Top Network Slicing Companies

The network slicing market is estimated to grow from USD 1.30  billion in 2025 to USD 2.81 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 16.6%, during the forecast period. By using network slicing, telecom operators can design various virtual networks with different specifications on a common 5G network. They use SDN/NFV virtualization, cloud-based orchestration, and AI to handle every step of managing and monitoring a slice, including its creation and ongoing monitoring to meet SLAs. A multi-layer architecture helps organize service instances, slice instances, and physical resources in the RAN, transport, and core domains together. Due to dynamic resource management, integration through APIs, and automated repair, network slicing allows operators to offer specific networking services to industries including manufacturing, healthcare, media, and defense. So, businesses get customized SLAs, quicker time-to-market, less operating complexity, and the ability to make money with B2B2X models, which are all important for 5G success.

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Top Network Slicing Companies include

• Ericsson (Sweden)
• Huawei (China)
• Nokia (Finland)
• Cisco (US)
• ZTE (China)

The major vendors covered in network slicing market include Ericsson (Sweden), Huawei (China), Nokia (Finland), Cisco (US), ZTE (China), Ciena Corporation (US), Amdocs (US), Turk Telekom (Turkey), Samsung (South Korea), HPE (US), NTT (Japan), BT Group (UK), and Broadcom (US), Juniper Networks (US), T-Mobile (US), and Mavenir (US). These players have incorporated various organic and inorganic growth strategies, including collaborations, acquisitions, product launches, partnerships, agreements, and expansions to strengthen their international footprint and capture a greater share of the network slicing market. These organic and inorganic strategies have allowed the market players to expand across geographies by offering network slicing solutions and services.

Ericsson

Ericsson has been working in mobile and internet networking for over a century, providing all the necessary products for 5G RAN, 5G Core, OSS/BSS, and cloud-based software. Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform (EIA) has open SMO support and supplies SDKs, frameworks, and ML to speed up the development of applications handling and optimizing network slices. In EIA, the non-RT-RIC enables third-party rApps to be used for better managing resources and orchestrating slices in the radio access network. The use of 5G standalone networks by Ericsson has enabled operators to offer different types of services to customers and earn new income using network slicing. Ericsson, in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom, implemented its Dynamic Network Slicing solution on leading orchestration platforms, giving industrial enterprises the ability to receive slicing services whenever needed. Through Ericsson’s AI-based efforts, such as the trial with Mobily, machine learning can be used in managing slices to enhance the efficiency and dependability of live networks. To provide different services to customers with different needs, Ericsson relies on network slicing. Also, Ericsson’s 5G-ready solution brings together 5G NR, 5G Core, digital support functions and security, making it easy to manage and establish 5G slices in a single framework. As explained in a recent report, Ericsson is perfecting its slice orchestration APIs for multi-domain slicing, which ensures that resources for different slices remain isolated.

Huawei

Huawei introduced the first telecom-industry 5G network slicing router, providing a 50 GE link to base stations and ensuring that each business or industry receives its own dedicated bandwidth for top applications. Since it is a world leader in ICT infrastructure, consumer devices, cloud services, digital power, and intelligent automotive solutions, Huawei generated USD 118.2 billion in 2024. The company spent more than 20% of that on R&D and currently has more than 150,000 active patents. All elements of the company’s network slicing are found in the ICT Infrastructure segment, such as 5G RAN, 5G Core, optical networks, and private wireless.

Huawei offers slices for various industries by combining its 5G Core platform, CloudMatrix AI-native infrastructure, and Pangu AI models into a single package. Then, their X-Haul system uses Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) to divide all network traffic into slices, ensuring that every run of service can be isolated. This makes it possible to package services and launch them efficiently.

At the Global Industry Partners congress in early 2025, Huawei introduced AI WAN, an AI tool that overhauls IP networks for Net5.5G usage by receiving data about routes, assignments, and system errors, so it can predict and prevent problems.

