PANEL: Are We Really Seeing Progress with P5G and Will the Market Have Changed Much by 2030?
The panel, hosted by FDM CCS Insights, examined whether private 5G (P5G) is delivering on its promise and how the market might look by 2030, when early 6G deployments could begin. Data from the GSMA’s Private Mobile Network (PMN) tracking group shows 2,003 customer references as of Q1 2026, a 21% compound annual growth rate since 2021. Yet only about 30% of those networks are pure 5G, with LTE still accounting for roughly half of deployments. Manufacturing leads the vertical count, while mining, airports, ports and oil‑and‑gas show deeper use‑case maturity. Thomas (O2 Business) highlighted airport and port RFPs that demand resilient, high‑density connectivity for luggage scanning, predictive maintenance and AI‑driven safety. Jamie (Proximus Global) described hybrid public‑private solutions, including SIM‑resilience that lets private traffic fall back to public networks, and noted that roughly one‑third of private networks operate without a traditional telco core. The discussion underscored that cost and operational complexity remain the biggest barriers, confining most deployments to large, mission‑critical sites. Operators are therefore pushing hybrid models and interoperable SIMs to broaden appeal, a trend that will shape enterprise connectivity strategies as the industry moves toward 6G.
An Operator's Point of View
The presentation offered an operator‑centric view of the telco‑cloud evolution, highlighting how traditional carriers are re‑engineering their networks to embrace cloud‑native architectures, AI services, and sovereign data strategies. Richard Simon, CTO of T‑Systems, outlined the current state: roughly 44% of...
A Vendor’s Point of View
The discussion, led by Wind River’s Nola Marziliano, centers on the telco industry’s inevitable shift toward cloud‑native networks. While the question of whether to cloudify has been settled, operators now grapple with how to manage real‑time, mission‑critical services from the...
An Operator’s Point of View
The speaker, a senior consultant at Telefónica Tech, frames the discussion around the next phase of cloud adoption—"cloudification"—which moves beyond the migration debate to how enterprises can truly become cloud‑native and extract measurable business value. He highlights four core challenges: uncontrolled...
MWC26: Private 5G Networks - Druid Software Discuss the Future of the Market
At Mobile World Congress 2026, Druid Software’s global head of partnerships, Tai Kenny, outlined how private 5G networks are moving from isolated trials to broader commercial scale, highlighting the sectors where momentum is strongest. Kenny noted that utilities, energy, mining and...
MWC26: Infovista on How Agentic AI Is Reframing Network Intelligence
Infovista unveiled its Vista AI platform at Mobile World Congress, positioning it as an Agentic AI solution that redefines network intelligence for carriers. The announcement highlighted a shift from generic hyperscaler tools toward a purpose‑built system rooted in three decades...
MWC26: From Automation to Agentic Cloud - How Cloud Operations Are Evolving
At MWC 2026, STL Partners’ Amy Cameron interviewed Salma Dennis, head of Amdoc’s Cloud Studio, to unpack what the firm calls the “cloud complexity crisis.” Over the past decade, enterprises have layered ever‑more automation onto cloud platforms, inadvertently moving the...
MWC26: Interview with Jonas Lagerquist, Director Product Management, Enea
Mobile operators are confronting exploding video traffic and high‑frequency 5G limitations, prompting a focus on Wi‑Fi offloading, says Jonas Lagerquist, Director of Product Management at Enea. He outlines three drivers: video now accounts for up to 70% of mobile data, indoor...
MWC26: From AI Vision to Agentic Reality: Amdocs’ Vision for the Future of Telecom
The video captures Amdocs’ showcase at MWC 2026, where the company outlines its "Agentic Reality" roadmap for telecom operators. Central to the vision is the Cognitive Core platform, a suite of TM Forum‑aligned AI agents designed to sit atop existing OSS/BSS stacks...
MWC26: Interview with Marcin Kaleta, CEO of Comarch Communications
In a Mobile World Congress interview, Comarch Communications CEO Marcin Kaleta outlined the company’s strategic shift from traditional telco software toward satellite services and mission‑critical infrastructure. Kaleta argued that dwindling mobile‑service revenues and the growing complexity of logistics and parcel‑delivery...