DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Private LTE & 5G Network Ecosystem 2024-2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts” report from SNS Telecom & IT has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
The report presents an in-depth assessment of the private LTE and 5G network ecosystem, including the value chain, market drivers, barriers to uptake, enabling technologies, operational and business models, vertical industries, application scenarios, key trends, future roadmap, standardization, spectrum availability and allocation, regulatory landscape, case studies, ecosystem player profiles and strategies. The report also presents global and regional market size forecasts from 2024 to 2030. The forecasts cover three infrastructure submarkets, two technology generations, four spectrum licensing models, 16 vertical industries and five regional markets.
The report comes with an associated Excel datasheet suite covering quantitative data from all numeric forecasts presented in the report, as well as a database of over 7,300 global private LTE/5G engagements as of Q4 2024.
Summary of Private LTE/5G Engagements
Some of the existing and planned private LTE and 5G engagements are summarized below:
- Agriculture: Private cellular network installations in the agriculture industry range from custom-built 250 MHz LTE networks that provide wide area cellular coverage for agribusiness machinery, vehicles, sensors and field workers in Brazil to Japan’s standalone local 5G networks for application scenarios such as remote-controlled tractors, AI-enabled image analytics and autonomous patrol robots in support of optimizing cattle fattening and breeding for the production of Kagoshima Wagyu beef.
- Aviation: Private LTE and 5G networks have been implemented or are being deployed to support internal operations at some of the busiest international and domestic airports Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa Technik and JAL are leveraging private 5G networks for aircraft maintenance operations, while ANA is harnessing local 5G connectivity to enhance the effectiveness of aviation training. In addition, national and cross-border A2G networks for inflight broadband and critical airborne communications are also beginning to gain significant traction.
- Broadcasting: Many broadcast players are utilizing private cellular networks – both temporary and fixed installations – to support live production and other use cases. OTT streaming service providers such as DAZN and U-Next are also beginning to rely on portable 5G networks for real-time video distribution during sports events.
- Construction: Mortenson, Ferrovial, BAM Nuttall, Fira, Hazama Ando Corporation, Kumagai Gumi, Obayashi Corporation, Shimizu Corporation, Taisei Corporation, Takenaka Corporation, CSCEC, Hoban Construction, Hip Hing Engineering, Gammon Construction and Hyundai E&C are notable examples of companies that have employed the use of private LTE and 5G networks to enhance productivity and worker safety at construction sites.
- Education: Higher education institutes are at the forefront of hosting on-premise 5G networks in campus environments. Another prevalent theme in the education sector is the growing number of purpose-built LTE networks aimed at eliminating the digital divide for remote learning – particularly CBRS networks for school districts in the United States.
- Forestry: There is considerable interest in private cellular networks to fulfill the communications needs of the forestry industry for industrial, recreational and environmental purposes. SCA, Stora Enso and Fiskarheden are deploying local 5G networks to facilitate digitization and automation at timber terminals and mills, while Tolko Industries and Resolute Forest Products are utilizing portable LTE systems to support their forestry operations in remote locations in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada, where cellular coverage has previously been scarce or non-existent.
- Healthcare: Dedicated 5G campus networks have been installed or are being implemented to support smart healthcare applications in many hospitals. In addition, on-premise LTE networks are also operational at many hospitals and medical complexes across the globe.
- Manufacturing: Dozens of manufacturers across the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, steelmaking, chemical production, electronics, industrial machinery and other sectors – along with LTE/5G equipment suppliers themselves – are investing in private cellular networks for Industry 4.0 applications at their factories.
- Military: Led by the U.S. DOD’s FutureG Office, several programs are underway to accelerate the adoption of private 5G networks at military bases and training facilities, network slicing over public mobile infrastructure and portable cellular systems for warfighters at the tactical edge.
- Mining: Mining companies are increasingly deploying 3GPP-based private wireless networks at their surface and underground mining operations to support mine-wide communications between workers, real-time video monitoring, teleoperation of mining equipment, fleet management, self-driving trucks and other applications.
- Oil & Gas: Many companies in the oil and gas industry are utilizing private cellular networks. Some companies are pursuing a multi-faceted approach to address their diverse connectivity requirements. For instance, Aramco is adopting a wide area 450 MHz network for critical communications, LEO satellite-based NB-IoT coverage for the most remote IoT assets and on-premise private 5G networks within specific facilities for advanced Industry 4.0 applications.