In addition to improving its hardware, Huawei has updated CloudFabric so slices of network traffic across campus, metro, and edge clouds can be managed through APIs. As a result of these advancements, Huawei will support the upcoming wave of digital transformation with scalable, safe, and intelligent network slicing technology.

Nokia

With operations in four main areas, Nokia, as a leading telecommunications infrastructure provider, delivers a full set of 5G RAN, 5G Core, transport slicing, and orchestration products. Network slicing systems allow users to define, automatically deploy, and closely monitor slices from RAN to the core and transport sections through AIOps analytics that quickly tackle any issues impacting service-level agreements. With the NSP 25.4, operators can use “Network Slice Blueprints” and improved multi-domain orchestrator APIs to divide customer requests into customized slice subnets and automate setting them up for many users. With CloudBand and Digital Automation Cloud, Nokia enables companies to manage and use isolated applications for critical functions in edge-cloud and private wireless networks. In March 2025, Nokia joined Telia and the Finnish Defense Forces to carry out the first project where a slice for essential missions was instantly moved from one country’s network to another’s without disruption. The most recent field trials in the UAE demonstrate that Nokia is leading in network slicing: du and Nokia successfully tried out slicing, offering several SLA-based services, builds, and more, all over the same backbone without an increase in hardware. With Microsoft on A1’s network, the HD video was demonstrated by Nokia over a 5G edge cloud, leveraging the capabilities of Azure Managed Edge Compute in Austria. In Saudi Arabia, Nokia and STC demonstrated the first GPON slicing trial by successfully proving slice isolation and quick service activation with fiber to the home. As a result, CSPs and firms are now able to put slice-based B2B2X services for smart manufacturing, automated vehicles, and safe defense communications on the market using Nokia’s unified, single, AI-driven platform.

Cisco

Cisco (US) is a key player in the network slicing market, offering end-to-end solutions that enable communication service providers (CSPs) to deliver customized, virtualized 5G services. Through its Crosswork Network Controller and Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), Cisco facilitates automation and orchestration across transport and core networks, supporting diverse use cases such as IoT, connected vehicles, and enterprise applications. Collaborations like the one with DISH Wireless highlight Cisco's commitment to advancing hybrid cloud-native 5G network slicing solutions, enhancing network flexibility, scalability, and operational efficiency.

ZTE

ZTE (China) is a prominent player in the 5G network slicing market, offering comprehensive end-to-end solutions that emphasize agility, automation, intelligence, and openness. Their 5G Network Slicing Management solution facilitates rapid slice onboarding through a microservice architecture and template-based service design engine. By leveraging big data and AI, ZTE enables intelligent closed-loop assurance, ensuring automated operation and maintenance of network slices. This approach supports the seamless integration of 5G with various vertical industries, fostering innovation and contributing to the development of a new digital economy ecosystem. 

Market Ranking

The network slicing market is highly competitive, with five main players collectively holding 37-47% of the total market share. The need for customized and supported 5G services has increased the share of Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, Cisco, and ZTE in the global network slicing market. With 5G Core, RAN, and orchestration platforms, Ericsson is a major contributor to Dynamic Network Slicing and ensures slices are managed automatically and enhanced by AI. Huawei spearheads 5G device rollouts across the globe and has an advanced network division with its CloudMatrix and Pangu products, allowing automatic and tailored services for businesses. High-profile field tests involving cross-border 5G SA slice handovers and transport slicing with automation help solidify Nokia’s role in the market. Cisco offers slicing solutions for enterprises and the IoT world, including built-in slicing orchestration and assurance in its services for connected vehicles and key sectors. By teaming up with Chinese operators, ZTE provides edge-native slicing solutions that match the requirements of smart manufacturing and latency-sensitive industries. The remaining 53-63% of the market is shared among other regional and emerging vendors, contributing to extensive fragmentation and offering opportunities for smaller players to establish a footprint.

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