Analyst Report: Huawei Continues to Lead the Global EPC Market

The latest research report released by Dell'Oro Group, a market research firm, shows that Huawei leads global equipment vendors in EPC shipments. EPC shipments of Huawei are higher than those of the second-place vendor Ericsson, the leading margin increasing from 1.8% to 21.9%. Cisco and Nokia rank the third place and the fourth place, respectively. Detailed statistics are as follows:

Dell’Oro report: worldwide session shipment of top 5 vendors

(WPC stands for Wireless Packet Core, including 2/3/4G)

For regional market share, Huawei ranks the first place in the world except for North America, where it lags behind Ericsson, Cisco, and Nokia. Ericsson's EPC shipments in North America account for 31%, while Huawei has very little share in North America.

Dell'Oro report: WPC regional shipments of major vendors

According to Dell'Oro report, the EPC market will continue to grow this year, which will pull up shipments of global-leading equipment vendors. It results from the growth of wireless traffic promoted by the unlimited data plans and the emergence of 5G.