- Ports & Maritime Transport: Many port and terminal operators are investing in private LTE and 5G networks to provide high-speed and low-latency wireless connectivity for applications such as AGVs, remote-controlled cranes, smart cargo handling and predictive maintenance. In the maritime transport segment, onboard private cellular networks – supported by satellite backhaul links – are widely being utilized to provide voice, data, messaging and IoT connectivity services for both passenger and cargo vessels while at sea.
- Public Safety: A myriad of fully dedicated, hybrid government-commercial and secure MVNO/MOCN-based public safety LTE/5G-ready networks are operational or in the process of being rolled out throughout the globe, including national mission-critical broadband platforms such as FirstNet, South Korea’s Safe-Net, Britain’s ESN, France’s RRF, Spain’s SIRDEE and Finland’s VIRVE 2.0. 5G NR-equipped PPDR broadband systems are also starting to be adopted by first responder agencies. For example, in Taiwan, the Hsinchu City Fire Department’s emergency response vehicle features a satellite-backhauled private 5G network for emergency communications in disaster zones. The Norwegian Air Ambulance is adopting a similar private 5G-based NOW (Network-on-Wheels) system for enhancing situational awareness during search and rescue operations. Other examples of early adopters include the Lishui Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, Kaohsiung City Police Department, PDRM, New Zealand Police and Guardia Civil (Spanish Civil Guard).
- Railways: Although the GSM-R to FRMCS transition is not expected until the late 2020s, a number of LTE and 5G-based networks for railway communications are being deployed, including Adif AV’s dedicated 5G infrastructure at logistics terminals, Vale’s $50 Million project for the implementation of a private wireless network along the Carajas Railroad, SGP’s private LTE network for the Grand Paris Express metro system, PTA’s radio systems replacement project, Norfolk Southern’s private LTE network for rail yard staff, NCRTC’s private LTE network for the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor, Hanshin Electric Railway’s standalone local 5G installation for improving safety at railroad crossings and platforms, KRNA’s LTE-R network, POSCO’s private 5G network that links autonomous locomotives and railway control systems, Guangzhou Metro’s 5G + Smart Metro project and China State Railway Group’s 5G-R program.
- Utilities: Private cellular networks in the utilities industry range from wide area 3GPP networks – operating in 410 MHz, 450 MHz, 900 MHz and other sub-1 GHz spectrum bands – for smart grid communications to purpose-built LTE and 5G networks aimed at providing localized wireless connectivity in critical infrastructure facilities such as power plants, substations and offshore wind farms.
- Warehousing & Others: Many companies have installed private cellular infrastructure for smart warehousing applications. Additional vertical sectors where private LTE and 5G networks are being adopted extend from sports, arts and culture to retail, hospitality, public services and road transport. From a horizontal perspective, enterprise RAN systems for indoor coverage enhancement are relatively common and end-to-end private networks are also starting to be implemented in office buildings and campuses.
Key Findings
- Global spending on private LTE and 5G network infrastructure for vertical industries is forecast grow at a CAGR of approximately 20% between 2024 and 2027, eventually accounting for more than $6 Billion by the end of 2027.
- Close to 60% of these investments – an estimated $3.5 Billion – will be directed towards the buildout of standalone private 5G networks, which will become the predominant wireless communications medium to support the ongoing Industry 4.0 revolution for the digitization and automation of manufacturing and process industries.
- This unprecedented level of growth is likely to transform private LTE and 5G networks into an almost parallel equipment ecosystem to public mobile operator infrastructure in terms of market size by the late 2020s. By 2030, private networks could account for as much as a fifth of all mobile network infrastructure spending.
- Although 5GC infrastructure for standalone 5G connectivity services has been deployed by less than a tenth of the world’s approximately 800 public mobile operators, the technology is experiencing much greater success in the relatively smaller but burgeoning private cellular segment where its performance and system efficiency advantages compared to non-standalone 5G networks are more easily consumable in the short term.
- Existing private cellular network deployments range from localized wireless systems for dedicated connectivity in factories, warehouses, mines, power plants, substations, offshore wind farms, oil and gas facilities, construction sites, maritime ports, airports, hospitals, stadiums, office buildings and university campuses to regional and nationwide sub-1 GHz private wireless broadband networks for utilities, FRMCS-ready networks for train-to-ground communications and hybrid government-commercial public safety broadband networks, as well as rapidly deployable LTE/5G network-in-a-box systems for professional TV broadcasting, sports and entertainment events, emergency response operations and tactical communications.
