The global mobile edge computing (MEC) market size reached US$ 475.7 Million in 2021. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach US$ 2,172.86 Million by 2027, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 27.60% during 2022-2027. Keeping in mind the uncertainties of COVID-19, we are continuously tracking and evaluating the direct as well as the indirect influence of the pandemic on different end use industries. These insights are included in the report as a major market contributor.

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is an emerging technology that aims to move infrastructure-based cloud resources, such as computation, storage, and bandwidth, to the edge of the cellular network. It establishes the network edge by utilizing various access points, such as routers, switches, hotspots, WiFi, servers, and controllers. MEC is widely used in location-based services, video surveillance, unified communication, data analytics, and environmental monitoring. It distributes computing resources across the network, provides more scalable performance, reduces network load, and hastens data transmission. It also reduces network congestion and latency and improves device performance. As a result, MEC finds extensive applications across the retail, telecommunications, energy, and healthcare industries.

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Market Trends:
Significant growth in the telecommunications industry across the globe is creating a positive outlook for the market. MEC enables telecommunication businesses to lessen their reliance on the cloud and assist in processing large volumes of data generated by devices. In line with this, the widespread technology adoption in various industrial verticals to improve quality of experience (QoE), provide low latency computing, and enhance operational efficiency is favoring the market growth. Furthermore, the growing need to manage enormous data traffic due to the rapid proliferation of smartphones and interconnected devices is acting as another growth-inducing factor. Additionally, the rising MEC utilization in emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and federated learning (FL) to reduce power consumption, improve response time, and enhance performance by offering higher bandwidth is providing an impetus to market growth. The increasing demand for the solution can also be attributed to the rising need to facilitate the expansion of fifth-generation (5G) technology by enabling automation and scalability, providing privacy and security, and ensuring significant cost savings. Other factors, including extensive research and development (R&D) activities towards developing new hardware, and emerging product applications in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), are anticipated to drive the market growth.

Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the global mobile edge computing (MEC) market report, along with forecasts at the global, regional and country level from 2022-2027. Our report has categorized the market based on component, organization size and application.

Breakup by Component:

Hardware
Software

Breakup by Organization Size:

Small and Medium Enterprises
Large Enterprises

Breakup by Application:

Location-based Services
Video Surveillance
Unified Communication
Optimized Local Content Distribution
Data Analytics
Environmental Monitoring

Breakup by Region:

North America
United States
Canada
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
India
South Korea
Australia
Indonesia
Others
Europe
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Russia
Others
Latin America
Brazil
Mexico
Others
Middle East and Africa

Competitive Landscape:
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being ADLINK Technology Inc., Advantech Co. Ltd., Artesyn Embedded Technologies (Advanced Energy Industries Inc.), AT&T Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Intel Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Nokia Corporation, Saguna Networks Ltd. (COMSovereign Holding Corp), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Vapor IO Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc.

Key questions answered in this report:
How has the global mobile edge computing (MEC) market performed so far and how will it perform in the coming years?
What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global mobile edge computing (MEC) market?
What are the key regional markets?
What is the breakup of the market based on the component?
What is the breakup of the market based on the organization size?
What is the breakup of the market based on the application?
What are the various stages in the value chain of the industry?
What are the key driving factors and challenges in the industry?
What is the structure of the global mobile edge computing (MEC) market and who are the key players?
What is the degree of competition in the industry?