June2024

PrivateMobileNetworks

MarketStatus:KeyMessagesin1Q24

?GSAcountscustomerreferencesasuniqueorganisationsorgovernmententitiesdeployingoneormore3GPP-based4GLTEor5Gnetworksinagivencountrythatareworthmorethan€100,000.AsofJune2024,GSAnowalsocountscustomerreferencesthatarebetween€50,000and€100,000.Someofthesemayincludetrials.Thedataforreferencesworthbetween€50,000and€100,000arerelevantonlyfor1Q24

?ThetotalnumberofGSAcustomerreferencesto1Q24is1,427,deployingatleastonenetwork.Afurther52referencesareworthbetween€50,000and€100,000.Netadditionsworthover€100,000inthequarterwere43customerreferences,upfrom1,384in4Q23.Althoughthenumberofnewcustomerreferencesislowerthanreportedinpreviousquarters,thisdoesnotconsider

increasesinthenumberofsitesornewrevenueopportunitiesfromexistingcustomers

?Onaverage,70%ofreferencesincludedinourdatabasearenon-publicanduniquetothisdatabase,submittedbymembersoftheGSAPrivateMobileNetworksSpecialInterestGroup(SIG).Thisnumbercanbehigherforcertainindustries,withmorethan80%ofsectorssuchasmilitaryanddefence,maritimeandpowerplantsnotvisibleinthepublicdomain

?TheSIGnowhasninemembers,includingNokia,Ericsson,Mavenir,Airspan,KeysightTechnologies,OneLayerandPrivateLTEand5G.com.ReferencesfromHuaweiareusedinthedataupto2Q23

?Thereare78countriesaroundtheworldwithatleastoneprivatemobilenetwork,withPapuaNewGuineaaddingitsfirstnetwork

?Publicvenuesandotherneutralhostssawthehighestgrowthofthetop15sectorsfrom4Q23,up16%.Hospitalsalsogrewbyover10%.Manufacturing,educationandminingremainthetopthreesectorsforcustomerreferences,althoughthisdoesnotrepresenttheactualsizeandscaleofdeployments,whichvarybyusertype

?Thereistypicallyastrong,positivecorrelationbetweenthenumberofprivatemobilenetworkreferencesandcountrieswith

dedicatedspectrum.Privatemobilenetworksaremainlyinthedevelopedworldsofar,withtheUnitedStates,Germany,the

UnitedKingdom,ChinaandJapanhavingthemostreferences.ItissometimesreportedthatChinahasahighnumberofnetworks,reachingupto30,000,butwebelievealargeportionusethepublicnetworkandthereforedonotmeetourdefinition

?Ofthetop10reportingcountries,BelgiumandtheNetherlandsreportedgrowthofover10%from4Q23,up14%and11%respectively

?MemberscanfindfullinformationaboutworldwideallocationofdedicatedprivatenetworkspectruminAnnex1ofthisreport

Introduction

Demandforprivatemobilenetworksbasedon4GLTE1,andincreasingly5G2technologies,isbeingdrivenbythespirallingdata,security,

digitisationandmobilityrequirementsofmodernenterpriseandgovernmententities.Organisationsofalltypesarecombiningconnected

systemswithbigdataandanalyticstotransformoperations,increaseautomationandefficiencyordelivernewservices.WirelessnetworkingwithLTEor5Genablesthesetransformationstotakeplaceeveninthemostdynamic,remoteorhighlysecureenvironmentswhileofferingthescalebenefitsofatechnologythathasalreadybeendeployedworldwide.

ThearrivalofLTE-Advancedsystemsdeliveredastepchangeinnetworkcapacity,throughputanddeterministiclatency.5Gnetworkswillbringincreaseddensitiesofusersanddevices,evengreatercapacityandfurtherimprovementstolatencythatenableuseofmobiletechnologyfortime-criticalapplications.

Privatemobilenetworksareoftenpartofabroaderdigitaltransformationprogramme.Thiscouldincludetheintroductionordevelopmentofcloudnetworkingandotherdigitaltechnologiessuchasartificialintelligence,machinelearninganddataanalytics.Moreandmoreapplicationsoftheprivatemobilenetworkwillusethesecapabilitiescombinedwithmobileconnectivity.

