP
Sopra Steria ITSP
Spirent Communications T&M
Sterlite Technologies CCV
Subex NSP
Sumitomo Electric NEP
Tata Consultancy Services ITSP
TE Connectivity CCV
Tech Mahindra ITSP
Technicolor NEP
Tejas Networks NEP
Transmode NEP
Trigiant Group CCV
Ubiquiti NEP
VMWare NSP
Vubiquity ITSP
Westell CCV
Wipro ITSP
Wiwynn NEP
YOFC CCV
ZTE NEP

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