Update 13 July 2026

This release introduces a new version of the Analysys Mason Datahub, featuring extensive data from the Space practice alongside other interface improvements.

Enhancements to the DataHub application

The DataHub has a new look. We have introduced colour-coding across each of the datasets and in the supporting materials, and the dataset tabs have been reordered to reflect the expanded range of content.

These are the most significant changes included in this release:

  • The addition of the extensive Space dataset.
    • The Space dataset includes nearly 4000 metrics from 18 forecast reports on the satellite and space industries.
  • The IT dataset is the new name for the SMB Technology Forecaster.
    • You can view the data associated with each IT module using data views, which slice the data into topic-based sections.
  • The Telecoms dataset is the new name for the Telco portal.
    • The Telecoms actuals tab now includes data views, which allows you to quickly access topic-specific slices of the dataset, such as Financial KPIs.

Update 14 May 2026

This release focuses on updates to the SMB Technology Forecaster dataset, which has been fully revised using 4Q 2025 data.

Latest 'Telco' core forecast versions Publication date Based on historical data up to: Status
Worldwide 12 March 2026 4Q 2024  
Sub-Saharan Africa 12 March 2026 3Q 2025  
North America 10 March 2026 4Q 2024  
Middle East and North Africa 06 March 2026 4Q 2024  
Western Europe 05 March 2026 3Q 2025  
Central and Eastern Europe 05 March 2026 3Q 2025  
Latin America 21 January 2026 1Q 2025  
Emerging Asia–Pacific 21 January 2026 1Q 2025  
Developed Asia–Pacific 21 January 2026 1Q 2025  
     
Latest 'Telco' actuals data Publication date Historical data up to: Status
Latin America 7 April 2026 4Q 2025 NEW
Emerging Asia–Pacific 7 April 2026 4Q 2025 NEW
Developed Asia–Pacific 7 April 2026 4Q 2025 NEW
Middle East and North Africa 7 April 2026 4Q 2025 NEW
Western Europe 30 March 2026 4Q 2025 NEw
Central and Eastern Europe 30 March 2026 4Q 2025 NEW
Sub-Saharan Africa 30 March 2026 4Q 2025 NEW
North America 27 March 2026 4Q 2025 NEW
Financial KPIs (all regions) 6 March 2026 4Q 2025  

Update 9 April 2026

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated our core historical data for all the countries that we cover. We have also updated the fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) and pay-TV tracker data for all countries to 4Q 2025.

We retired Norway from our FMC footprint.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in March 2026 and is based on 3Q 2025 historical data.

TELCO FORECASTS - recent changes to taxonomy

We are continuing to roll out a modernised taxonomy for our core and business forecasts.

In March 2026, we added Sub-Saharan Africa to previously modernised European and worldwide results.

We retired the following clusters of metrics for Sub-Saharan Africa:

  • mobile revenue/ARPU by service type (voice/messaging/data)
  • mobile revenue/ARPU by technology (2G/3G/4G/5G)
  • total mobile connections by plan type (prepaid/contract)
  • mobile broadband connections by screen size
  • mobile handset connections by handset type (smartphone/basic phone)
  • FWA connections and revenue by technology (5G/sub-5G)
  • fixed voice traffic by segment (residential/business)
  • fixed dial-up internet connections.

In addition, we have also retired the following clusters of metrics previously included within the communications services forecasts view (which has been renamed to A2P forecasts):

  • fixed and mobile users by communications service type (operator – IP/ OTT/non-op. – IP/messaging/voice)
  • fixed and mobile traffic by communications service type (operator – IP/ OTT/non-op. – IP/messaging/voice).

Update 18 March 2026

TELCO FORECASTS

We have updated the core forecast for all Sub-Saharan African countries, based on historical data to 3Q 2025, and made revisions to the business forecasts for the Middle East and North Africa, as well as North America.

We have updated the worldwide core and business results to include revised results.

Taxonomy changes in the core and business forecasts

We are continuing to roll out a modernised taxonomy for the core and business forecasts, adding Sub-Saharan Africa to previously modernised European and worldwide results.

