HIGH-TECH
Networking & Communication Equipment
World’s Most Productive Companies
Networking & Communication Equipment
Networking, Connectivity, and Communication Equipment companies build the infrastructure behind wireless and wired networks. Productivity tracks carrier and enterprise capital spending, technology cycles like 5G and optical, and the efficiency of hardware and software portfolios. Scale, intellectual property, and a shift toward software and services increasingly separate the leaders.
The group was about flat in 2025, sitting about 23% above its 2019 baseline. Ericsson and Nokia led as World’s Most Productive Companies. Gains were broad across the group.
Networking & Communication Equipment World's Most Productive Companies
Productivity Snapshot
- Networking & Communication Equipment ranks third of eight High Tech peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 1.23, about 23% above its 2019 baseline.
- 4 of 6 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- They are the group’s World’s Most Productive Companies: Ericsson (1.40), Nokia (1.34).
- The group sits well above its 2019 baseline, with Ericsson and Nokia both ranking among the World's Most Productive Companies.
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