This report examines how Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) is becoming a major source of opportunity for operators, as well as for providers of equipment, services, and application software, all converging on this space between the network and the end user.

It is vital that operators are actively engaged in the march to Edge Compute, with strategies designed to capitalize on the opportunities both for efficiency improvements with concomitant energy savings, and new services around associated APIs.

• Learn how the Edge has evolved, and how technical innovations are ushering in a new evolution
• Discover which factors will drive Edge Compute for operators
• Explore the geographical differences in rate and style of Edge deployments
• See what role Network APIs will play in driving MEC revenues, and which MEC use cases will benefit from Network Slicing
• Find out why data centers must invest in power generation to meet soaring computational demands

Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) deployments will increase over the next five years, both in operators’ macro networks and among enterprises. Several trends are conspiring to drive this growth, the underlying one being the increasing distribution of computing towards the edge of networks, fixed or wireless, from monolithic data centers, even though the latter will continue to thrive. This shows up in another trend, the location where most data is being processed.

What’s included with this forecast?

✅ 35 page PDF report, illustrated with graphs and charts

✅ XLS dataset of numbers for:

• Global MEC Revenues, with regional breakouts. Regions covered: North America (with separate breakout for USA), Europe, China, Rest of APAC, MEA, Latin America
• Global Enterprise MEC Revenues with regional breakouts
• Global Macro Network MEC Revenues with regional breakouts
• Global Data Processing by location, % and ZB (Data Center, Intermediate Cloud, Edge)

Companies Mentioned:
AI-RAN Alliance, Amazon Web Services, Amazon, AMD, Arm, AT&T, Bell, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Cisco, Claro, Constellation Energy, Crane Clean Energy Center, Dell, Edgeuno, Embratel, Ericsson, ETSI, Google, GSMA, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Mobily, Nestlé, Nvidia, OpenAI, Orange, Pure Storage, Qualcomm, Reliance Jio, Sage Geosystems, Samsung, SoftBank, Telus, T-Mobile, Viettel, Vodafone, Zenlayer