The enterprise 5G market for service providers and infrastructure suppliers is more complicated than was the case in prior generations, when virtually the only suppliers of mobile service, and the only buyers of mobile infrastructure, were public network operators. In the 5G era, private networks operated by enterprises will be possible.
So even if global 5G business mobile subscriptions are predicted to grow to 175 million at the end of 2024, up from 500,000 at end-2019, that likely will not represent the total of 5G connections, but only those provided by public network service providers.
A significant number of 5G connections could well be supplied directly by enterprises themselves, in much the same way that enterprises have used Wi-Fi to support their private data networks on premises and campuses.
Of course, total mobile subscriptions (representing consumer connections to public networks) could grow to 1.9 billion at end-2024, up from 13 million at end-2019, Omdia predicts.
In 2024, 5G-based fixed wireless access is set to account for $7.4 billion, or 29 percent, of global FWA revenue, the firm also predicts.
A wide range of industries are investing in private 5G networks, Omdia says. Around 40 percent of the announced deployments of enterprise 5G networks since 2016 have been for manufacturing, followed by 18 percent of deployments in transportation and logistics.
Utilities, energy, and mining together make up a further 20 percent of deployments, followed by public safety at seven percent.
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