We are retiring the following clusters of metrics for Sub-Saharan Africa:

  • mobile revenue/ARPU by service type (voice/messaging/data)
  • mobile revenue/ARPU by technology (2G/3G/4G/5G)
  • total mobile connections by plan type (prepaid/contract)
  • mobile broadband connections by screen size
  • mobile handset connections by handset type (smartphone/basic phone)
  • FWA connections and revenue by technology (5G/sub-5G)
  • fixed voice traffic by segment (residential/business)
  • fixed dial-up internet connections.

In addition, we have also retired the following clusters of metrics previously included within the communications services forecasts view (which has been renamed to A2P forecasts):

  • fixed and mobile users by communications service type (operator – IP/ OTT/non-op. – IP/messaging/voice)
  • fixed and mobile traffic by communications service type (operator – IP/ OTT/non-op. – IP/messaging/voice).

We previously updated the taxonomy for the core forecast and business forecasts for European results on 19 February 2026, and the following paragraphs relate to that earlier release.

We have introduced the following new metrics (27 in total):

  • total mobile service retail revenue and ASPU (adjusted for inflation)
  • fixed connections, revenue and ASPU – total lines in service split by technology (DSL, cable, fibre, FWA, satellite and other).

We are retiring the following clusters of metrics:

  • mobile revenue/ARPU by service type (voice/messaging/data)
  • mobile revenue/ARPU by technology (2G/3G/4G/5G)
  • total mobile connections by plan type (prepaid/contract)
  • mobile broadband connections by screen size
  • mobile handset connections by handset type (smartphone/basic phone)
  • FWA connections and revenue by technology (5G/sub-5G)
  • fixed voice traffic by segment (residential/business)
  • fixed dial-up internet connections.

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Financial KPI metrics for all geographies to include data up to 4Q 2025.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in March 2026 and is based on 3Q 2025 historical data.

Update 4 March 2026

The SMB Technology Forecaster dataset has been updated with a refreshed forecast based on 3Q 2025 historical data. These notes also describe changes to data in the Telco portal made in the previous update in February.

TELCO ACTUALS

We have refreshed our historical data for all European countries to reflect the careful scrutiny that we give our historical data when preparing the forecasts.

TELCO FORECASTS

We have updated the core and business forecasts for all European countries, based on historical data to 3Q 2025.

We have also published new pay-TV forecast results for the Czech Republic, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, along with updates for the regional totals for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa.

We have updated the worldwide core, business and pay-TV forecast results to include the revised results.

Taxonomy changes in the core and business forecasts

We have started to roll out a modernised taxonomy for the core and business forecasts, starting with the European and worldwide results.

We have introduced the following new metrics (27 in total):

  • total mobile service retail revenue and ASPU (adjusted for inflation)
  • fixed connections, revenue and ASPU – total lines in service split by technology (DSL, cable, fibre, FWA, satellite and other).

We are retiring the following clusters of metrics:

  • mobile revenue/ARPU by service type (voice/messaging/data)
  • mobile revenue/ARPU by technology (2G/3G/4G/5G)
  • total mobile connections by plan type (prepaid/contract)
  • mobile broadband connections by screen size
  • mobile handset connections by handset type (smartphone/basic phone)
  • fixed FWA connections and revenue by technology (5G/sub-5G)
  • fixed voice traffic by segment (residential/business)
  • fixed dial-up internet connections.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies has been updated with a refreshed forecast based on 3Q 2025 historical data.

Update 19 February 2026

TELCO ACTUALS

We have refreshed our historical data for all European countries to reflect the careful scrutiny that we give our historical data when preparing the forecasts.

TELCO FORECASTS

We have updated the core and business forecasts for all European countries, based on historical data to 3Q 2025.

We have also published new pay-TV forecast results for the Czech Republic, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, along with updates for the regional totals for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa.

We have updated the worldwide core, business and pay-TV forecast results to include the revised results.

Taxonomy changes in the core and business forecasts

We have started to roll out a modernised taxonomy for the core and business forecasts, starting with the European and worldwide results.

We have introduced the following new metrics (27 in total):

  • total mobile service retail revenue and ASPU (adjusted for inflation)
  • fixed connections, revenue and ASPU – total lines in service split by technology (DSL, cable, fibre, FWA, satellite and other).

We are retiring the following clusters of metrics:

  • mobile revenue/ARPU by service type (voice/messaging/data)
  • mobile revenue/ARPU by technology (2G/3G/4G/5G)
  • total mobile connections by plan type (prepaid/contract)
  • mobile broadband connections by screen size
  • mobile handset connections by handset type (smartphone/basic phone)
  • fixed FWA connections and revenue by technology (5G/sub-5G)
  • fixed voice traffic by segment (residential/business)
  • fixed dial-up internet connections.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in September 2025 and is based on 1Q 2025 historical data.

