Narrative: Baseband Processor Market Share Q2 2025 - LTE decline accelerates as Industry shifts to 5G-first strategy

The cellular baseband processor market grew 6% in Q2 2025, driven by 5G smartphones and Apple's new C1 processor, with forecasts until Q1 2026.

The global cellular baseband processor market grew 6 percent year-on-year (revenues) in Q2 2025 as mix shift towards 5G smartphones help to drive up baseband ASP. During the first half of 2025, the industry witnessed 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 forecasts from Q1 2008 to Q1 2026.