1Thesetofrequirementsthatneedtobefulfilledbya4GLTEsystemisdefinedbytheIMT-Advancedspecifications.3GPPimplementsthisinRelease8throughRelease14.

2Thesetofrequirementsthatneedtobefulfilledbya5GsystemisdefinedbytheIMT-2020specifications.3GPPimplementsthisinRelease15throughRelease18,whichisthelatestreleaseincurrentdevelopment.

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Inadditiontocompanieslookingtodeploytheirownprivatemobilenetworkforthefirsttime,thereisalargegroupofpotentialcustomersthatcurrentlyoperateprivatenetworksbasedontechnologiessuchasTETRA,P25,DigitalMobileRadio,GSM-RandWi-Fi.Manyofthesecustomersaredemandingcriticalbroadbandservicesthataresimplynotavailablefromalternativetechnologies,soprivatemobilenetworksbasedonLTEand5Gcouldeventuallyreplacemuchofthismarket.

Theexactnumberofexistingprivatemobilenetworksishardtodetermine,asdetailsarenotoftenmadepublic.Eventryingtotrackthe

numberofexistingcustomerscanalsobechallenging.Toimproveinformationaboutthismarket,GSAnowmaintainsadatabaseofcustomerdeploymentsofprivateLTEand5Gnetworksworldwide.

Thedefinitionofaprivatemobilenetworkusedinthisreportisa3GPP-based4GLTEor5Gnetworkintendedforthesoleuseofprivate

entities,suchasenterprises,industriesandgovernments.ThedefinitionincludesMulteFireorFutureRailwayMobileCommunicationSystem.Thenetworkmustusespectrumdefinedin3GPP,begenerallyintendedforbusiness-criticalormission-criticaloperationalneeds,andwhereitispossibletoidentifycommercialvalue,thedatabaseonlyincludescontractsworthmorethan€50,0000tofilteroutsmalldemonstrationnetworkdeployments.

Privatemobilenetworksareusuallynotofferedtothegeneralpublic,althoughGSA’sanalysisdoesincludethefollowing:educational

institutionsthatprovidemobilebroadbandtostudenthomes;privatefixedwirelessaccessnetworksdeployedbycommunitiesforhomesandbusinesses;cityortownnetworksthatuselocallicencestoprovidewirelessservicesinlibrariesorpublicplaces(possiblyofferingWi-Fiwith3GPPwirelessbackhaul),whicharenotanextensionofthepublicnetwork.

Non-3GPPnetworkssuchasthoseusingWi-Fi,TETRA,P25,WiMAX,Sigfox,LoRaandproprietarytechnologiesareexcludedfromthedataset.Networkimplementationsusingsolelynetworkslicesfrompublicnetworksorplacementofvirtualnetworkingfunctionsonarouterarealsoexcluded.Whereidentifiable,extensionsofthepublicnetwork(suchasoneortwoextrasitesdeployedatalocation,asopposedtodedicatedprivatenetworks)areexcluded.Theseitemsmaybedescribedinthepressasatypeofprivatenetwork.

GSAhasidentified78countriesandterritorieswherecustomershavedeployedprivatenetworksbasedonLTEor5G,withPapuaNewGuineathelatestaddition.Thereareprivatemobilenetworkinstallationsinvariousoffshorelocationsservingtheoilandgasindustries,aswellasonships.

GSAhasgatheredinformationabout1,427organisationsknowntobedeployingLTEor5Gprivatemobilenetworks.Sincethelastupdateof

thisreportinFebruary2024,someorganisationshavebeenremovedfromthedatabaseandthisanalysis,owingtoalackofevidencethattheymetthedefinitioncriteria.Theseexamplesmaybeaddedagaininthefuture.Referencesareperiodicallyremovedforafewmainreasons:

?ThedefinitionhasbeenrevisedbytheSIGandassuchthereferencenolongermetthecriteria

?Moreinformationaboutthereferencehasbecomeavailablemeaningthatitnolongermeetsthecriteria

?Thetrialorproofofconcepthascometoend,orthedeploymentwasonlytemporary

?Aconfidentialreferencehasbeenmadepublicandthereforeisremovedasaconfidentialreferenceandaddedasapublicreference

?Thediscoveryofduplicateentriesordouble-countedsubmissions.

