private networks
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Earlier this week, Capacity visited Overbury Farms on the Worcestershire-Gloucestershire border to witness first-hand the transformative impact of Virgin Media O2 Business’ (VMO2) portable 5G private network. -
Global revenue from private cellular networks is set to more than double, reaching $12.2 billion by 2028 – an increase of 114% from 2025, despite sluggish market growth in recent years, according to new figures from Juniper Research.
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Samsung Electronics has completed the first end-to-end Reduced Capability (RedCap) trial over a private 5G network in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company.
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Roularta Media Group (RMG), a major Belgian publishing firm and broadcaster, has partnered with NTT Data to deploy a private 5G network across its printing facilities as part of a digital transformation initiative.
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Verizon revealed it has developed a new AI-powered private 5G platform with Nvidia, aimed at helping businesses securely deploy AI at the edge.
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Swisscom is working with Ericsson to offer a standalone Mobile Private Network (MPN) to provide enterprises with private, localised connectivity.
Forthcoming events
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O2 has been recruited by British aerospace firm Leonardo UK to develop use cases in private 5G networks and technology for the defence and security industry.
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Three UK, Cambridge University, Blue Mesh Solutions, Ericsson and Siemens are collaborating on a £3.4 million project to test 5G at the Port of Felixstowe.
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Microsoft subsidiary Affirmed Networks is to build a private 5G network for Inventec, a Taiwanese technology maker.
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Vendors, operators and enterprises are becoming enthusiastic about private 5G networks, running IoT networks separate from what’s out there in the public world. Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at the market
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Nokia and A1 Austria have signed a three-year contract that will see the two collaborate to drive the digital transformation of A1’s enterprise customers through private networks.
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Verizon is building a global private 5G service for enterprises outside the US, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region and Europe.
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An arm of NTT is to develop 4G and 5G systems for use in private networks for German business campuses.
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Nokia has equipped Finnish company Sandvik with a 5G private network to control mining equipment.
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Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have developed a bespoke private cellular network solution for energy, manufacturing and logistics multinational Phillips 66.
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Vodafone is building a private 5G network for Ford’s electric vehicle factory in the UK.