- There has also been a surge in the adoption of private wireless small cells as a cost-effective alternative to DAS for delivering neutral host public cellular coverage in carpeted enterprise spaces, public venues, hospitals, hotels, higher education campuses and schools. This trend is particularly prevalent in the United States due to the open accessibility of the license-exempt GAA tier of 3.5 GHz CBRS spectrum.
- As for the practical and quantifiable benefits of private LTE and 5G networks, end user organizations have credited private cellular network installations with productivity and efficiency gains for specific manufacturing, quality control and intralogistics processes in the range of 20 to 90%, cost savings as high as 40% and an uplift of up to 80% in worker safety and accident reduction.
- As highlighted previously, spectrum liberalization initiatives – particularly shared and local spectrum licensing frameworks – are playing a pivotal role in accelerating the adoption of private LTE and 5G networks. Telecommunications regulators in multiple national markets have released or are in the process of granting access to shared and local area licensed spectrum.
- Although Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung and Huawei continue to lead the private cellular market in terms of infrastructure sales, there is much greater vendor diversity than in the public mobile network segment with the likes of Celona and Baicells making their presence known in markets as far afield as the United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Japan and China.
- By capitalizing on their extensive licensed spectrum holdings, infrastructure assets and cellular networking expertise, national mobile operators have continued to retain a significant presence in the private LTE and 5G network market, even in countries where shared and local area licensed spectrum is available.
- With an expanded focus on vertical B2B (Business-to-Business) opportunities in the 5G era, mobile operators are actively involved in diverse projects extending from localized 5G networks for secure and reliable wireless connectivity in industrial and enterprise environments to sliced hybrid public-private networks that integrate on-premise 5G infrastructure with a dedicated slice of public mobile network resources for wide area coverage.
- New classes of private network service providers, network management and orchestration platform providers, 5G security specialists and system integrators are also well-positioned for success in the market as are the private 5G business units of neutral host infrastructure providers such as Boldyn Networks, American Tower, Boingo Wireless, Crown Castle, Freshwave and Digita.
The report covers the following topics:
- Value chain and ecosystem structure
- Market drivers and challenges
- System architecture and key elements of private LTE and 5G networks
- Operational and business models, network size, geographic reach and other practical aspects of private LTE and 5G networks
- Critical communications broadband evolution, Industry 4.0, enterprise transformation and other themes shaping the adoption of private LTE and 5G networks
- Enabling technologies and concepts, including 3GPP-defined MCX, URLLC, TSC, DetNet, NR-U, SNPN and PNI-NPN, RedCap, cellular IoT, high-precision positioning, network slicing, edge computing and network automation capabilities
- Key trends such as the emergence of new classes of specialized network operators, shared and local area spectrum licensing, private NaaS offerings, IT/OT convergence, Open RAN, vRAN and rapidly deployable LTE/5G systems
- Analysis of vertical industries and application scenarios, extending from mission-critical group communications and real-time video transmission to reconfigurable wireless production lines, collaborative mobile robots, AGVs and untethered AR/VR/MR
- Future roadmap of private LTE and 5G networks
- Review of private LTE and 5G network installations worldwide, including 160 case studies spanning 16 verticals
- Database tracking more than 7,300 private LTE and 5G engagements in over 130 countries across the globe
- Spectrum availability, allocation and usage across the global, regional and national domains
- Standardization, regulatory and collaborative initiatives
- Profiles and strategies of more than 1,800 ecosystem players
- Strategic recommendations for LTE/5G equipment and chipset suppliers, system integrators, private network specialists, mobile operators and end user organizations
- Exclusive interview transcripts from 24 companies across the private LTE/5G value chain: A5G Networks, Anritsu, Ataya, Ballast Networks, CableFree (Wireless Excellence), Cavli Wireless, Celona, Digi International, Druid Software, Ericsson, Future Technologies Venture, InfiniG, JMA Wireless, MosoLabs, Neutroon, Nokia, Pente Networks, Picocom, RADTONICS, Shabodi, Sigma Wireless, Telrad Networks, T-Mobile US and X4000 Communications
- Market analysis and forecasts from 2024 to 2030
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