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“...it's a big focus area and we are globally the leading supporter of deployments in this private network…there will be a big use case for private 5G networks<\/a> across large enterprises, factories and campuses and roll out will typically happening with the millimeter radio,” Rajen Vagadia, president of Qualcomm<\/a> India & SAARC, told ET.
Vagadia said that private networks will proliferate more due to the nature of the country and the requirements of enterprises such as reducing the cost of managing the network along with better control.
“There are multiple business models which will not evolve over the next three months or six months. We will probably see a good proliferation of them over a period of time,” he said.
Qualcomm had earlier this year introduced a 5G Private Network Partner Ecosystem Program. The company, along with partners in this program, is offering an end-to-end 5G Private Network solution, including 5G RAN platforms.
Private networks will leverage macro and small cells, with small cells growing in importance due to requirements for high performance and localized capacity.
The executive said that India has system integrators like Infosys, Tech Mahindra<\/a> and HCL which will ensure that private networks are a success in India. “With leading system integrators in India, this has a better chance of success being successful in India than anywhere else.”
“...you need system integrators to hold all the elements together. In the case of enterprises, you're talking about cellular and it is not a Wi Fi, hence it has to be sophisticatedly managed so you need a system integrator. It is a convergence of telecom and IT so you will see a lot of IT players coming in who are system integrators,” he added.
In India, telecom operators are also looking at a private 5G<\/a> networks opportunity through network slicing capability which comes with the 5G technology. They are looking to use their existing relationships with enterprises to tap the private 5G<\/a> network opportunity.