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Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2021-2032
Market perspective
The global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, implying a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The US & Canada market for Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The Europe market for Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
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The Asia Pacific market for Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The China market for Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
Leading global manufacturers of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset include RDA (China), MediaTek (Taiwan), Huawei (China), Qualcomm (US), Samsung (South Korea), Nordic Semiconductor (Norway), Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel), Cheerzing (China) and Sercomm (Taiwan), among others. In 2025, the top three vendors together accounted for approximately % of global revenue.
On the production side, the report examines Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset output, growth rates, and market shares by manufacturer and by region (at regional and country level) for 2021-2026, with forecasts through 2032.
On the consumption side, the report analyzes sales of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset by region (regional and country level), company, type, and application for 2021-2026 and provides forecasts through 2032.
The report provides an overview of the global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset market in terms of capacity, output, revenue, and price, analyzing global market trends using historical revenue and sales data for 2021-2025, estimates for 2026, and projected CAGRs through 2032.
The study covers key producers of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset and consumption patterns in major regions and countries, assesses future market potential, and highlights priority regions and countries for segmenting the market into sub-sectors, with country-specific market value data for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, the Middle East, Africa, and other countries.
The report also presents Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset sales, revenue, market share, and industry ranking for the main manufacturers for 2021-2026, identifies the major stakeholders in the global market, and analyzes their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues.
In addition, the report analyzes segment data by type and application—covering sales, revenue, and price—for 2021-2032, and evaluates and forecasts the Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset market size, projected growth trends, production technologies, key applications, and end-use industries.
Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Segment by Company
RDA (China)
MediaTek (Taiwan)
Huawei (China)
Qualcomm (US)
Samsung (South Korea)
Nordic Semiconductor (Norway)
Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel)
Cheerzing (China)
Sercomm (Taiwan)
SIMCom (China)
Sequans Communications (France)
Sierra Wireless (Canada)
u-blox (Switzerland)
ZTE (China)
Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Segment by Type
Smart Meters
Smart Parking
Smart Street lighting
Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Segment by Application
Energy & Utilities
Infrastructure
Building Automation
Others
Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Study Objectives
1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.
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Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2021-2032).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset market competition landscape. Including Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2021 to 2026, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Smart Meters
- Smart Parking
- Smart Street lighting
Applications
- Energy & Utilities
- Infrastructure
- Building Automation
- Others
Companies covered
- RDA (China)
- MediaTek (Taiwan)
- Huawei (China)
- Qualcomm (US)
- Samsung (South Korea)
- Nordic Semiconductor (Norway)
- Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel)
- Cheerzing (China)
- Sercomm (Taiwan)
- SIMCom (China)
- Sequans Communications (France)
- Sierra Wireless (Canada)
- u-blox (Switzerland)
- ZTE (China)
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.4 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market Average Price (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
- 1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Industry Trends
- 2.2 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Industry Restraints
3 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Players Market Share by Production Value in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market by Type
- 4.1 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Type Introduction
- 4.1.1 Smart Meters
- 4.1.2 Smart Parking
- 4.1.3 Smart Street lighting
- 4.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Type
- 4.2.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.2.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.2.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Type
- 4.3.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
5 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market by Application
- 5.1 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Application Introduction
- 5.1.1 Energy & Utilities
- 5.1.2 Infrastructure
- 5.1.3 Building Automation
- 5.1.4 Others
- 5.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Application
- 5.3.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.3.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 RDA (China)
- 6.1.1 RDA (China) Company Information
- 6.1.2 RDA (China) Business Overview
- 6.1.3 RDA (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 RDA (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 RDA (China) Recent Developments
- 6.2 MediaTek (Taiwan)
- 6.2.1 MediaTek (Taiwan) Company Information
- 6.2.2 MediaTek (Taiwan) Business Overview
- 6.2.3 MediaTek (Taiwan) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 MediaTek (Taiwan) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 MediaTek (Taiwan) Recent Developments