MorethanhalfofthereferencesincludedinGSA’sdatabasehavebeenprovidedbycompaniesonthebasisofanonymity,andinformationfortheseprivatemobilenetworkreferenceswillgenerallynotbefoundinthepublicdomain.

GSAwouldliketothankitsExecutiveMembersAirspan,Ericsson,KeysightTechnologies,Mavenir,NokiaandOneLayerforsharinggeneralinformationabouttheirnetworkdeploymentstoenablethisdatasetandreporttobeproduced.

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PlayersandMarketStatistics

Theprivatemobilenetworkmarketishometoawiderangeofserviceproviders,includingequipmentandtechnologysuppliers,mobile

networkoperators,systemintegratorsandtheprivatenetworkendusers(whosometimestakeresponsibilityforinstallingoroperatingtheirowninfrastructure).

GSAhascountedover50equipmentvendorsthathavebeeninvolvedinthesupplyofequipmentforprivatemobilenetworksbasedonLTEor5G.Commercialavailabilityofpre-integratedsolutionsfromseveralequipmentprovidersincreasedin2021;thesesolutionsaimtosimplifyadoptionofprivatenetworks,whichshouldaddmarketimpetus.Inaddition,GSAhasidentifiedmorethan66telecomnetworkoperators

(countingnationaloperatorswithinthesamegroupasdistinctentities)involvedwithprivatemobilenetworkprojects.Manyothertypesofplayer,suchassystemsintegrators,consultingfirmsandsoftwarecorevendorsarealsoinvolvedtovaryingdegreeswithprivatemobilenetworkprojects.

Also,global-scalecloudproviders,oftenreferredtoas“hyperscalers”,areofferingprivatemobilenetworksolutions,sometimesinpartnershipwithmobileoperatorsornetworksuppliers.Theirabilitytoexploitmass-scalecloudinfrastructureandtheirexistingpresenceincommercialenterprisesarelikelytodriveadditionalgrowthintheprivatemobilenetworkmarket.

Ourlatestdatashowsthatin2023,thenumberofnewprivatenetworkcustomerscategorisedbyGSAsurpassedthoseof2022and

2021.In2022,327newprivatenetworkcustomerswereannounced,eclipsingnetgrowthinpreviousyears,with2021representing312

announcements.Itshouldbenotedthatslowdowninthenumberofannouncementsisnotrepresentativeofslowinggrowthinmarketactivity—rather,existingcustomersarecontinuingtoscaletrialstomultisitedeployments,andannouncementswillgreatlyvaryinthesizeofcontractvalue.Figure1showscustomerannouncementsgrewatacompoundannualgrowthrateof93%from2017to1Q24.

Figure1.Privatemobilenetworkcustomerreferencesofmorethan€100,000,byyearannounced

9

13

19

27

55

109

224

445

761

1,081

1,384

1,427

201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024YTD

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AsofJune2024,thelatestGSAdataalsonowincludesprivatenetworkdeploymentswithvaluesbetween€50,000and€100,000.GSAhasadded52customerreferencesworthbetween€50,000and€100,000.Figure2showsthesplitofcustomerreferencesbyvaluation.

Figure2.Privatemobilenetworkcustomerreferencesaddedin1Q24,splitbyvalue

Revenuebetween

€50,000and

€100,000

55%

Revenueover

€100,000

45%

Notethatthesenewcustomeradditionswithrevenuebetween€50,000and€100,000arenotincludedintheoveralltotalof1,427customerreferences,asdemonstratedinFigure3.

Figure3.Netprivatemobilenetworkcustomerreferencesadditionsperquarter(1Q24showingdataoncustomerreferencesworthbetween€50,000and€100,000)

142

136

112

79

73

65

43

52

109

69

1Q222Q223Q224Q221Q232Q233Q234Q231Q24

Revenueover€100,000Revenuebetween€50,000and€100,000

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To1Q24,GSAhascategorised1,427customersdeployingprivatemobilenetworks,whichasFigure4shows,werelocatedin78countriesattheendofApril2024.Whereorganisationshavesubsidiariesindifferentcountriesorterritoriesdeployingtheirownnetworks,eachsubsidiaryiscountedseparately.

