Region in Focus: North America, Q3 2025
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Region in Focus: North America, Q3 2025
An update on industry developments, market insights and country KPIs
The Region in Focus series provides an essential quarterly briefing on industry developments, market insights and country KPIs for mobile markets around the world.
The North American mobile market underwent a period of significant change this quarter, marked by shifting spectrum ownership, evolving
infrastructure strategies and deepening convergence between mobile operators and cable companies. These moves underscore how competitive dynamics are being reshaped as traditional boundaries between operators, satellite providers and cable companies become increasingly blurred.
Note: As of Q2 2025, the Region in Focus reports are now titled according to the quarter analysed for market developments. This edition focuses on analysis of the latest developments for Q3 2025, while providing country KPIs for the year to June 2025.
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Region in Focus: North America, Q3 2025
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