{"id":352174,"date":"2026-06-29T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/5g-technology\/q1-non-china-5g-mcn-revenue-grew-in-double-digits\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:55:00","slug":"q1-non-china-5g-mcn-revenue-grew-in-double-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=352174","title":{"rendered":"Q1 non-China 5G MCN revenue grew in double-digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIn North America and EMEA, the 5G core network revenue growth that started in 2025 continued into the first quarter of 2026, with revenue from those regions expanding 20%<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-765842 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/04125152\/OS_Space5G_web-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Q1 non-China 5G MCN revenue grew in double-digits\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/04125152\/OS_Space5G_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/04125152\/OS_Space5G_web-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\"\/>,\u201d says Dell\u2019Oro\u2019s Si\u00e2n Morgan, \u201chowever, telecom spending in China is expected to decline significantly in 2026, and the operators in that country have already invested considerably in 5G SA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorldwide, 5G Standalone (5G SA) reached an inflection point in 2025, and Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia have succeeded in taking more share from smaller players,\u201d added Morgan. \u201cThis expansion occurred despite an escalation in server prices which is causing mobile network operators to scrutinize the cost of network projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Multi-access and Edge Computing (MEC) market continued to grow in 1Q 2026, with the China region remaining dominant for MEC implementations.<\/p>\n<p>4G Packet Core revenue grew faster than the total market, demonstrating that the need to keep older technology current continues to drive the market.<\/p>\n<p>In 1Q 2026, Nokia gained the most share in the MCN market outside China, Huawei gained the most share in the MCN market outside North America, and Ericsson gained the most IMS share worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In nominal terms, revenue from 5G MCN has still not reached the levels achieved by 4G MCN, with the pressure to automate operations and grow ARPU expected to drive 5G SA adoption and the introduction of 5G Advanced services.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/tag\/5g\/\" target=\"_blank\">See all our 5G content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\twindow.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'};\n\t(function(w, d, s) {\n\t  function go(){\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) {\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id;\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t};\n\t\tload('\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en\/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk');\n\t\tload('https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/plusone.js', 'gplus1js');\n\t\tload('\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js', 'tweetjs');\n\t  }\n\t  if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener(\"load\", go, false); }\n\t  else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent(\"onload\",go); }\n\t}(window, document, 'script'));\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn North America and EMEA, the 5G core network revenue growth that started in 2025 continued into the first quarter of 2026, with revenue from those regions expanding 20%,\u201d says Dell\u2019Oro\u2019s Si\u00e2n Morgan, \u201chowever, telecom spending in China is expected to decline significantly in 2026, and the operators in that country have already invested considerably [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12020],"tags":[12544,6618,173197,23925,39916,173196,3461],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-352174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5g-technology","tag-5g","tag-china","tag-doubledigits","tag-grew","tag-mcn","tag-nonchina","tag-revenue"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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