Figure4.Countriesandterritorieswithorganisationscataloguedasdeployingprivatemobilenetworksworthmorethan€100,000

PoweredbyBing?AustralianBureauofStatistics,GeoNames,Microsoft,Navinfo,OpenPlaces,OpenStreetMap,TomTom,Zenrin

LTEisusedin1,047ofthecataloguedcustomersdeployingprivatemobilenetworksforwhichGSAhasdata;5Gisbeingdeployedin669,or

46%,ofthesecustomers(seeFigure5).Pleasenotethatthesenumbersrepresentthetechnologyusedintheinitialcontractwinandsomemayhavesinceupgradedto5G—althoughthisisnotyetacommonoccurrence.

Figure5.Privatemobilenetworkcustomersbytechnologyused(base:1,427cataloguedcustomersdeployingprivatewirelessnetworkswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,000)

GSM-RTobeconfirmed

1.5%-0.4%

LTEand5G22.1%

LTE51.2%

5G24.7%

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UseofLTEand5Gisvariablebyindustry,asshowninFigure6.Someindustries,likehospitals,favour5G,whereasLTEismoredominantinsectorssuchasoilandgasandmining.GSM-R,asecurevoiceanddatacommunicationplatformspecificallyfortherailindustry,isbeingdeployedin1.5%ofthesecustomers.Ofthe667privatenetworkcustomersannouncedsince2022,5Gwasusedin55%ofreferences.

Figure6.Privatemobilenetworktechnologyused,byindustry(base:1,427cataloguedcustomersdeployingprivatewirelessnetworkswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,00)

AgricultureAirportsAviation

Broadcastersnomadic DefenceandpeacekeepingDevicetestingandlab-as-a-service

EducationFinancialservicesincludingbanksHospitality

HospitalsIntelligentbuildingsandoffices Logisticsandwarehousing Manufacturing,discrete Manufacturing,processManufacturing,tobeconfirmed

Maritime

MiningOilandgasOther

PowerplantsPowerutilitiesPrisons

PublicprotectionanddisasterreliefPublicvenuesandotherneutralhosts(permanent)

Racetracks

RailnationwideRailurbanRetail

SeaportsSmartcities

SpaceSports,mediaandevents(temporary)

UnknownWaterutilitiesWindfarms

LTE5GOther

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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UseofLTEand5Galsovariesbetweencountries,asshowninFigure7.Forexample,5GisdominantinGermany,RepublicofKoreaandTaiwan,asisLTEinLatinAmericancountries—thesedifferencesareoftenattributedtothespectrumallocatedbyregulatorsinthesecountries.

Figure7.Privatemobilenetworktechnologyused,bycountry(base:1,427cataloguedcustomersdeployingprivatewirelessnetworkswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,000)

Australia AustriaBelgium Brazil Canada China CzechiaDenmark Finland FranceGermanyHungary India JapanMexico

Netherlands PeruPoland

RepublicofKorea Russia SpainSwedenTaiwan

UnitedKingdomUnitedStates

LTE5GOther

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

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Aswebuildourdatabase,GSA’sdataindicatesthatthemanufacturingsectorisastrongadopterofprivatemobilenetworksintermsofthenumberofcustomerdeployments,with279identifiedcompanies,upfrom129attheendof2021.Theeducationsectoristhesecondmost-commongroup,with145customersdeployingprivatenetworks,followedbyminingcompanies(107)andnowdevicetestingandlab-as-a-service(97).Defenceandpeacekeeping(89)andpowerutility(83)companiesroundoutthetopfive(seeFigure8).

Figure8.Numberofidentifiedcustomersdeployingprivatemobilenetworksintrialsandcommercially,bysector(base:1,427organisationsdeployingprivatewirelessnetworkswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,000)

Manufacturing(all)

EducationandacademicresearchMining

Devicetestingandlab-as-a-serviceDefenceandpeacekeepingPowerutilities

SmartcitiesOther

Seaports

OilandgasPublicprotectionanddisasterrelief

RailnationwidePublicvenuesandotherneutralhostsUnknown

Logisticsandwarehousing

Railurban Maritime Airports HospitalsAgriculture

IntelligentbuildingsorofficesSports,mediaandevents(temporary)

