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5G Roaming: MNO Outlook & Market Roadmap 2026

Research Highlights

  • Latest 5G SA & 5G NSA Roaming Market Status
  • Index of 5G Roaming Inbound & Outbound Operators
  • 5G Market Opportunity & Technical Requirement Analysis
  • Operator 5G Roaming Requirements, Challenges, Innovation & Investment Priorities: H2 2025 Survey

  

£2,500.00

Delivery

PDF

Market

Global

Pages

39

Published

March, 2026

This new research from Kaleido Intelligence provides an up-to-date analysis of the inbound and outbound 5G roaming landscape, offering an assessment of the key trends, market developments and operator requirements.

The research provides valuable survey feedback from more than 60 Tier 1 and Tier 2+ leading operators around the world from a 5G opportunity and technical requirement outlook. The 39-page report provides a comprehensive breakdown on operator preferences, behaviour, and potential knowledge gaps surrounding 5G roaming. An extensive market view is provided, including coverage, use cases, deployment drivers and technical requirements.

Kaleido’s research provides insights into the continued need for 5G roaming rollouts, including impact analysis of 5G SA roaming and VoLTE roaming. The research is ideal for stakeholders wishing to explore and capitalise on both 5G SA and 5G NSA roaming opportunity.

In summary, readers will get the following insights from the report:

  • 5G SA and 5G NSA market outlook in 2026, including operator launch plans and global availability.
  • Operator survey findings covering 5G roaming deployment drivers and motivators, key business challenges and potential revenue opportunities.
  • 5G roaming technical requirement analysis, covering signalling, security, analytics and IPX.
  • Exploration of 5G roaming testing and trial status, technical requirements and IoT opportunities.
  • 5G roaming use case analysis, including a look at the highest potential 5G business opportunities.

Clients with access to our Data Hub will receive full outbound roaming metrics alongside consumer and IoT inbound and wholesale revenue forecasts, including data for 60+ global markets, totalling over 250,000 data points.

Members will be able to access the research directly.

For more information on accessing this research, or having membership access, please contact [email protected]

 

 

Report Authors

Nitin Bhas

Nitin Bhas

Chief of Strategy & Insights

Contact Author

Max Holden

Max Holden

Market Research Analyst, Kaleido Intelligence

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