Telco B2B was the talk of MWC 2025, but its huge growth potential could stall without urgent investment now.

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Summary

Telco B2B was the talk of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025—it’s just taken about 40 years to happen. But talk alone is not enough for the tremendous growth potential in enterprise and wholesale to pay off. Communication service providers (CSPs) must now remedy historical underinvestment in B2B to deliver on increasingly high expectations.

What lies beneath

According to Omdia benchmarking, two-thirds of CSPs grew their enterprise revenue in 2023—a major achievement. Meanwhile, wholesale revenue remained flat to declining. The 2024 telco B2B results starting to come in are mixed. Now the upbeat industry crowd returning from Barcelona must address important unknowns:

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