Private premises networks are not new. We have had both wired and wireless local area networks for about four decades. What is new is that ability to create private networks using off-the-shelf 4G or 5G network elements, using licensed, shared or unlicensed spectrum, where older networks used cables or unlicensed spectrum only.
The standalone version of the 3GPP’s 5G NR standard arguably is going to be key for most enterprise users creating their own private 4G or 5G networks. What remains unclear are the range of future business models.
It is conceivable that mobile operators can become system integrators, designing, building and perhaps supporting such private networks for enterprises or organizations. Some enterprises will build and manage themselves, as they now handle their own Wi-Fi and other private networks.
Longer term, one would likely guess that private networks mostly will be managed directly by the organizations, even when design and installation chores are outsourced to integrators. That is the model for LANs and Wi-Fi, and makes sense for private 4G or 5G as well.
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