RAN Vendors Competitor Leaderboard: 2026
| 出版 | Juniper Research |
| 出版年月 | 2026年06月 |
| ベーシックライセンス | GBP 2,500 |
| 種別 | 英文調査報告書 |
| 商品番号 | SMR-24105 |
Juniper Researchの「RAN（無線アクセスネットワーク）ベンダー・リーダーボード」は、現在大きな変革の最中にあり、今後5年間もその変化が続くと見込まれるRAN市場について、深い洞察に基づく分析を提供します。本レポートは、RANベンダー、移動体通信事業者（MNO）、および企業に対し、市場の力学の変化をいかに活用すべきかという知見をもたらすものであり、RAN市場を牽引する主要8社に関する詳細な分析を収録しています。各社の主要な強みや戦略的提言を含む不可欠な分析を提供することで、MNOが将来の戦略を策定する際、より的確な判断を下せるよう支援します。
主な調査結果
- 計8社の無線アクセスネットワーク（RAN）ベンダーの中で、エリクソン（Ericsson）が2026年のトップベンダーとなり、ノキア（Nokia）とファーウェイ（Huawei）がそれに僅差で続きました。エリクソンが首位となった主な要因は、同社が最大の貢献企業であるO-RANアライアンスへの革新的な取り組みに加え、AI-RANソリューションのエネルギー効率と性能が向上している点にあります。
- AI-RANはRAN市場における次なる成長の原動力であり、RANベンダー各社にとって最も重要な戦略的優先事項の一つとして浮上しています。世界の主要RANベンダーはこぞってRANポートフォリオへのAI導入に投資しており、AIをネットワーク性能の向上、運用自動化、運用コスト（OPEX）の削減、そして通信事業者（オペレーター）の新たな収益源創出の手段として位置づけています。
- RANベンダーは引き続きハードウェア製品を通じてサービスの差別化を図っていますが、競争の焦点は、ソフトウェア、クラウドネイティブ・アーキテクチャ、AIプラットフォームへとますます移行しています。これは、AI-RANが、RANとAIのワークロードを同時に実行可能な、分散型かつ高速化されたコンピューティング・プラットフォームに依存しているためです。
- MavenirがRANハードウェア事業から撤退し、NECがRAN事業を縮小させるなどRAN市場の再編が進む一方で、スタートアップ企業のSynaXGが完全なクラウドネイティブAI-RANベンダーとして登場しました。SynaXGのRAN市場参入は、通信事業者がRANベンダーのプラットフォームやソフトウェア製品を重視していることを如実に示しています。
プレスリリース
無線アクセスネットワーク（RAN）：世界の市場リーダー上位3社が明らかに
英国ハンプシャー発 – 2026年6月22日：世界のテクノロジー戦略調査会社であるジュニパー・リサーチ（Juniper Research）による新たな調査で、2026年のRANベンダー首位にエリクソン（Ericsson）が選出され、ノキア（Nokia）とファーウェイ（Huawei）がそれに僅差で続きました。
Overview
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Key Findings
- Of a total of eight Radio Access Networks (RAN) vendors, Ericsson ranked as the leading RAN vendor in 2026, followed closely by Nokia and Huawei. Ericsson’s top ranking is driven by its innovative contributions to the O-RAN Alliance, of which it is the single largest contributor, alongside the increasing energy efficiency and performance of its AI-RAN solutions.
- AI-RAN is the next growth engine in the RAN market; emerging as one of the most significant strategic priorities across the RAN vendor landscape. The leading RAN vendors globally are all investing in incorporating AI across their RAN portfolios; positioning the technology as a means of improving network performance, automating operations, reducing operational expenditure, and creating new revenue streams for operators.
- RAN vendors are continuing to differentiate their services through hardware offerings, but there is an increasing competitive emphasis being placed on vendors’ software, cloud-native architecture, and AI platforms. This is because AI-RAN depends on distributed, accelerated compute platforms that can run RAN and AI workloads together.
- Despite the RAN market consolidating, with Mavenir exiting the RAN hardware business and NEC winding down its RAN ambitions, startup SynaXG has emerged as an entirely cloud-native AI-RAN vendor. SynaXG’s entry into the RAN market exemplifies the importance operators are placing on RAN vendors’ platforms and software offerings.
Research Deliverables
Competitor Leaderboard Report
The RAN Vendor Competitor Leaderboard report provides a detailed evaluation and market positioning for eight leading RAN vendors. The vendors are positioned either as an Established Leader, Leading Challenger, or Disruptor and Challenger, based on capacity and capability assessments. The eight vendors include:
- Airspan Networks
- Ericsson
- 1Finity
- Huawei
- Nokia
- Samsung
- SynaXG
- ZTE
This competitive analysis document is centred around the Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard; a vendor positioning tool that provides an at-a-glance view of the competitive landscape in a market, backed by a robust methodology.
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プレスリリース
Radio Access Network (RAN): Top Three Global Market Leaders Revealed
Hampshire, UK – 22nd June 2026: A new study by global tech strategists Juniper Research has ranked Ericsson as the leading RAN vendor in 2026, closely followed by Nokia and Huawei.
Ericsson’s top ranking is driven by its innovative contributions to the O-RAN Alliance, alongside the increasing energy efficiency and performance of its AI-RAN solutions.
AI-RAN, and the potential it promises, has added a new dimension to the RAN market – leading to new ecosystem players and strategic considerations for operators.
“AI-RAN is the next major growth engine in the RAN market, but the extra funding needed to adopt and scale AI-RAN will lead to operators initially deploying it to improve operational efficiencies on their networks and reduce the total cost of ownership,” explained Ardit Ballhysa, Senior Research Analyst at Juniper Research.
The Importance of Platforms
The report identified that despite the market consolidating, with Mavenir exiting RAN hardware and NEC winding down its RAN ambitions, startup SynaXG has emerged as an entirely cloud-native AI-RAN vendor. SynaXG’s entry into the market exemplifies the importance operators are placing on RAN vendors’ platforms and software offerings.
While RAN vendors continue to differentiate their services through hardware offerings such as radio performance, massive MIMO, and spectral efficiency, greater emphasis is being placed on differentiating through platforms. This is because as networks become more software-driven, operators are relying more on vendors that can offer various solutions to meet their demands, such as cloud-native architecture, AI-enabled optimisation, and lifecycle management, through platforms such as Cloud RAN and AI-RAN.
The new Competitor Leaderboard offers the most comprehensive assessment of the leading RAN vendors to date; analysing each of their offerings, the extent and value of their partnerships, and their key strengths. The study provides tailored strategic recommendations for each vendor. Each vendor profile offers insight into the company’s strategy and RAN portfolio; highlighting their standout products and solutions.