MCN Market Up 14 Percent Outside China in 3Q 2025, According to Dell'Oro Group

12 MNOs Moving Ahead with Commercial 5G-Advanced

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Mobile Core Network (MCN) market revenue surged 14 percent year-over-year (Y/Y) outside China in 3Q 2025. Twelve Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have now selected to move forward with 5G-Advanced.

"The Chinese market experienced abnormally high growth in 3Q 2024. As a result, the China market revenue declined 39 percent Y/Y for 3Q 2025," stated Dave Bolan, Research Director at Dell'Oro Group. "The revenue for all the other regions increased, between 9 percent and 17 percent Y/Y, resulting in a worldwide revenue decline of 2 percent Y/Y. As noted, revenue worldwide excluding China rose 14 percent Y/Y, continuing the trend in subscribers migrating to 5G Standalone (5G SA), and revenue worldwide excluding North America declined 5 percent Y/Y.

MNOs are moving forward with 5G SA (72 in our last count) and moving forward to take advantage of monetization opportunities. Network Slicing announcements continued. Of note is Reliance Jio (India), which announced 10 network slices with guaranteed service level agreements (SLAs) at scale. In October, T-Mobile launched Edge Control, providing enterprises with what Dell'Oro Group refers to as an MNO-provided Mobile Private Network (MPN). This is in response to the challenges of implementing 5G SA Private Wireless networks in the shared CBRS spectrum in the US.

"We have identified 12 MNOs that have commercially launched 5G-Advanced networks (not all this quarter), to take 5G to the next level with new features and performance. MNOs include: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, CTM (Macau), Du (UAE), e& (UAE), HKT (Hong Kong), Singtel (Singapore), Telstra (Australia), T-Mobile (USA), YTL (Malaysia), and Zain (Kuwait)," added Bolan.

Additional highlights from the 3Q 2025 Mobile Core Network and Multi-Access Edge Computing Report include:

• Region rankings were: EMEA; Asia Pacific, excluding China; China and North America tied; CALA.
• Vendor rankings (with more than 5 percent share) were: Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, and ZTE.

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SOURCE Dell'Oro Group