Dell'Oro says EMEA 5G core revenue reached a new high in Q2 2026
Dell'Oro Group said EMEA led the global 5G mobile core market in revenue contribution in Q2 2026, even as IMS revenue declined again.
EMEA 5G mobile core network revenue rose more than 30% in the second quarter of 2026 and reached a new high, according to a Dell'Oro Group report released Aug. 19 and distributed by PR Newswire.
Dell'Oro said the region generated more revenue than any other part of the global 5G mobile core network market in the quarter. The firm also said the increase came despite higher server prices and tighter scrutiny of network project costs by mobile operators.
The company said the trend reflects continued 5G Standalone adoption in Europe. Siân Morgan, senior director at Dell'Oro Group, said 80% of the operators that had launched 5G Standalone consumer services so far in 2026 were in Europe. Morgan also said the region should keep expanding in the coming quarters.
In the same release, Dell'Oro said IMS revenue contracted for the third straight quarter, with most regions seeing lower voice core revenue. IMS, or IP Multimedia Subsystem, is part of the network layer that supports voice and related services.
Dell'Oro identified its Mobile Core Network & Multi-Access Edge Computing Quarterly Report as the source of the figures. The release said the report tracks manufacturers' revenue, shipments and average selling prices across several network segments, including traditional packet core, evolved packet core, 5G packet core, policy, subscriber data management, signaling, circuit switched core and IMS core, across geographic regions.
Dell'Oro is based in Redwood City, California, where the release was datelined Aug. 19, 2026.
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