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Market Forecast: U.S. SMB Communications Services Forecast, 2026–2030

Daniela Rao — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation analyzes and forecasts the revenue for the U.S. small and medium-sized business (SMB) communications services market. The presentation provides IDC's definitions of SMB and telecom voice and data categories, and it presents a detailed forecast, beginning in 2025 and extending through 2030.

"Small and medium-sized businesses understand the necessity to invest in technologies and services that address their operational challenges, but they will continue to have limited resources. Telcos targeting SMBs should design new value-creating propositions rooted in their networks, ecosystems, AI, and analytics capabilities to address the pricing challenges with services geared to remove friction between SMBs' daily operations and digital transformation road map." — Daniela Rao, senior research and consulting director, Worldwide Telecom and UC, IDC

Market Forecast: Worldwide Business Use Tablet Forecast, 2026–2030

Bryan Bassett — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC study provides the five-year forecast for the worldwide business use tablet market and delivers insights into the drivers and inhibitors of growth.

"Worldwide business use tablet shipments are expected to decline through 2026 as memory shortages push average selling prices up and stretch device life cycles beyond three years. Businesses and consumers globally will be reluctant to move forward with new project refresh plans or device purchases at inflated prices before supply relief arrives in 2028." — Bryan Bassett, research manager, Enterprise Mobility at IDC

Market Share: United Arab Emirates Telecom Services Shares, 2025 — Operator Revenue and Segment Performance

Tolga Yalcin — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation examines the 2025 market shares of the leading vendors in the United Arab Emirates telecom services market. UAE telecom services revenue reached $13.78 billion in 2025, up 6% from $13.00 billion in 2024. e& UAE held 68.6% share ($9.45 billion); du held 31.4% ($4.33 billion). This presentation also tracks operator revenue across wireless and wireline segments.

"Both e& and du set record revenue in 2025. With mobile penetration saturated, wireline and enterprise services are now the swing factor." — Tolga Yalcin, research director, Telecoms and ICT Regulations, IDC

Market Share: Worldwide Content Delivery Networks Shares, 2025

Ghassan Abdo — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation examines the 2025 market shares of the leading vendors in the worldwide content delivery networks (CDNs) market.

CDN vendors continue to extend their traditional media and web delivery services while pivoting toward edge application delivery capabilities and expanding security services offering. Integration of AI into delivery workflows and capitalizing on opportunities in inferencing at the edge may drive changes to the relative positions of the CDN providers.

"The CDN market is transforming from focus on delivery of web and video content toward expanding security services and capitalizing on opportunities in edge compute. AI will accelerate this transformation as these providers view inferencing as a growth future opportunity. While the relative market positioning of these providers has not changed from 2024, we believe market leadership will be determined in the future on the integration of AI in the distributed edge." — Ghassan Abdo, research VP, Worldwide Telecom, Virtualization, and CDN, IDC

Microsoft's Record 600+ Patch Tuesday Is a Preview: AI-Driven Vulnerability Discovery Will Keep Pushing Patch Volumes Higher, Requiring Greater Automation

Phil Hochmuth — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday released more than 600 software updates, the largest single-month security release the company has ever issued, and more than triple June's previous record. This is not a one-time blip; Microsoft told customers to expect a higher volume of security updates going forward as it uses AI to discover bugs and vulnerabilities in its code. Makers of software are now in an AI-fueled race against attackers to discover vulnerabilities and create software patches before they are exploited. Organizations that keep patching on a manual, calendar-driven cadence will fall further behind every month going forward. Automated and agentic-driven or assisted patching and software updating must move from experimentation to an operational standard as 600-plus monthly patches becomes the norm.

SpaceX Files with FCC for 100,000 V3 Satellites with Plans for VLEO Orbits Around 325km

Simon Baker — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

On July 6, SpaceX filed an FCC application for a massive number of new orbital shells at two orbital heights below current deployments. They add to the 15,000 total satellites that Starlink already has permission from the FCC to deploy. The lower of the two claims is in very low Earth orbit (VLEO); such orbits offer faster communications with Earth and stronger signals, but they also imply shorter satellite lifespan and smaller coverage areas. China is also showing increasing interest in this area, and in June, it formed a VLEO study group.

IDC Survey: How Energy Customers Are Managing Affordability Across Regulated and Competitive Markets — Insights from IDC’s 2026 Energy Consumer Affordability and Trust Survey

Gaia Gallotti — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Survey examines a portion of IDC’s 2026 Energy Consumer Affordability and Trust Survey. This landmark study, conducted in May 2026, is a B2C survey that covers energy customers worldwide.

The survey covered 1,507 energy customers from 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Italy, France, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the U.K., the United Arab Emirates, and the U.S.

This IDC Survey examines how energy affordability pressures differ across two segments: competitive markets (n = 691) and regulated markets (n = 816).

The analysis covers:

The scale and severity of energy cost changes over the past 12 months
Perceived drivers behind cost increases
Actions taken to manage rising energy costs
Duration and persistence of payment difficulty
Concern about future energy costs
Perceived affordability relative to household income
Self-assessed ability to absorb further cost increases

IDC Survey: Tariff Awareness and Time-of-Use Readiness by Generation and Market Structure — Insights from IDC’s 2026 Energy Consumer Affordability and Trust Survey

Gaia Gallotti — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

The survey covered 1,507 energy customers from the following 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Italy, France, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the U.K., the United Arab Emirates, and the U.S.

This IDC Survey analyzes the tariffs and time-of-use preferences across four segments:

Gen Z plus millennials (n = 713)
Customers over 46 (n = 794)
Regulated markets (n = 816)
Competitive markets (n = 691)

The analysis covers:

Customer confidence in their current tariff or rate plans
Barriers preventing customers from switching to a better tariff
Interest in time-of-use pricing, where electricity prices vary by time of day

Market Forecast: Worldwide Mobile Phone Forecast Update, 2026–2030 — CY 2Q26

Ramon T. Llamas — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation analyzes the worldwide mobile phone market, including shipments, average selling prices, and revenue. In addition, it provides regional breakdowns as well as a comparison against the previous forecast published in March 2026.

“The worldwide mobile phone market has begun to see the effects of the memory shortage, with key vendors raising prices on new smartphones while adjusting their strategies to procure and pay for supply. We expect this to continue into 2027 before leveling off in 2028 when volume returns to growth and ASPs begin to stabilize.” — Ramon T. Llamas, research director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR, IDC

Market Forecast: Worldwide Smartphone Forecast Update, 2026–2030 — 2Q26

Ramon T. Llamas — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC presentation analyzes the worldwide smartphone market, including shipments, average selling prices, and revenue from 2025 to 2030. In addition, it provides a regional breakdown of shipments as well as a comparison against the most recent forecast published in March 2026.

“The worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract 13.9% in terms of units shipments in 2026 and increase 11.9% in terms of average selling prices as the memory shortage takes hold. The decline will continue into 2027 before rebounding in 2028. That is the point that IDC expects a surge in replacements and a slight decline in ASPs.” — Ramon T. Llamas, research director, Mobile Devices and AR/VR, IDC