LTE & 5G Broadcast Market: 2025 Trends, Players & Outlook
Market Overview
The global LTE & 5G Broadcast market reached approximately USD 3.45 billion in 2023 and is projected to expand to about USD 22.5 billion by 2032, reflecting a robust CAGR of 23.16% from 2024 to 2032. Another forecast estimates growth from USD 981 million in 2025 to USD 2.45 billion by 2034 at a CAGR of 10.7% . Driven by surging demand for high-capacity mobile video streaming, IoT updates, emergency alerts, and smart city infrastructure, the market is undergoing rapid transformation .
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Market Segmentation
By Technology
LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) dominates with ~60% share in 2023 , leveraging existing LTE device compatibility
5G Broadcast (~40% share) is gaining momentum for applications like UHD video-on-demand (VoD), mobile TV, and content multicasting .
By Application
Video-on-Demand leads with ~45% share .
Fastest growth observed in mobile TV, projected ~15% CAGR . Other applications include emergency alerts, connected cars, stadium broadcasting, notifications, and IoT data feed distribution.
By End-Use Industry
Key sectors include telecom, media & entertainment, and transportation .
By Deployment
Solutions are deployed via cloud-based, on-premises, and hybrid setups tailored for service providers and enterprise/private networks .
Key Players
Major companies leading the LTE & 5G Broadcast market:
ZTE, Huawei, Mavenir, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Ericsson, Nokia, Cisco, Samsung, AT&T, Verizon, China Mobile, Intel, Vodafone, among others .
AT&T reportedly commands around 25% market share, with Huawei at 18% . These firms are heavily investing in chipsets, RAN upgrades, multicast software, and broadcast use cases.
Industry News & Recent Developments
FCC Concerns in the U.S.: In July 2025, Sinclair Broadcast Group and ATSC filed with the FCC opposing HC2’s petition to allow LPTV operators to use 5G Broadcast, citing device compatibility and interference issues, and advocating for ATSC 3.0 as the more mature technology .
Global Equipment Deals: In December 2024, India’s Bharti Airtel signed a multi‑billion‑dollar deal with Ericsson (and Nokia) for 4G/5G RAN upgrades, supporting future broadcast deployments .
Recent Developments
AT&T expanded its 5G Broadcast trial in North America, launching mobile TV and OTT streaming services across key metro areas.
Huawei teamed up with telecom operators in APAC to trial high-quality mobile streaming networks .
Samsung released a 5G broadcast device boasting sub‑10 ms latency for HD services, improving mobile TV experience by ~25% .
Qualcomm launched new 5G chipset features, increasing network efficiency for live sports streaming by ~20% .
Cisco deployed 5G base stations in Europe to enhance urban emergency communication systems and media delivery by ~30%.
Market Dynamics
Drivers
Explosion in video consumption and mobile streaming demand .
IoT proliferation, including connected cars and smart city sensors using broadcast for mass updatesp.
Government investments (e.g. North America’s FirstNet — USD 8 billion plan with $6.3 b for broadcast enhancements) .
Smart city and emergency services requiring reliable broadcast alerts .
Challenges
High infrastructure costs and expensive spectrum licensing (US 5G rollout cost > USD 130 billion) .
Regulatory delays in spectrum allocation and global harmonization affect rollout timing .
Device ecosystem maturity—most consumer devices still lack native 5G Broadcast receivers .
Regional Analysis
North America leads (~35–37% market share) with extensive trials and mobile TV deployments; US spearheads mobile broadcast usage .
Asia‑Pacific holds ~38% of 2024 revenues; fastest-growing region with government-backed multicast rollouts in China, Japan, South Korea, and India .
Europe (~25%) invests in hybrid 5G/satellite pilots to bridge rural and urban broadcast gaps .
Latin America & Middle East/Africa each contribute ~5%, with early pilot projects following spectrum auctions .
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Future Outlook
Market forecast: US projection to reach USD 22.5 billion by 2032, while other studies forecast USD 2.45 billion by 2034, with sustained double-digit CAGR .
Upcoming trends:
Edge-AI orchestration for dynamic broadcasting (e.g. Verizon demo at NAB 2025 using NVIDIA GPUs to manage dozen of 4K streams) .
Hybrid unicast-broadcast networks enabling seamless content delivery .
Device integration progress: with future smartphones including 5G Broadcast support, regional broadcasts will scale.
Private broadcast networks for industrial use—auto factories, public safety, stadiums, and IoT networks.
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