PowerplantsHospitalityRacetracksWindfarms

Financialservicesincludingbanks RetailPrisonsAviation

WaterutilitiesBroadcastersnomadicSpace

3%

272

1%

1%

6%

3%

52

3

2

45

38

6

35

1

31

1

27

1

2

17

3

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3

7

1441

2%

2

105

Addedin1Q24

5%

5

92

3%

86

3

%changeinquarterlynetadditions

821

654

652

2%

1

55

6%

4%

46

16%

3%

3%

4%

28

25

12%

12

11

10

8

7

7

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Breakoutsofthemanufacturingsector,

separatedintoprocessanddiscrete

withfurthersubcategories,areshown

inFigure9.Ourdatashowsthereare

192discretemanufacturingcustomers

deployingprivatenetworks,compared

with76processmanufacturingcustomers,withanadditional11tobeconfirmed.Ofthesubcategories,electricalequipment,appliancesandcomponentsisthelargest,havingovertakenautomotiveinthe

Februaryeditionofthisreportwiththe

mostcustomerreferences.Botharestillfollowedbymachineryandequipment

andthencomputer,electronicandopticalproducts.

Whenviewingtheseinsights,readersshouldbearinmindthatalthoughthedatagivesanindicationofthenumberofcustomersdeployingprivatewirelessnetworks,itdoesnotprovideaview

Figure9.Numberofmanufacturingcustomersdeployingprivatemobilenetworksintrialsandcommerciallybysubcategorywhereidentified(base:268organisationsdeploying

privatewirelessnetworkswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,000)

Electricalequipment,appliancesandcomponentsAutomotive

MachineryandequipmentComputer,electronicandopticalproducts

MultipleproducttypesChemicals

BasicandprimarymetalsFabricatedmetals

OthermanufacturingBoat,railandaircraft

BeveragesandtobaccoproductsFood

PaperPharmaceuticalproductsandpreparations

Medical,precisionandopticalequipmentsTextiles

Non-metallicmineralproductsPetroleumandcokeproducts RubberandplasticproductsWoodproducts

4%

48

9%

23

17

17

14

9

Addedin1Q24

%changeinnetquarterlyadditions

7

5

5

2

2

2

2

1

8

8

8

33

52

3

2

ofthemarketvalueofeachsegmentnoratotalnumberofnetworksdeployed.Forexample,insomemarketsegments,suchasutilitiesorpublicprotectionanddisasterrelief,acustomerdeploymentcouldrepresentanationwidenetworkdeployment,equivalentinvaluetomanyhundredsorpotentiallythousandsofcampus-styleprivatenetworks.

Figure10showsthechangeinusertypesovertimeandthegrowthofmanufacturingandeducationandacademicresearchinthepastfiveyears.

Figure10.Totalprivatemobilenetworkcustomersbyusertypeperyear(referenceswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,000)

100%

90%80%70%

60%50%40%

30%20%10%

0%

OthersRail(all)

DefenceandpeacekeepingPowerutilities

Mining

EducationandacademicresearchManufacturing

201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

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Figure11showscustomerreferencesbysector,splitbythosethatcanbefoundpubliclyandthosethatareconfidentialassubmittedbymembersoftheSIG.Pleasenotethat70%ofreferencesincludedarenon-publicandsomesectorshavenopublicnetworksatall.

Figure11.Privatemobilenetworkcustomersbysector,splitbyconfidentialandpublic

ConfidentialPublic

AgricultureAirportsAviation

Broadcastersnomadic DefenceandpeacekeepingDevicetestingandlabasaserviceEducationandacademicresearchFinancialservicesincludingbanksHospitality

HospitalsIntelligentbuildingsandoffices Logisticsandwarehousing Manufacturing,discrete Manufacturing,processManufacturing,tobeconfirmed

Maritime

MiningMotowaysandhighwaysbetweencities

OilandgasOther

PowerplantsPowerutilitiesPrisons

PublicprotectionanddisasterreliefPublicvenuesandotherneutralhosts(permanent)

Racetracks

RailnationwideRailurbanRetail

SeaportsSmartcities

SpaceSportsmediaandevents(temporary)

UnknownWaterutilitiesWindfarms

0%20%40%60%80%100%

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GSAalsotracksthespectrumbandsbeingusedforcustomerdeploymentsassigned

specificallyforlocalorprivatenetworkpurposes.

Figure12showsthat,includingknown

spectrumassignmentsandcustomer

deployments,C-bandspectrumisthemostwidelyassigned.AfterthatcomesCBRS

spectrum(alsotechnicallywithintheC-band,butsplitoutowingtotheunusualwayithasbeenassignedintheUnitedStates).