Update 29 January 2026

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated our core historical data for all the countries we cover in the Americas, Asia–Pacific and the Middle East and Africa. We have also refreshed the Financial KPI dataset to include new results made public by operators since our last update (in December 2025). We have updated the fixed–mobile convergence and pay-TV tracker data for all countries to 3Q 2025.

TELCO FORECASTS

We have completed the full annual update of the IoT forecasts for all regions.

We have also published new pay-TV forecast results for Poland, Turkey and the Central and Eastern Europe region as a whole.

We have recalculated the core forecasts and business forecasts for all regions and worldwide to align with these new results.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in September 2025 and is based on 1Q 2025 historical data.

Update 16 December 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco core and fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) actuals data to 3Q 2025 for all European countries.

TELCO FORECASTS

The full annual update of the business forecasts has been completed for emerging Asia–Pacific and developed Asia–Pacific. We have refreshed our core forecasts with the newest regional business forecast data above, including the worldwide totals.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in September 2025 and is based on 1Q 2025 historical data.

Update 19 November 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco financial KPI data to 3Q 2025 for all geographies.

TELCO FORECASTS

The full annual update of the business forecasts has been completed for Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The worldwide wireless data traffic forecasts have been fully updated, as have the worldwide fixed data traffic forecasts.

The core forecasts have been refreshed to align with these new results, and the worldwide telecoms core forecast has also been recalculated accordingly.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in September 2025 and is based on 1Q 2025 historical data.

Update 23 September 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco core actuals data to 2Q 2025 for all geographies, and actuals for all fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) countries.

TELCO FORECASTS

No changes have been made to the forecasts in this release.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in September 2025 and is based on 1Q 2025 historical data.

Update 11 September 2025

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

We have updated data for all geographies based on 1Q 2025 historical data, with revised forecasts up to 2029.

Update 28 August 2025

This update includes new financial KPI data for all countries to 2Q 2025. We have also updated our Telco core forecasts for Latin America and emerging Asia–Pacific and have refreshed our pay-TV forecasts for selected countries in Western Europe.

TELCO ACTUALS

This update includes new financial KPI data for all countries up to and including 2Q 2025. We have also included 2Q 2025 core data for Latvia and Poland ahead of the scheduled release date (late September 2025).

TELCO FORECASTS

Core forecasts. We have completed a full update of the forecasts for Latin America and emerging Asia–Pacific, based on 1Q 2025 historical data.

Pay-TV forecasts. We have completed a full update for Ireland, Norway and Sweden based on 4Q 2024 data. We have updated all relevant regional and worldwide forecasts in light of the above changes.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 28 July 2025

We have made a minor adjustment to nomenclature. ICT services are now referred to as IT services. These relate to non-connectivity-based specialist business services, including cloud and other value-added services.

TELCO ACTUALS

We have made minor refinements to the historical data for selected countries in Asia–Pacific and Europe.

TELCO FORECASTS

Core forecasts. We have carried out a full update of the forecasts for developed Asia–Pacific, based on 1Q 2025 historical data.

Pay-TV forecasts. We have completed a full update for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK based on 4Q 2024 data. We have also made minor adjustments to the forecasts for other selected countries. We have updated all relevant worldwide forecasts in light of the above changes.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 26 June 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco actuals data to 1Q 2025 for all geographies. We have also made improvements to our historical datasets for numerous countries.

TELCO FORECASTS

Core forecasts. We have carried out an update for selected countries in the Middle East and North Africa to take account of recent market developments. We have updated the worldwide core forecasts in light of the above changes.

We have updated the worldwide core and business forecasts in light of the changes above.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 16 June 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco actuals data for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western Europe (WE) up to 1Q 2025 and updated our financial KPIs (FinKPIs) dataset to 1Q 2025 for all geographies. 

We have made improvements to our historical datasets for numerous countries, especially those included in the forecast changes described below. 

TELCO FORECASTS

Core forecasts. We have made a full update of the North America forecasts based on historical data to 4Q 2024. We have also carried out partial updates for selected Middle East and North Africa and European countries to take account of recent market developments, as well as 1Q 2025 historical data.

