Report: Private Wireless Proves Its Worth - And Does It Quickly
telecompetitor, Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
Private wireless has moved from the testing phase to heavy and expanding usage by enterprises, according to a report and study conducted for Nokia by GlobalData.
As the name implies, private wireless uses commercial cellular technology for exclusive use by an individual enterprise or organization. In 2022, many enterprises still were at the proof of concept or pilot stage and usually deployed in a single location or for a use case, according to the study, titled 2024 Industrial Digitalization Report.
Times have changed dramatically during the past two years for respondents, who are in the manufacturing, transportation and energy industries in the U.S., Australia, France, Japan, the U.K. and elsewhere. Almost half of respondents-45%-report leveraging private wireless to support more use cases than planned when first deployed.