Telecoms capex: worldwide trends and forecasts 2017–2027

This report provides forecasts for capex for established and new telecoms operators and infrastructure providers between 2017 and 2027. It provides a detailed breakdown of capex by region, network technology and category. It also analyses the spending patterns and priorities of 10 different operator types including converged, mobile-only, wholesale, B2B and hyperscale providers.

This report answers the following questions.

• What do we expect the trends in telecoms capex to be between 2017 and 2027 and what are the drivers for investment?
• For which technologies or architecture will operator spending grow, and for which will spending decline?
• How will operators’ different business models affect their approaches to investment, and will some shift budgets more heavily towards opex?
• How much capital spending will be made by non-traditional operators, by wholesale providers, and by cloud or enterprise co-investors?
• How will new digital architecture affect capex during the 2020s?

Geographical coverage

Operator types