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Wholesale Roaming: Strategies & MNO Outlook 2025

Research Highlights

  • Wholesale Roaming Trends & Q1 2025 MNO Survey Findings
  • Consumer, Travel eSIM & IoT Roaming Inbound Market Analysis
  • Impact of Emerging Technologies on Wholesale Revenues
  • Operator Roaming Challenges, Innovation & Investment Priorities
  • Inbound Roaming Traffic & Wholesale Revenue Forecasts

 

Price range: £500.00 through £2,500.00

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 more than 60 Tier 1 and Tier 2+ leading operators 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 47-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.

Additionally, an 8-page executive summary is available, offering readers a concise overview of key survey findings and strategic insights.

Readers will receive the following insights:

MNO survey findings covering wholesale roaming market, including planned investments in 2025, roaming revenue opportunities and key business challenges.
Impact analysis on Travel eSIMs on wholesale roaming revenues.
Operator intention for partner/vendor migration over the next 2 years.
Operator perception on roaming innovation and market opportunities.
IoT/M2M roaming pricing models, connection market share and 2025 outlook.
Wholesale roaming revenue forecast and 2025 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 and advanced analytics.

Access the Report:

Clients with access to our Roaming Data Hub will receive full outbound and inbound roaming metrics alongside consumer and IoT connections and revenue forecasts, including data for 120+ global markets, totalling over 500,000 data points.

Members can access the research directly through the Member Zone.

For more information on accessing this research or to become a Kaleido member, please email [email protected].

Delivery

PDF

Market

Global

Pages

47

Published

July, 2025

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 more than 60 Tier 1 and Tier 2+ leading operators 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 47-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.

Additionally, an 8-page executive summary is available, offering readers a concise overview of key survey findings and strategic insights.

Readers will receive the following insights:

  • MNO survey findings covering wholesale roaming market, including planned investments in 2025, roaming revenue opportunities and key business challenges.
  • Impact analysis on Travel eSIMs on wholesale roaming revenues.
  • Operator intention for partner/vendor migration over the next 2 years.
  • Operator perception on roaming innovation and market opportunities.
  • IoT/M2M roaming pricing models, connection market share and 2025 outlook.
  • Wholesale roaming revenue forecast and 2025 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 and advanced analytics.

Access the Report:

Clients with access to our Roaming Data Hub will receive full outbound and inbound roaming metrics alongside consumer and IoT connections and revenue forecasts, including data for 120+ global markets, totalling over 500,000 data points.

Members can access the research directly through the Member Zone.

For more information on accessing this research or to become a Kaleido member, please email [email protected].

Type

Full report, Executive Summary

Report Authors

Nitin Bhas

Nitin Bhas

Chief of Strategy & Insights

Contact Author

Dawnn Dinsey

Dawnn Dinsey

Market Research Analyst

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