<img src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/d0c282b6-d496-45a8-a941-33fa5c3e824c?size=2" nborder="0" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="BCC Logo 1200-630.png" alt="BCC Research LLC"/>“The market is projected to more than double from $41.4 billion in 2025 to $84.6 billion by 2031 as 5G-Advanced, AI-native modems, private networks and expanding IoT applications broaden chipset demand.”Boston, Aug. 25, 2026 <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com" target="_blank">(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)</a> -- The global 5G chipset market is projected to grow from $41.4 billion in 2025 to $84.6 billion by 2031, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.8% over the forecast period 2026–2031, according to BCC Research's newly published report, <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=WpRm6dspVu1yC0NKcUq1brBdnS0Y9IFFZTidFVYzTjIMNNtjTQaVYQiKAA2BolpOME1umGWqDZEEixznTCWf9rpyJWtNzQAjbeEYrZoTJmlSyIWsnneQRsD7zlvRSeP0XPa5GvoUiyMxeGFlnttcpdsNTO8c-9Gt068jD2q7lsUSiUkc_4KXkph1UvJxsC4wys5e4tP5sws5z-5p4dDbWqVsKrPECUe8mPyeAPUqQL9RnAr_gmD-oGcafP4xWW9EPexcXFVoewY7YN62ctr-4fbTCS3bh7ZIlmM4vAB0o4I=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Global 5G Chipset Market">Global 5G Chipset Market</a>. The report identifies surging operator capital expenditure, widespread smartphone 5G migration, and the commercialization of next-generation chipset architectures as the primary catalysts reshaping this high-growth semiconductor segment. Key Findings • Market scale and momentum: The global 5G chipset market is valued at $41.4 billion in 2025 and is forecast to reach $84.6 billion by 2031, reflecting a 12.8% CAGR, underpinned by accelerating network launches, rising 5G subscriber bases, and expanding connected device ecosystems across both developed and developing markets. • Asia-Pacific dominance: Asia-Pacific commands 65.5% of the global market, driven by large-scale operator deployments across China, South Korea, and Japan, sustained state-backed investment, and high-volume consumer electronics manufacturing concentrated across the region. • Consumer electronics as the demand engine: Consumer electronics holds a 68.4% market share in 2025, propelled by the global transition of smartphone fleets from 4G to 5G-Advanced standards — a shift that is generating sustained, high-volume chipset replacement demand across major handset manufacturers and their supply chains. • Operator investment sustaining chipset demand: Tier-1 carriers are committing significant capital to network expansion. China Mobile alone invested approximately $3.6 billion in its 5G network in the first half of 2025, illustrating the scale of infrastructure spending that continues to drive chipset procurement at both the base station and device level. • Emerging technology pipeline deepening the addressable market: RedCap and eRedCap chipsets are unlocking 5G connectivity for IoT, wearables, and industrial sensors, while 5G Standalone architecture is enabling Voice over New Radio and enterprise network slicing. AI-RAN integration, Massive MIMO and GigaMIMO antenna arrays achieving single-user data rates exceeding 17 Gbps, and early non-terrestrial network chipset development are further expanding the addressable opportunity through the forecast period. • Competitive landscape: The market features intensive rivalry among Qualcomm Technologies Inc., MediaTek, Samsung, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Broadcom, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., Analog Devices Inc., Infineon Technologies AG, NXP Semiconductors, Marvell, Skyworks Solutions, Qorvo Inc., and a growing cohort of specialist players including Sequans, Sivers Semiconductors AB, BeammWave AB, and ASR Microelectronics Co. Ltd. Market Drivers The structural forces powering 5G chipset growth are both broad-based and durable. The global rollout of 5G networks continues to expand, with operators in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America accelerating deployment timelines alongside more mature markets. The adoption of 5G Standalone architecture is particularly significant — it enables a new tier of enterprise services, including network slicing and ultra-reliable low-latency communications, which require dedicated chipsets at both the infrastructure and device level. Private 5G network deployments across healthcare, industrial automation, and smart city applications, supported in part by EU funding initiatives, represent an incremental demand vector that is still in early commercialization. At the technology layer, the transition to 5G-Advanced under 3GPP Releases 18 and 19 is redefining chipset performance requirements. AI-native modem architecture is being integrated into flagship and mid-range smartphones, while the commercialization of Integrated Sensing and Communication chipsets and Digital Envelope Tracking technology signals a new phase of silicon differentiation. RedCap chipset adoption across North America, Southeast Asia, and China is extending 5G economics into mass-market IoT applications and low-altitude economy platforms, substantially widening the chipset total addressable market beyond smartphones and base stations. Investment Considerations For investors, the 5G chipset market presents a compelling long-duration growth thesis anchored by recurring upgrade cycles, multi-year operator capex commitments, and a diversifying application base. The expansion into IoT, automotive, industrial, and private network segments reduces reliance on any single end-market. However, several risk factors warrant careful monitoring: global 5G infrastructure rollout is projected to exceed $1.1 trillion in cumulative cost, with individual base stations priced at $100,000–$200,000, creating capital access sensitivity to interest rate conditions. mmWave deployment economics — costing 1.5 to 2 times more than sub-6 GHz alternatives — continue to constrain mainstream adoption. Geopolitical semiconductor export restrictions, most acutely affecting Huawei's access to advanced process nodes, are reshaping competitive dynamics and supply chain architecture. Companies with diversified end-market exposure, strong positioning in 5G-Advanced silicon, and vertically integrated modem-to-antenna capabilities — including Qualcomm Technologies Inc., MediaTek, and Samsung — appear best positioned to capture disproportionate share through the forecast period. About the Report <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=WpRm6dspVu1yC0NKcUq1brBdnS0Y9IFFZTidFVYzTjKR3PCFno2Nnh8BVTrJmVcxMlgD-8_UcUqBanQnvYiwyi2xkomq03zpILbnUYksw1nwkvPAxHbksgmE6qJXo4El3u8WbE_AqiynUiSw1XOFvuWCHRG9TN5MFiO5QddHbcmu-cRCsCDVN4jc1V2BEU_mRJQymz2J0hyDVf_Cj4Kv0jqy3LiD__37goKn4XeN5O1wveYkzhRbFmWKWPf3ISkTyKh9Ej6oR6n93cjP78_dBgdKFjfb9VcNW6Mo4qvnsorqN1WP0tw9Gk9ROtqAws8K" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Global 5G Chipset Market">Global 5G Chipset Market</a> provides comprehensive market sizing, segmentation by application and technology, competitive intelligence across 24 key players, and forecasts through 2031. 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