MCPTT & Broadband PTT Market: 2025 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts

The $12 Billion figure in the new report refers to the subscription pricing of PTT services and add-on features, such as video streaming and LMR interoperability options, as well as the underlying line charges for standard wireless connectivity plans.

SNS Telecom & IT's latest market research report indicates that service revenue associated with MCPTT and broadband PTT subscriptions over commercial mobile operator and critical communications broadband networks will surpass $12 Billion by the end of 2028.

It might be a bit confusing as back in 2022, SNS Telecom & IT announced that the volume of the MCPTT (Mission-Critical PTT) & Group Communications market was just a $1.8 Billion Opportunity however, this is a new and different report covering three different segments of the market. The report also covers many different verticals (both business-oriented and mission-critical): Public Safety, Defense Transportation, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Mining, Construction Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail & Hospitality, and Others.

The $1.8 Billion figure relates to MCPTT and group communications client and application server software platforms and associated infrastructure (essentially what MCX/PTT technology suppliers are providing to service providers). The $12 Billion figure in the new report refers to the subscription pricing of PTT services and add-on features, such as video streaming and LMR interoperability options, as well as the underlying line charges for standard wireless connectivity plans. This is charged by the mobile operators (e.g. AT&T in the case of FirstNet), specialist authorities (e.g. ACMOSS in France) and OTT service providers to subscribers. There's a huge diversity of ARPUs for this kind of service globally, from FirstNet's average of $68 per month to less than $10 in China and some developing markets.

MCPTT (Mission-Critical PTT) is an evolution of PoC or PTToC (PTT-Over-Cellular) technology aimed at meeting or exceeding the performance of mission-critical group communications in digital LMR (Land Mobile Radio) systems, such as APCO P25 and TETRA. Besides enabling voice services with fast call setup times, clear audio quality in high-noise environments, priority/preemption, and other differentiating features, MCPTT solutions may also incorporate MCVideo (Mission-Critical Video) and MCData (Mission-Critical Data) capabilities. The three services are collectively referred to as MCX or MCS (Mission-Critical PTT, Video & Data) in 3GPP terminology. MCPTX and PTX (Push-to-Anything) are additional marketing terms that some suppliers use.

It is worth noting that both carrier-integrated and OTT (Over-the-Top) solutions for non-mission critical PoC or broadband PTT services have been in existence since the 2000s, aimed at improving collaboration and productivity for commercial business users across a diverse range of sectors. If iDEN – a 2G cellular technology – is taken into account, the very first PoC deployments date back even further to the 1990s. MCPTT and broader MCX services are a more recent addition to the market and are largely driven by public safety broadband, FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) readiness, utility grid transformation, and Industry 4.0 digitization initiatives.

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Southern Linc, Telus, Bell Canada, SFR, KPN, Swisscom, Telia, Føroya Tele, Plus (Polkomtel), STC (Saudi Telecom Company), Omantel, Telstra, Telecom Argentina, and many other public mobile operators have either deployed or are in the process of launching MCPTT service offerings to expand their B2B (Business-to-Business) customer base among first responders and other critical communications user groups. MCPTT functionality has also been implemented in purpose-built critical communications broadband networks such as South Korea’s Safe-Net and LTE-R networks; United States’ FirstNet – via AT&T but with direct integration into a dedicated core network; United Kingdom’s ESN (Emergency Services Network); France’s RRF (Radio Network of the Future); Hub One’s private cellular network in Paris airports; Spain's SIRDEE (State Emergency Digital Radiocommunications System); Italian Ministry of Interior's public safety LTE platform; Tampnet’s offshore private 4G/5G networks; Finland's VIRVE 2.0 mission-critical broadband service; Türkiye’s KETUM hybrid narrowband-broadband system; Oman’s public safety broadband network; Qatar MOI’s (Ministry of Interior) private LTE network; and Nedaa’s 4G network for critical communications in Dubai. 

SNS Telecom & IT's “MCPTT & Broadband PTT Market: 2025 – 2030” report forecasts that MCPTT and broadband PTT service revenue will grow at a CAGR of approximately 11% between 2025 and 2028, eventually accounting for more than $12 billion by the end of 2028. Although non-critical broadband PTT services will continue to constitute the bulk of subscriptions, much of this growth will be driven by 3GPP standards-compliant MCX service offerings, which are increasingly being adopted by business and mission-critical end user organizations of all sizes across a host of industries. Examples range from the KNPA (Korean National Police Agency) and NFA (Korean National Fire Agency) with their 140,000 and 20,000 MCX-equipped user terminals respectively to mid-sized and smaller organizations including but not limited to the City of Buenos Aires, Icon Water, Turkish National Police in Adana, NS (Dutch Railways), Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Rijkswaterstaat, WLE (Westphalian State Railway), SGP (Société du Grand Paris), Groupe ADP, DHL, Faroese first responders, AdventHealth, Georgia State Patrol, Dallas (Georgia) Police Department, and many state/local first responder agencies in the United States. 

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