Global and Regional 5G Baseband Chip Market Sales and Share Status and Trends from 2024 to 2029 by Type, by Application, by Players and Dynamics

1.5G Baseband Chip Market Summary

The global 5G Baseband Chip market sales will be 2705580 K Units in 2024 with a CAGR of 39.13% from 2024 to 2029.

The 5G Baseband Chip is a chip in smartphones, tablet computers, or other devices, that helps to convert digital data into radio frequency signals (and vice versa) and then transmit them through wireless access networks. In the 5G technology architecture, the baseband chip is used to synthesize the baseband signal to be transmitted or decode the received baseband signal. Specifically, when transmitting, audio signals are compiled into baseband codes for transmission. When receiving, the received baseband code is interpreted as an audio signal. At the same time, it is also responsible for compiling address information (mobile phone number, website address), text information (website text, short message text), and picture information. Baseband chip, as the core support of 5G technology, realizes the whole process from encoding and decoding to receiving and decoding.

Global 5G Baseband Chip Market Sales (K Units)

2. 5G Baseband Chip Market Trends

In the future, both consumers and commercial enterprises will continue to increase the number of data creation and use. Transferring intensive users of data to a 5G network will improve the efficiency of network resource management, and also improve the performance and reliability. The increase of 5G network users will greatly increase the demand for 5G equipment and 5G Baseband Chip. With the continuous development of the Internet of Things, it will become more and more important to support millions of connection endpoints at the same time. Because of the exponential number of connections, the intensive advantage of 5G is the key for mobile network operators to provide network performance. To a certain extent, the development of the Internet of Things industry can promote the improvement of 5G Baseband Chip technology and scale. The speed and delay brought by 5G will open the door for new applications and increase mobility for some existing applications. These applications will bring advantages and changes to artificial intelligence, edge computing, cloud services, and other enterprises.

3. 5G Baseband Chip Market Challenges

Many areas cannot connect to the internet.

A large number of challenges still exist in the availability, accessibility, and affordability of ICT, including geographical barriers, poverty, and lack of basic knowledge and skills in remote and small communities. According to GSMA data, about 53% of the world’s population is not connected with the outside world, and 80% of them are located in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. 69% of the African population has no access to the Internet, and many of them live in rural areas. ICT has not yet penetrated remote areas of some countries, and many developing countries lack any type of Internet. This also includes the availability of telephone lines, especially cellular coverage, and other forms of electronic transmission of data. 5G Baseband Chip is essential for connecting devices to mobile networks. However, the inability to connect to the Internet in some areas and the lack of infrastructure will bring certain challenges to the expansion of the 5G Baseband Chip market.

4. 5G Baseband Chip by Segment

Among different product types, the Multi-Mode 5G Chip segment contributes the largest market share.

There are two networking modes of a 5G network, namely SA and NSA, and the one that only supports NSA mode is called the Single-Mode 5G Chip. Multi-Mode 5G Chip refers to supporting NSA and SA 5G networking. NSA is a non-independent networking, and the 4G base station is changed to 5G, which has the advantage of rapid popularization with the help of the existing 4G base station construction. SA is an independent networking and Independent construction for a 5G network.

As society becomes more digitized and data-dependent, there is a growing demand for networks that can provide faster and more reliable communications, and multi-mode 5G chips are favored for their flexibility and compatibility. Users expect to be able to support seamless connectivity for these applications with minimal latency, which is driving the development of multi-mode 5G chips. In the era of the Internet of Things and smart technologies, meeting the need for high-speed connectivity has become the foundation for applications ranging from smart cities to autonomous vehicles, and multi-mode 5G chips are key to enabling these applications because of their ability to support multiple modes of communication. Technological advancements and increasing penetration of 5G smartphones will increase the growth rate of the 5G chipset market. Multimode 5G chips are the first choice in the market because of their ability to adapt to different network environments. Integration and miniaturization are the two major trends in the 5G chipset industry. By integrating multiple communication modes, the multi-mode 5G chip improves performance and power efficiency while reducing device size and complexity to meet the needs of space-limited Internet of Things (IoT) applications and for sleeker, more portable 5G phones. The market sales of the Multi-Mode 5G Chip segment is 2630365 K Units 97.22% in 2024.

By application, the smartphone segment occupied the biggest share.

Telecom Communication Equipment

Telecom Communication Equipment refers to hardware used mainly for telecommunications such as transmission lines, multiplexers, and base transceiver stations.

Smart Phone

Smartphone refers to the general name of a mobile phone with a mobile operating system, which can expand its functions by installing application software, games, and other programs, and can realize wireless network access through a mobile communication network.

Internet Devices

A mobile Internet device (MID) is a multimedia-capable mobile device providing wireless Internet access. They are designed to provide entertainment, information, and location-based services for personal or business use. They allow 2-way communication and real-time sharing.

Internet Car

Internet car refers to Internet service provided in a car. Internet access can be provided by tethering a mobile phone, or with a mobile hotspot, whether portable or built into the car.

Tablet

A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin, and flat package.

Broadband Access Gateway

Broadband Access Gateway will be in the Internet service provider (ISP) network, through broadband remote access equipment (such as digital subscriber line access.

Market Sales and Share by Segment in 2024

5.5G Baseband Chip Regional Market

China has the highest growth rate of all regions and leads the global market.

The General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on the implementation of the 5G Lightweight (RedCap) penetration action in 2024, aiming to accelerate the development of 5G innovation and realize the penetration of 5G RedCap technical standards, network penetration, chip module penetration, and terminal penetration. Twelve departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued the “5G Scale Application” Action Upgrade Plan, proposing that by the end of 2027, a development pattern of “universal capability, universal application, and universal empowerment” should be built to fully realize 5G scale application. China dominates the global 5G Baseband Chip with a market sale of 1979673 K Units with a market share of 73.17%.

Global 5G Baseband Chip Market Share by Region in 2024

6.5G Baseband Chip Regional Market Competition

5G Baseband Chip companies are mainly from China. The market share of the top three companies in 2024 is 82.92%. The top three companies are Qualcomm, Samsung, and Huawei Technologies.

Qualcomm: Qualcomm is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, and incorporated in Delaware. It creates semiconductors, software, and services related to wireless technology. It owns patents critical to the 5G, 4G, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, and WCDMA mobile communications standards. Over the years, Qualcomm has expanded into selling semiconductor products in a predominantly fabless manufacturing model. It also developed semiconductor components or software for vehicles, watches, laptops, Wi-Fi, smartphones, and other devices.

Samsung: Samsung Electronics is a global leader in technology. Samsung Electronics is transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. Since being established in 1969, Samsung Electronics has grown into one of the world’s leading technology companies, and become recognized as one of the top 10 global brands.

Huawei Technologies: Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Huawei’s end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions, and services are both competitive and secure. Huawei has more than 180,000 employees, and it operates in more than 170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.

MTK: MediaTek is a global fabless semiconductor company. MediaTek is a market leader in developing tightly integrated, power-efficient systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile devices, home entertainment, network and connectivity, automated driving, and IoT. MediaTek also excels in the personal IoT space with a series of wearable chipsets, including the latest Biosensor module and technologies like Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT).

Unisoc: Unisoc is committed to the independent research development and design of core chips in the field of mobile communication and the Internet of Things. Its products cover 2G/3G/4G/5G and are suitable for mass terminal markets such as mobile phones, tablets, Internet of Things, smart wear, navigation and positioning, photography and imaging, digital TV, etc. At the same time, Unisoc can also provide one-stop turnkey solutions for global customers.

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