Private Networks

Private 5G is outpacing Wi-Fi for its early growth, and its trajectory is diverging as well. Just as Nokia checks-out, Ericsson argues that a rising tide of high-value industrial use …

Ericsson won’t be drawn on Nokia’s retreat, but it’s happy to talk about its own momentum in the private 5G market: rising deployments, surging traffic, and sales that are outrunning …

Private 5G has long carried a reputation for being heavy, complex, and slow to deploy. But it can be a lightweight and scalable foundation for AI in mission-critical industrial operations, …

Nokia’s confirmation as Tampnet’s RAN supplier for a major offshore 5G build-out begs questions about the vendor’s future private 5G strategy – just as staff across Europe protest its restructuring …

Mimosa Networks is offering either an alternative or a complement to private 5G – using unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum to deliver simple, scalable, and cost-effective FWA broadband for enterprises worldwide. In …

Private 5G has long promised Wi-Fi-like simplicity for industrial networks. At Industrial Wireless Forum, Moso Networks and partners Druid Software and X2nSat argued that promise has finally arrived: plug-and-play blueprints, …

At Industrial Wireless Forum, industry leaders explored how agentic AI running on private 5G is transforming factories and plants. The discussion highlighted not just the technology, but the architectural, connectivity, …

Nokia insists nothing much has changed in its private 5G strategy. Which is a lie – everything has changed, as the Finnish vendor prepares to quit the private 5G market …

Private 5G is often dismissed as a niche – slow, complex, and commercially uncertain – but this view misses the point. As analysts argue, its real value lies in transforming …

Nokia’s latest strategic reboot – splitting its business in two and sidelining private networks – looks like a bold bet on an AI-fuelled future. But in shedding the unit where …

Europe’s digital sovereignty ambitions extend beyond cloud and data policy into the nuts and bolts of Industry 4.0 network orchestration. Through initiatives like IPCEI-CIS and 8RA, organisations including Adeptic Reply …

Private 5G is becoming a key pillar of industrial digitalisation, and yet it still presents problems for global enterprises in terms of spectrum regulation, radio design, and ecosystem partners. Deployment …

China Mobile International is positioning itself as an enabler of cross-border private 5G deployments, helping Chinese enterprises build advanced industrial networks overseas while supporting global manufacturers entering China. The firm …

Private 5G is reshaping how enterprises connect machines, people, and data at the edge – but success depends on bridging the long-standing divide between IT and OT. Globalstar’s XCOM RAN …

Private 5G and generative AI are redefining industrial connectivity and intelligence – but do they truly depend on one another? This discussion explores how these enabling technologies overlap, complement, and …

News that Nokia is partnering with Latvian operator LMT to build a 5G tactical communications system for military use in the Baltics underscores how 5G is moving from industrial and …

T-Mobile is moving aggressively in the US enterprise market with a hybrid private 5G offer that pulls together nationwide 5G-A coverage, network slicing, and local edge capabilities. Experts see promise …

As enterprises rush to deploy AI across their factories and logistics sites, the less glamorous work of radio design has never mattered more. US network design firm iBwave argues that …

AI is reshaping industrial operations – from real-time quality control to predictive maintenance and digital copilots on the factory floor. As these AI workloads become more mobile, data-intensive, and time-sensitive, …

Security startup OneLayer has $28 million of new funding, and a big plan to expand further into Europe and Latin America as industrial enterprises go all-in on private 5G, and …

US industrial integrator Future Technologies has completed a strategic recapitalization with local private equity firm Battle Investment Group to become North America’s largest private 5G provider within 12 months, using …

T-Mobile is upping its enterprise game with a new private-like 5G connectivity play. The US carrier, long chasing AT&T and Verizon in the business market, has launched a pseudo-private 5G …

Industrial AI has moved from experimental pilots to boardroom strategy. The global market was worth $43.6 billion in 2024, and is growing at 23 percent per year. While most of …

IoT has always been more concept than category – like a loose collection of private device networks. And it makes increasingly good sense to enterprises alongside industrial 5G networks and …

Three sides of Industry 4.0 – industrial 5G in numbers (part 1) Private 5G continues to outpace the broader telecoms market, with enterprise deployments expanding and industrial use cases taking …