This is not science fiction: it is what private mobile networks are offering businesses and institutions.
For years, public networks have been the standard for mobile connectivity. However, sectors such as industry, healthcare or logistics need a level of personalisation and control that goes beyond what a public network can offer. This is where private mobile networks come into play: customised solutions designed to suit specific needs.
What are private networks?
A private network is basically a communications network designed exclusively for an organisation. It can operate on technologies such as 4G or 5G and offers key features such as high speed, low latency and a higher level of security, privacy and control. This allows companies to protect their critical information and processes, ensuring a secure, reliable network infrastructure that is completely tailored to the specific needs of their business.
Benefits that are revolutionising industries
The main reasons that lead companies to request a private network are:
- Security and privacy: As they are closed, unshared networks, data does not have to pass through public networks, reducing the risks of cyber-attacks, as this type of network has routed traffic, its own SIMs and user credentials.
- Total control: Enterprises can manage traffic, prioritise certain services and ensure that critical applications always have the resources they need.
- Flexibility: Can be customised to suit specific requirements, from low latency for industrial robots to high coverage in more complex environments such as ports.
- Operational efficiency: By connecting and optimising processes, businesses can save costs and improve productivity.
Use cases
While the use cases posed by enterprises are very diverse, they all seek to take advantage of the ability to transmit large amounts of data at high speeds, with low latency, and even, in some cases, significantly increase the number of connected devices.
- Smart factories: Where robots and production lines work in sync thanks to private networks that guarantee low latency and high accuracy. In addition, these networks allow IoT devices and sensors, as well as industrial robots, to be connected to improve production efficiency.
- Logistics and transportation: Companies in this sector can use private networks to track the movement of vehicles and cargo in real time within their facilities, optimising both the efficiency and safety of operations.
- Seaports: Using these networks to manage cranes and autonomous vehicles handling goods with impressive efficiency.
- Hospitals: Hospitals use them to connect medical devices, monitor patients and improve the quality of medical care, ensuring that critical systems operate without interruption.
Telefónica’s role in this change
Telefónica plays a key role in the deployment of private mobile networks, supporting businesses with its extensive communications expertise and leadership in 5G technology. These customised solutions are transforming the way organisations operate, driving an increasingly connected future.