We have updated the worldwide core and business forecasts in light of the changes above.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 23 May 2025

TELCO ACTUALS AND FORECASTS

We have completed our annual exchange rate transition. We have replaced the estimated exchange rate data for 2024 with actual data, and have updated our estimations for future exchange rates and applied them to our forecast results. We have revised all monetary values expressed in common currencies (USD or EUR) for 2024 and onwards. We have also re-based our constant currency results to USD (2024) or EUR (2024).

We have refreshed our GDP data with the latest data from the International Monetary Fund (World Economic Outlook Database, April 2025 edition).

TELCO ACTUALS

We have made improvements to our historical datasets for numerous countries, especially those included in the forecast changes described below.

TELCO FORECASTS

Core forecasts. We have made a full update of the Middle East and North Africa forecasts based on historical data to 4Q 2024. We have also carried out partial updates for selected European countries to take account of recent market developments and 4Q 2024 historical data.

Enterprise forecasts. We have made partial revisions to the Central and Eastern Europe forecasts (including business demographic data), and have aligned our data with the core forecast changes described above.

Fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) forecasts. We have carried out a full update of the forecasts based on historical data to 4Q 2024.

Pay-TV forecasts. We have updated our forecasts for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA, as well as for the North America region. The new data for these geographies deploys our revised taxonomy, first described in our December 2023 update (please see the List of metrics on the About the DataHub menu for more information).

IoT forecasts. We have made partial updates in the light of new data for Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

In all cases where regional data has changed, we have recalculated the corresponding worldwide totals.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 1 April 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco actuals data for all geographies up to 4Q 2024, and actuals for all fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) countries. 

TELCO FORECASTS

Bulgaria’s IoT forecast model has been revised in light of new data, and the core forecast for Central and Eastern Europe was updated accordingly. 

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 20 March 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco actuals data for all geographies to include Financial KPIs data to 4Q 2024.

The Telco actuals data has been updated for Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda, the USA and Zambia to include data to 4Q 2024.

TELCO FORECASTS

This update includes:

  • new business forecasts based on the latest market developments for developed Asia–Pacific and North America, which run to 2029 (core forecasts for these regions have been updated accordingly)
  • new core forecasts based on historical data to 3Q 2024 for Sub-Saharan Africa.

We have updated the worldwide core and business forecasts, as well as the person-to-person (P2P) communications forecasts, in light of the changes above.

A2P forecasts: updates and taxonomy changes

We have updated the A2P forecasts for all regions, based on historical data to 4Q 2024. We have taken the opportunity to make the following revisions to the taxonomy.

  • We focus exclusively on channels in this forecast, so data for use cases and verticals will no longer be published.
  • We have renamed the metric ‘messaging – A2P – operator – IP’ to ‘messaging – A2P – RBM’.
  • We have retired the metric ‘messaging – A2P – fixed fees’.
  • We focus exclusively on regional splits of revenue and traffic, so data for individual countries will no longer be published.

IoT forecasts: updates and taxonomy changes

We have updated the IoT forecasts for all regions, based on historical data to 2Q 2024. We have taken the opportunity to make the following revisions to the taxonomy.

  • We focus exclusively on wireless IoT applications in this forecast, so data for non-wireless applications (and the sum of wireless and non-wireless applications) will no longer be published.
  • We have reconfigured the split of results by cellular technology. We now provide results distinguishing between 2G/3G, 4G and 5G (we previously split between 2G, 3G/4G, 5G).
  • We have renamed the tracking metric ‘tracking – high-value assets’ to ‘tracking – track and trace’.
  • We have retired the finance vertical, and now count the number of connections and revenue for ATMs in the ‘miscellaneous’ cluster.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 30 January 2025

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the Telco actuals data for all geographies to include data to 3Q 2024.

TELCO FORECASTS

This update includes new business forecasts based on the latest market developments for emerging Asia–Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. These forecasts now run to 2029. Core forecasts for these regions have been updated accordingly.

We have also made partial updates to the core forecasts for selected countries in North America and Europe, taking into account 3Q 2024 historical data.

We have updated the worldwide core and business forecasts and the person-to-person (P2P) communications forecasts in light of the changes above.

