Narrative: Baseband Processor Market Share Q1 2025 – 5G Baseband Shipments Overtake 4G LTE
2 Min Read June 6, 2025
Global cellular baseband market grew 22% YoY in Q1 2025, driven by 5G shift and Apple's C1 debut. Report includes data from 2008–2025 for 21 vendors.
The global cellular baseband processor market grew a healthy 22 percent year-on-year (revenues) in Q1 2025 as mix shift towards 5G smartphones help to drive up baseband ASP. During the quarter, the industry witness Apple's entry into the 5G baseband market with their home-grown C1 baseband processor. This report tracks and forecasts the quarterly cellular baseband unit shipments, ASPs and revenues of 21 baseband chip vendors across six air interface technologies and includes data and forecast from Q1 2008 to Q4 2025.
