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Industry forecast · TelecomWorldwide communications services spending (Gartner)

Gartner reported: $1,304B (2025 · Reported)
Gartner worldwide IT spending forecast, October 2026 edition 2026: $1,352B (Projected)
Gartner worldwide IT spending forecast, October 2026 edition 2027: $1,391B (Projected)

USD billions, nominal. Gartner's 'Communications Services' segment. Projection is Gartner's October 2026 forecast for 2026 and 2027 (a forecast, not an outcome). History points are the earlier-year column from each January/February release (2022 Jan 2023, 2023 Jan 2024, 2024 Jan 2025, 2025 Feb 2026), published in millions of US dollars and shown here in billions by decimal scaling only; Gartner restates segment baselines between editions (e.g. scope and currency changes), so steps between editions are not purely market movement, and the 2026 projection starts from a different baseline than the 2025 history. Telecom services (consumer and enterprise voice, data, messaging). The dip from 2023 to 2024 in the history reflects Gartner's restated baselines between editions (Jan 2024 vs Jan 2025), not a published decline of that size.

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Gartner IT spending forecast, October 2026 (Table 1, billions of US dollars) · 2026-10-21
“Table 1. Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) | 2027 Spending | 2027 Growth (%) | Communications Services | 1,352 | 4.1 | 1,391 | 2.9”
Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03
“Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,303,651 | 3.8 | 1,365,184 | 4.7”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21
“Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,371,787 | 2.3 | 1,423,746 | 3.8”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17
“Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,440,827 | 1.5 | 1,473,314 | 2.3”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18
“Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,422,506 | -2.4 | 1,423,367 | 0.1”

Projections are the cited publishers’ forecasts, not ChronoPin’s.

Checked 2026-10-28

Worldwide communications services spending (Gartner)
$1,352B (2026) → $1,391B (2027) → $1,423B (2022) → $1,441B (2023) → $1,372B (2024) → $1,304B (2025)
USD billions, nominal. Gartner's 'Communications Services' segment. Projection is Gartner's October 2026 forecast for 2026 and 2027 (a forecast, not an outcome). History points are the earlier-year column from each January/February release (2022 Jan 2023, 2023 Jan 2024, 2024 Jan 2025, 2025 Feb 2026), published in millions of US dollars and shown here in billions by decimal scaling only; Gartner restates segment baselines between editions (e.g. scope and currency changes), so steps between editions are not purely market movement, and the 2026 projection starts from a different baseline than the 2025 history. Telecom services (consumer and enterprise voice, data, messaging). The dip from 2023 to 2024 in the history reflects Gartner's restated baselines between editions (Jan 2024 vs Jan 2025), not a published decline of that size.
- Gartner IT spending forecast, October 2026 (Table 1, billions of US dollars) · 2026-10-21 “Table 1. Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) | 2027 Spending | 2027 Growth (%) | Communications Services | 1,352 | 4.1 | 1,391 | 2.9”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03 “Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,303,651 | 3.8 | 1,365,184 | 4.7”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21 “Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,371,787 | 2.3 | 1,423,746 | 3.8”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17 “Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,440,827 | 1.5 | 1,473,314 | 2.3”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18 “Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,422,506 | -2.4 | 1,423,367 | 0.1”

Worldwide communications services spending (Gartner)

$1,352B (2026) → $1,391B (2027) → $1,423B (2022) → $1,441B (2023) → $1,372B (2024) → $1,304B (2025)

Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03 “Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,303,651 | 3.8 | 1,365,184 | 4.7”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21 “Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,371,787 | 2.3 | 1,423,746 | 3.8”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17 “Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,440,827 | 1.5 | 1,473,314 | 2.3”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18 “Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Communications Services | 1,422,506 | -2.4 | 1,423,367 | 0.1”