Fixed–mobile convergence (FMC)

We have updated the forecast and actuals datasets to include Ireland, taking the total number of countries covered to 18.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 15 January 2025

TELCO ACTUALS AND FORECASTS

The tables above relate to the upload on 17 December 2024. Telco results have not been revised for the current release; they will be refreshed in late January 2025.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in January 2025 and is based on 2024 historical data.

Update 17 December 2024

TELCO ACTUALS

Financial KPI metrics have been updated for all geographies to include data to 3Q 2024.

TELCO FORECASTS

This update includes new core and business forecasts based on 2Q 2024 data for Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. These forecasts now run to 2029. We have also made partial updates to core forecasts for selected countries in North America, the Middle East and North Africa, developed Asia–Pacific and emerging Asia–Pacific, taking into account 2Q 2024 historical data. Worldwide core and business forecasts have been updated accordingly, along with the person-to-person (P2P) communications forecasts.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in April 2024 and is based on 2023 historical data.

Update 27 September 2024

TELCO ACTUALS

All geographies have been updated to include data to 2Q 2024. We have also updated the fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) dataset, so all of our historical datasets now include 2Q 2024 data.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in April 2024 and is based on 2023 historical data.

Update 16 September 2024

TELCO ACTUALS

We have updated the financial KPI data for all geographies to include data to 2Q 2024. We have also included new core historical data to 2Q 2024 for all of Western Europe and the Czech Republic.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in April 2024 and is based on 2023 historical data.

Update 22 August 2024

TELCO FORECASTS

  • We have produced new core forecasts for emerging Asia–Pacific, based on historical data to 1Q 2024.
  • We have published new pay-TV forecasts for Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia. The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the worldwide pay-TV results have been updated accordingly.
  • The fixed–mobile convergence forecasts have been revised for the UK.
  • The business and communications services forecasts have been adjusted to align with these new results, and the worldwide core forecast results have been recalculated accordingly.

TELCO FORECASTS AND ACTUALS

We have revised our nomenclature for some fixed broadband metrics (connections, revenue, ASPU and market shares).

Old name New name
Fixed|broadband – FTTH/B Fixed|broadband – fibre
Fixed|broadband – cable modem Fixed|broadband – cable
Fixed|broadband – other Fixed|broadband – satellite and other

Definitions have been updated accordingly throughout the Telco portals.

We have introduced 14 new metrics to the Telco core forecasts and 6 (shown in bold) to the Telco core actuals to show the share of fixed broadband connections by technology:

  • broadband – DSL – share of total
    • broadband – DSL – ADSL/SDSL – share of total
    • broadband – DSL – VDSL – share of total
    • broadband – DSL – VDSL – share of DSL
  • broadband – fibre – share of total
    • broadband – fibre – FTTP – share of total
    • broadband – fibre – FTTB/LAN – share of total
    • broadband – fibre – FTTP – share of fibre
  • broadband – cable – share of total
  • broadband – FWA – share of total
    • broadband – FWA – sub-5G – share of total
    • broadband – FWA – 5G – share of total
    • broadband – FWA – 5G – share of FWA
  • broadband – satellite and other – share of total

TELCO ACTUALS

We have expanded our core historical coverage for the USA to include 11 named fixed operators.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in April 2024 and is based on 2023 historical data.

Update 18 July 2024

TELCO FORECASTS

The update includes several updates to the Telco forecasts.

  • We have produced new core forecasts for developed Asia–Pacific, based on historical data to 1Q 2024.
  • The IoT forecasts have been revised with some amendments to the split of technologies. These changes apply to all geographical regions.
  • We have produced new fixed data traffic forecasts for all 39 geographical regions, based on 4Q 2023 historical data.
    • We have introduced four new metrics, which express data traffic volumes for the month of December in each year (bringing the total to 10 metrics).
  • We have produced new wireless data traffic forecasts for all 30 geographical regions, based on 4Q 2023 historical data.
    • We have introduced 27 new metrics, which express data traffic volumes for the month of December in each year (bringing the total to 54 metrics).
  • We have published a new pay-TV forecast for the Czech Republic (with pay-TV and core forecasts refreshed accordingly for the Czech Republic, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the worldwide results).
  • The business and communications services forecasts have been adjusted to align with these new results, and the worldwide core forecast results have been recalculated accordingly.

SMB TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER DATASET

Data for all geographies was updated in April 2024 and is based on 2023 historical data.

 

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