SNS Telecom and IT offered a reality check on the benefits private networks provide a host of industries, detailing gains made by companies including Tesla and LG Electronics as it released details of its latest research into the market.

Analysts said dedicated networks deployed in facilities and campuses or in WAN scenarios are boosting operations in shipping ports, manufacturing, airline operations, sports clubs and in the public sector.

SNS Telecom and IT explained 5G is now surpassing LTE as the dominant private network technology and maintained a forecast the sector would yield revenue of $7.2 billion by the close of 2028.

Sales growth is pronounced against a “relatively stagnant” public mobile network sector. The company noted standalone 5G core network revenue is on the up, but RAN is flat following declines in 2024.

Along with Tesla and LG Electronics, SNS Telecom and IT stated Hyundai also reaped benefits at its production facilities: all three “eliminated connect-related automated guided vehicle stoppages” using private networks.

It stated Peel Ports Group reported a tenfold increase in network performance at the Port of Liverpool in the UK, a facility noted to be unfriendly to Wi-Fi due to the amount of metal in place.

English football club Crystal Palace FC is employing headsets connected to a private 5G network to improve matchday experiences for partially sighted fans.

SNS Telecom and IT also noted private networks are beginning to be incorporated by design, pointing to a prison project in the US state of Georgia using Band n48 CBRS spectrum for indoor and outdoor 5G coverage, and a Hitachi Rail facility in the state of Maryland.

The research company expects more than 70 per cent of investments in private networks to be in standalone 5G iterations, fuelled by Industry 4.0 and critical communication needs.