The global telecom cloud market size was valued at USD 48.43 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group estimates the market to reach USD 206.77 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a CAGR of 16.63% from 2025-2033Grab a sample PDF of this report: https://www.imarcgroup.com/telecom-cloud-market/requestsample
Rapid expansion of 5G networks is fueling Telecom Cloud adoption, as operators deploy cloud-native cores to manage soaring traffic volumes, enable network slicing and edge services. Major investments, such as AT&T’s multi-billion dollar Open RAN deal with Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom’s collaboration with Google Cloud for AI-driven orchestration, illustrate scale and confidence in cloud transformation.
Public sector involvement is also accelerating demand: Europe’s IPCEI-CIS framework is investing several billion euros to build a shared cloud-edge infrastructure across member states, promoting standardized, interoperable telecom cloud capabilities
Key Market Trends & Insights:
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Architectures
Telecom operators increasingly deploy hybrid and multi-cloud setups, enabling latency-sensitive workloads on private infrastructure and elastic bursting on public clouds. Rakuten Symphony’s multi-cloud blueprint illustrates cross-provider workload portability and sovereignty compliance.
Open RAN and Cloud-ification of RAN
Disaggregated Open RAN systems centralize baseband processing in cloud environments. AT&T’s USD?14?billion Open RAN alliance with Ericsson exemplifies operator-scale transition to cloud-based radio infrastructures.
Edge-Cloud Federation & MEC Deployments
Verizon’s edge trials halved latency by federating central clouds with edge nodes, enabling real-time applications like Industry?4.0 automation, AR/VR and autonomous mobility use cases.
Growth of IoT and Data-Intensive Use Cases
Massive IoT deployments demand cloud infrastructure to process and store data generated by connected devices. Telecom clouds support IoT-tailored services like NB-IoT and LTE-M, enabling scalable management of billions of sensor endpoints.
Sustainability and Green Cloud Initiatives
Operators are shifting to efficient cloud setups to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint. EU frameworks tied to cloud-edge infrastructure funding include sustainability requirements, favoring green telecom cloud deployments.
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