The future of the network slicing market is so bright as to be incandescent, if ABI Research's latest forecast is anything to go by.
Analyst firm ABI reckons the global network slicing market will grow from $6.1 billion in 2025 to $67.52 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of 70%. That is quite the departure compared to its last slicing forecast, back in 2023, which predicted the market would be worth $19.5 billion by 2028.
Dimitris Mavrakis said in a blog post that trends influencing the revised forecast include the concerted effort by telcos like China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile US to monetise slicing services and the maturity of 5G standalone (SA)-capable smartphones, tempered slightly by the proven complexity of integrating 5G SA and cloud-native tools into telco networks.
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