Telecomregulatorsarealsoshowingsigns

ofmakingincreasedallocationsofdedicatedspectrumavailableforprivatemobile

networks—typicallysmalltranchesin

specifiedlocations.Thiscouldbeacquired

directlybyorganisationsinsteadofbymobileoperators,givingindustriesanalternative

deploymentmodel.

DedicatedspectrumofthissorthasalreadybeenallocatedinFrance,theUnitedStates,Germany,theUnitedKingdomandJapan.GSAexpectsthistrendtobefollowedin

othercountriesin2024.

AlthoughtheUnitedStatesdoeshave

dedicatedspectrumforprivatemobile

networks,thesharedmodeloftheCBRS

bandofferssupportforprivatenetworks.

IntheCBRSmodel,PALandGAAlicenseesmustacceptpriorityforincumbentaccessusers(UnitedStatesDepartmentofDefenseandNavalradarsystems)alongexclusion

zonesthatcovermuchoftheUnitedStatescoastline.

Figure13providesabreakdownofcustomerdeploymentsbyregion.

Figure12.Spectrumbandsusedforprivatemobilenetworks;numberofcustomerdeploymentsidentifiedusingeachband(base:297organisations)

C-band(3.5GHz-3.7GHz)b48,n48(CBRS,3.5GHz)b41,n41(2.5GHz)

Otherb7orb38(2.6GHz)

b3,n3(1.8GHz)b28,n28(700MHz) b31(450MHz)b40,n40(2.3GHz)

b8(900MHz) TDD1.8GHzb1,n1(2.1GHz)Millimetrewave

n257,n258,n261(26GHz-28GHz)b87,b88(410MHz)

14

18%

80

59

25%

21

Addedin1Q23

%changeinquarterlynetadditions

12

12

10%

8

8

7

4

33%

3

6%

161

31

101

24

19

6

Figure13.Customerreferencesofprivatemobilenetworks,byregion(base:1,427

cataloguedcustomersdeployingprivatewirelessnetworkswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,000)

Oceania,4%

Offshore,0%

MiddleEastandAfrica,5%

LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,6%

Europe,39%

Asia–Pacific,18%

NorthernAmerica,28%

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Figure14showsthetotalnumberofLTEor5Gcustomerdeploymentsbycountry.TheUnitedStatescurrentlyhasthemostcustomersat213,andGermany(96),theUnitedKingdom(55),China(52)andJapan(39)roundoutthetopfive.

ItiswidelyreportedthatChinahasahighernumberofdeploymentsthanthoseseenhere,withvariouslargenumbersbeing

quoted,butwebelievealargeportionofthosenetworksareusingthepublicnetworkonlyandthereforedonotmeetourdefinition.

AlthoughGermanyrankssecond-highestbynumberofcustomerreferences,manyofthesedeploymentsarestillintrialandtest-bedstageratherthanfullcommercialdeployments.Nineofthetop10countrieshavededicatedspectrumforindustry.

ThelatestcountriestodedicatespectrumarePoland,releasing3.8GHzto4.2GHzfromSeptember2023,andSwitzerland,allocating100MHzin3.4GHzto3.5GHzfrom2024onwards.

In1Q24,Belgiumsawthelargestincrease

Figure14.Numberofprivatenetworkcustomersbycountry(base:770organisations

deployingprivatewirelessnetworkswithrevenuegreaterthan€100,000,wherecountryhasbeenidentified)

UnitedStates

Germany

UnitedKingdom China JapanFinland

RepublicofKorea FranceSwedenAustralia Spain Austria Brazil Russia PolandCanada

India

Netherlands TaiwanBelgium Czechia MexicoHungary PeruDenmark

8%

95

1

54

1

19815

1%

2%

52

39

25

Countrieswithdedicatedspectrumforindustry

25

24

Countriesconsideringdedicatedspectrumforindustry

23

Countrieswithoutdedicatedspectrumforindustry

20

20

Addedin1Q24

13

%changeinquarterlynetadditions

13

12

9%

111

10

10

11%

91

9

14%

71

8

7

6

6

5

incustomers,growing14%fromthepriorquarter,followedbytheNetherlands,theUnitedStatesandtheUnitedKingdom,whichwereup11%,8%and