The private cellular network market stands at an important stage of development in 2024, warranting a detailed assessment of its maturity and future trajectory. This report evaluates market evolution across nine key dimensions - from enterprise awareness to revenue projections - based on comprehensive surveys conducted in December 2024 with enterprise leaders, service providers, and equipment vendors.

Our analysis reveals clear market sentiment and adoption patterns, with some areas showing promise while others indicate significant room for growth. By examining these maturity indicators alongside emerging market forces, this report provides actionable insights into the industry’s development and anticipated trends for 2025.

The enterprise connectivity landscape is transforming rapidly, with private cellular networks emerging as a cornerstone of digital transformation. As organizations navigate spectrum choices, deployment models, and use cases, they need clear insights to make strategic decisions. This comprehensive market analysis equips decision-makers with actionable intelligence on the forces shaping private cellular adoption in 2024 and beyond.

As an integral digital technology underlying many smart transportation use cases, high-speed 5G wireless networks provide the reliable, lowlatency connectivity required to link vehicles, transport infrastructure, cloud platforms, and other components into an integrated mobility ecosystem. Smart transportation effects are seen on roadways, railways, airways, and the sea, as well as in fields such as traffic management, parking systems, vehicle communications, and more.

Airports face immense data and connectivity needs to handle the vast numbers of passengers, bags, planes, and operations that pass through them each day. Fast, reliable, and secure networks are critical for airports to function smoothly. With everything from security checkpoints to pizza and retail shops needing broadband access inside airport boundaries, as well as the increasing number of air passengers who want always-on high-speed connections, airport operations must continue their digital transformation, and private cellular networks have become a leading way to do so.

This report illustrates key private network and neutral host deployments from the first half of 2024, highlighting innovative use cases, emerging trends, and the evolving vendor landscape. Through these real-world examples, we see how private cellular is driving digital transformation and creating new competitive advantages across industries.