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Historical & Market Forecast Connectivity Database: eSIM, LPWAN, Direct-to-Satellite, Private LTE & 5G, Mobile Security & Fraud, Transportation, Energy & Utilities, Smart Cities, Manufacturing & Healthcare
Kaleido’s Connectivity Data Hub allows companies to accurately measure the current and future size of the connectivity market. This tool provides valuable insights for those interested in examining the overall cellular IoT market or specific segments such as eSIM, cellular-satellite communications, private networks or how growth will develop within specific key verticals within IoT.

Delivering highly robust data on the connectivity sector, the Data Hub covers over 60 markets worldwide, allowing clients to help prioritise market entry and understand growth patterns around the world.

Kaleido’s 2025 connectivity data update evaluates the potential for growth across key IoT segments, bearing in mind ongoing economic headwinds on key technologies and vertical sectors in addition to a wealth of primary research gathered through company interviews, product demos and surveys. The database builds on our previous market data, clearly quantifying the opportunity for all sub-sectors covered, to enable clients to view historical curves alongside 5-year forecast projections.

Key metrics tracked through the Data Hub include:

Total Cellular M2M Connections
Total 5G Cellular M2M Connections
IoT, Consumer & M2M eSIM, including:

Total Active eSIM & iSIM Connection Installed Base
Total eSIM & iSIM Shipments
Total eSIM & iSIM Shipment Sales Value
Total eSIM & iSIM Operator Billed Revenues
Total eSIM & iSIM RSP Management Revenue

Mobile Fraud & Security Threat & Losses for SMS, Voice, Subscriber Fraud, Denial of Service and Others, including:

Total Security & Fraud Events per Annum
Total Detected Security & Fraud Events per Annum
Total Annual Operator Revenue Loss Resulting from Security/Fraud Events

Private Networks by industry vertical, including:

Private LTE & 5G Network Sites Deployed
Total Private LTE and 5G Networks, Split by Vertical
Total Private LTE and 5G Network Capex
Total Private LTE and 5G Network Opex

Cellular LPWAN forecasts, including:

Total NB-IoT connections
Total LTE-M connections
Connections according to domestic, inbound roaming and outbound roaming deployments
Connectivity ARPUs and revenues

Vertical splits, including connections and revenues for:

Transportation & logistics
Energy & utilities
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Smart cities

Direct-to-satellite connectivity and revenues across:

Smartphones
IoT devices, including NB-IoT and 5G Connections

All data metrics are split by 7 global regions and 60+ country markets, with a data range from 2016 to 2030.

Clients can compare growth curves by market, or by channel, delivering clear viewpoints to make the best business decisions.

Members will be able to access the research directly.

New customers can purchase the Connectivity Data Hub as a one-off product or subscribe to 12-month access; the latter includes all-new metrics and updates throughout the year.

Please contact us to learn more about pricing options.

Historical, current and forecast consumer roaming market projections are provided for the following global markets:

Latin America & Caribbean
Europe & Central Asia
East Asia & Pacific
Middle East & North Africa

Argentina
Austria
Australia
Algeria

Brazil
Belgium
China
Bahrain

Chile
Czech Republic
Hong Kong SAR, China
Djibouti

Colombia
Denmark
Indonesia
Egypt, Arab Rep.

Ecuador
France
Japan
Iran, Islamic Rep.

Mexico
Germany
Korea, Rep.
Iraq

Peru
Greece
Malaysia
Israel

Uruguay
Hungary
New Zealand
Jordan

North America
Ireland
Philippines
Kuwait

Canada
Italy
Singapore
Lebanon

United States
Netherlands
Taiwan, China
Libya

South Asia
Poland
Thailand
Malta

Bangladesh
Portugal
Vietnam
Morocco

India
Russian Federation
Sub-Saharan Africa
Oman

Pakistan
Spain
Kenya
Qatar

Sri Lanka
Sweden
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia

Turkey
South Africa
Syrian Arab Republic

United Kingdom
Tanzania
Tunisia

Uganda
United Arab Emirates

Zimbabwe
Global

The Connectivity Data Hub is updated every 6 months, ensuring clients always have up-to-date metrics based on the latest market developments and trends.