- 6.3 Huawei (China)
- 6.3.1 Huawei (China) Company Information
- 6.3.2 Huawei (China) Business Overview
- 6.3.3 Huawei (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 Huawei (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 Huawei (China) Recent Developments
- 6.4 Qualcomm (US)
- 6.4.1 Qualcomm (US) Company Information
- 6.4.2 Qualcomm (US) Business Overview
- 6.4.3 Qualcomm (US) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 Qualcomm (US) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 Qualcomm (US) Recent Developments
- 6.5 Samsung (South Korea)
- 6.5.1 Samsung (South Korea) Company Information
- 6.5.2 Samsung (South Korea) Business Overview
- 6.5.3 Samsung (South Korea) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 Samsung (South Korea) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 Samsung (South Korea) Recent Developments
- 6.6 Nordic Semiconductor (Norway)
- 6.6.1 Nordic Semiconductor (Norway) Company Information
- 6.6.2 Nordic Semiconductor (Norway) Business Overview
- 6.6.3 Nordic Semiconductor (Norway) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 Nordic Semiconductor (Norway) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 Nordic Semiconductor (Norway) Recent Developments
- 6.7 Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel)
- 6.7.1 Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel) Company Information
- 6.7.2 Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel) Business Overview
- 6.7.3 Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 Altair Semiconductor (Sony) (Israel) Recent Developments
- 6.8 Cheerzing (China)
- 6.8.1 Cheerzing (China) Company Information
- 6.8.2 Cheerzing (China) Business Overview
- 6.8.3 Cheerzing (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 Cheerzing (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 Cheerzing (China) Recent Developments
- 6.9 Sercomm (Taiwan)
- 6.9.1 Sercomm (Taiwan) Company Information
- 6.9.2 Sercomm (Taiwan) Business Overview
- 6.9.3 Sercomm (Taiwan) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 Sercomm (Taiwan) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 Sercomm (Taiwan) Recent Developments
- 6.10 SIMCom (China)
- 6.10.1 SIMCom (China) Company Information
- 6.10.2 SIMCom (China) Business Overview
- 6.10.3 SIMCom (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 SIMCom (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 SIMCom (China) Recent Developments
- 6.11 Sequans Communications (France)
- 6.11.1 Sequans Communications (France) Company Information
- 6.11.2 Sequans Communications (France) Business Overview
- 6.11.3 Sequans Communications (France) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 Sequans Communications (France) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 Sequans Communications (France) Recent Developments
- 6.12 Sierra Wireless (Canada)
- 6.12.1 Sierra Wireless (Canada) Company Information
- 6.12.2 Sierra Wireless (Canada) Business Overview
- 6.12.3 Sierra Wireless (Canada) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.12.4 Sierra Wireless (Canada) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.12.5 Sierra Wireless (Canada) Recent Developments
- 6.13 u-blox (Switzerland)
- 6.13.1 u-blox (Switzerland) Company Information
- 6.13.2 u-blox (Switzerland) Business Overview
- 6.13.3 u-blox (Switzerland) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.13.4 u-blox (Switzerland) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.13.5 u-blox (Switzerland) Recent Developments
- 6.14 ZTE (China)
- 6.14.1 ZTE (China) Company Information
- 6.14.2 ZTE (China) Business Overview
- 6.14.3 ZTE (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.14.4 ZTE (China) Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Product Portfolio
- 6.14.5 ZTE (China) Recent Developments
7 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Region
- 7.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.2.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.3 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.4 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.4.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.4.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.5 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2021-2032)
- 7.6.1 North America Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.2 Europe Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.4 South America Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Value (2021-2032)
8 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Region
- 8.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Region (2021-2026)
- 8.2.2 Global Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 8.3 North America
- 8.3.1 North America Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.3.2 North America Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.3.3 U.S.
- 8.3.4 Canada
- 8.3.5 Mexico
- 8.4 Europe
- 8.4.1 Europe Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.4.2 Europe Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.4.3 Germany
- 8.4.4 France
- 8.4.5 U.K.
- 8.4.6 Italy
- 8.4.7 Netherlands
- 8.5 Asia Pacific
- 8.5.1 Asia Pacific Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.5.2 Asia Pacific Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.5.3 China
- 8.5.4 Japan
- 8.5.5 South Korea
- 8.5.6 Southeast Asia
- 8.5.7 India
- 8.5.8 Australia
- 8.6 South America
- 8.6.1 South America Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.6.2 South America Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.6.3 Brazil
- 8.6.4 Argentina
- 8.6.5 Chile
- 8.6.6 Colombia
- 8.7 Middle East & Africa
- 8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.7.3 Egypt
- 8.7.4 South Africa
- 8.7.5 Israel
- 8.7.6 Türkiye
- 8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.1 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 9.1.4 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Distributors
- 9.2.3 Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) Chipset Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 11.2 Research Methodology
- 11.3 Research Process
- 11.4 Authors List of This Report
- 11.5 Data Source
- 11.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 11.5.2 Primary Sources
- 11.6 Disclaimer
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