Global telecom service revenues are growing modestly toward US$1.3 trillion by 2028 while operators carry heavy 5G, fiber, and edge-compute investment and face price pressure in mature markets — pushing the industry to monetize B2B services such as private networks and enterprise edge.
This ETS fact sheet condenses the 2026 picture onto three pages: the market headlines, the SAP cloud solutions that address telecom supply chain challenges (SAP IBP with Ariba and Commodity Intelligence for risk forecasting, Ariba Network and Business Network for Logistics for supplier visibility, and SAP ERP Cloud with TM and EWM for rollout orchestration), the results operators such as Ericsson and Vodafone have reported, and a suggested 90-day pilot to prove supplier visibility for a regional private-5G rollout.
It closes with why ETS is the right SAP partner for telecom: industry expertise, implementation track record, innovation-driven solutions, and a holistic partnership approach.
The full fact sheet is available above as a PDF. See also the companion "Telecom Industry Overview 2026" in the Resource Library.