Dell’Oro Group says FWA revenues to rise 10% in 2025

Dell’Oro Group reports Fixed Wireless Access revenues and subscriptions will continue to grow, with Fixed-Wireless Access (FWA) revenues projected to advance 10 percent in 2025; this matters for IT and network leaders planning capacity and deployments.

Market Overview

The report states FWA supports residential and enterprise connectivity due to ease of deployment and wider availability of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G Sub-6GHz networks.

Key Findings

Total FWA subscriptions, including residential, Server Message Block (SMB), and large enterprise, are expected to grow steadily and surpass 191 million by 2029, and 5G Sub-6GHz and Millimeter Wave (mmWave) units will dominate the global residential Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) market.

Segment or Supplier Performance

“In the US, we continue to see the largest mobile operators expand their availability of FWA services in both existing and new markets, especially as FWA service revenue has boosted overall earnings,” said Jeff Heynen.

“Mobile operators in India, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East are taking a page from the US operators’ book and are quickly expanding their own FWA offerings, especially with the imminent threat of Starlink, Amazon, OneWeb, and other LEO satellite broadband providers,” said Jeff Heynen.

Technology or Trend Analysis

The report identifies technology segments for CPE and infrastructure, including 802.11/Other, 4G LTE, Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), 5G Sub-6GHz, 5G mmWave, and 60GHz, and notes 5G Sub-6GHz and mmWave units will dominate residential CPE.

Forecast or Analyst Outlook

The analyst projects total FWA revenues, including Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment, residential CPE, and enterprise router and gateway revenue, will advance about 10 percent in 2025 as operators expand FWA services into more markets.

Methodology Notes

The Fixed Wireless Access Infrastructure and CPE report includes five-year market forecasts for FWA CPE (residential and enterprise) and RAN infrastructure, segmented by technology and region, with enterprise subscriptions broken out by SMB and Large Enterprise.

This Analyst Signals brief reflects a neutral, fact-based summary of the original research note.