Omdia: AI and Cloud-Native Transformation to Drive Global Telco Network to $24.8bn by 2030

LONDON--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Global spending on telco network cloud infrastructure and software is projected to grow from $17.4 billion in 2025 to $24.8 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%, according to Omdia’s new Telco Network Cloud Market Tracker – 2025 Annual Forecast Report.

“Telcos are rapidly modernizing their infrastructure to support cloud-native network functions and AI-driven automation,” said Inderpreet Kaur, Senior Analyst at Omdia.

The report highlights a significant acceleration in cloud adoption among communications service providers (CSPs), with 12% growth expected in 2025, doubling the rate seen in 2024. This momentum is fueled by the increasing maturity of cloud-native tooling, automation frameworks, and the integration of AI and GenAI into network operations.

“Telcos are rapidly modernizing their infrastructure to support cloud-native network functions and AI-driven automation,” said Inderpreet Kaur, Senior Analyst at Omdia. “The migration to containerized network functions (CNFs) is encouraging telcos to focus their investments on platforms that support both virtualized and containerized network functions (VNFs and CNFs).”

Key Telco Cloud Market Trends:

Cloud-native transformation is tightly aligned with telecom operator’s automation goals. Technology vendors addressing this market segment should embrace CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices to automate the full lifecycle of clusters and network workloads.

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