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This new research from Kaleido Intelligence delivers a deep dive into the evolving wholesale roaming market, providing a comprehensive view of market evolution, commercial shifts and strategic opportunities for mobile operators. 

The research includes new survey feedback from 68 Tier 1 and Tier 2+ MNOs and select MVNOs from around the world and examines wholesale roaming challenges and investment strategies across traditional and emerging domains. The research also looks at roaming innovation priorities and future traffic and revenue dynamics.  

The 57-page report also explores insights into the impact of AI, 5G, VoLTE and BCE in roaming, as well as the impact of travel eSIMs on wholesale revenues.  

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

• MNO survey findings covering the wholesale roaming market, including planned investments in 2026, roaming revenue opportunities and key business challenges. 

• Impact analysis of Travel eSIMs on wholesale roaming revenues. 

• Operator input on wholesale roaming revenue drivers over the next three years. 

• Operator perception on roaming innovation and market opportunities. 

• IoT/M2M roaming pricing models and connection market share by region. 

• Wholesale roaming revenue forecast and 2026 outlook. 

• Regional analysis of inbound IoT/M2M, travel eSIM and consumer roaming revenues. 

• VoLTE roaming current market status and outlook. 

• 5G roaming outlook, including MNO 5G SA roaming migration update. 

• Safeguarding roaming revenues via fraud mitigation strategies, advanced analytics and AI integration. 

 Access the Report

Clients with access to our Data Hub will receive full roaming data metrics, including forecasts for 110+ global roaming markets and 222 travel markets, totalling over 500,000 data points.   

Clients with access to Kaleido’s Vendor Hub will receive full details on leading roaming VAS and SoR vendors to aid any RFP/RFQs.  

Members will be able to access the research directly. 

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