FWA CPE 2025 Report

Top 10 Highlights

1) 2025 shipments are expected to grow 26% to reach 35.3 million units. Reported 2024 total CPE shipments were 28.0 million, a 22% increase compared to 2023.   

2) 5G-enabled FWA shipments become mainstream, reaching 16.8 million in 2024. The growth of 5G FWA CPE shipments is expected to grow to 20.1 million, accounting for 57% of 2025 shipments and compared to 60% in 2024.   

3) Asia Pacific accounts for 35% of the 2024 shipments, followed by Middle East & Africa at 30%. North America and India lead the share of 5G CPE shipments at 93% and 92% respectively.

4) The majority of FWA CPE shipments in 2024 were integrated indoor CPE (54%), followed by battery-operated hotspots (33%) and outdoor CPE (13%). 58% of the outdoor CPE were flexible self-install indoor/outdoor CPEs during 2024.   

5) mmWave capable 5G CPE shipments reached 739 thousand in 2024 and it is expected to grow to over 1 million in 2025.

6) FWA supporting 5G standalone (SA) adoption stood at 95% of 5G CPE shipments in 2024. 5G SAenabled CPE shipments expected to grow 11% to 17.7 million in 2025 compared to 16.0 million in 2024.

7) Majority of vendors believe that the main benefit of AI capabilities for 5G FWA CPE would lead to an improved 5G connectivity performance and experience.   

8) There is sustained interest for 5G RedCap FWA, with 18% of respondents claiming that they already have such a product in their portfolio and a further 41% expecting to introduce a 5G RedCap-capable FWA product in 2025.

9) Over 50% of respondents either already have (29%) or plan to launch in 2025 (24%) FWA devices with 8RX support in their portfolio

10) 38% of respondents believe that price parity of 5G CPE will be achieved by 2027 in comparison with last year’s survey where price parity was expected to be reached in 2026