09 Oct Mid-2025 Global Provider SD-WAN LEADERBOARD

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AT&T, Verizon and Hughes are top three Global Providers for Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services

BOSTON, MA, October 10, 2025 – Vertical Systems Group announces that eight companies attained a position on the Mid-Year 2025 Global Provider Carrier Managed SD-WAN LEADERBOARD (in rank order based on site share outside of home country as of June 30, 2025): AT&T (U.S.), Verizon (U.S.), Hughes (U.S.), Orange Business (France), Vodafone (U.K), BT International (U.K.), Telefonica (Spain) and NTT (Japan). This industry benchmark for multinational SD-WAN market presence ranks companies that hold a 4% or higher share of billable retail sites outside of their respective home countries.

Eight companies qualify for the Mid-2025 Global Provider Managed SD-WAN Challenge Tier (in alphabetical order): Aryaka (U.S.), Colt (U.K.), Comcast Business (U.S., includes Masergy), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), GTT (U.S.), PCCW Global (Hong Kong), Singtel (Singapore) and Tata Communications (India). The Challenge Tier includes companies with site share between 1% and 4% of this defined SD-WAN segment.

“Global demand for SD-WAN is being driven by new opportunities across country markets, customer conversions from MPLS, plus more ubiquitous Broadband/DIA connectivity. SD-WAN customers with sizable international networks are evaluating NaaS (Network as a Service) offerings that integrate SD-WAN, SASE, SSE, cloud-based connectivity, security, AI, application assurance and other features.”

Rosemary Cochran
Principal, Vertical Systems Group

Vertical’s specialized Global Provider SD-WAN research tracks multinational network providers that sell SD-WAN services outside of their primary home country. These companies have demonstrated measurable success delivering Managed SD-WAN services to customers worldwide. We estimate that the growth of SD-WAN sites within this segment is expanding at 13% per year.

Global Provider SD-WAN Research Highlights

  • Market share results for the eight companies ranked on the Mid-2025 Global SD-WAN LEADERBOARD are based on each provider’s number of active installed customer sites, excluding all home country sites.
  • Currently there is no dominant Global SD-WAN Service Provider. The site share differential is less than 6% between the #1 and #8 ranked companies on the Mid-2025 Global Carrier Managed SD-WAN LEADERBOARD.
  • Global SD-WAN LEADERBOARD companies by country are the U.S. (AT&T, Verizon and Hughes), U.K (Vodafone and BT Global), France (Orange Business), Spain (Telefonica) and Japan (NTT).
  • Challenge Tier companies by country/region are the U.S. (Aryaka, Comcast Business and GTT), U.K. (Colt), Germany (Deutsche Telekom), Hong Kong (PCCW Global), Singapore (Singtel) and India (Tata Communications).
  • The primary SD-WAN Technology suppliers are Fortinet, Cisco, Arista Velocloud, HPE Aruba and Versa. These companies empower the services offered by providers ranked on the Global SD-WAN LEADERBOARD or cited in the Challenge Tier.
  • Mplify (formerly MEF) is transitioning from certification of MEF 3.0 SD-WAN to a broader SASE certification. Five of the eight Mid-2025 Global Provider SD-WAN LEADERBOARD companies have achieved SD-WAN certification under the new Mplify SASE program: AT&T, Verizon, Orange Business, Vodafone and BT International. Additionally, two Challenge Tier companies – Colt and Comcast Business – have also attained SASE certification.

The Market Player tier includes all other companies with Global Provider SD-WAN site share below one percent (1%), including the following companies (in alphabetical order): Batelco (Bahrain), Bell (Canada), China Telecom (China), Cirion (Argentina), Claro Enterprise Solutions (Mexico), CMC Networks (South Africa), Cogent (U.S.), Epsilon (Singapore), Exponential-e (U.K.), Flo Networks (Mexico), Fusion Connect (U.S.), GCX (India), HGC Global (Hong Kong), KDDI (Japan), KT (Korea), Liberty Networks (Barbados), Lumen (U.S.), Meriplex (U.S.), Ooredoo Business (Qatar), PLDT Global (Philippines), Riedel Networks (Germany), Retelit (Italy), SES (Luxembourg), Sparkle (Italy), StarHub (Singapore), Telenor (Norway), Telia (Sweden), Telin (Singapore), Telstra International (Australia), TM One (Malaysia), Zayo (U.S.) and other providers selling SD-WAN services outside their home country.

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