Private Mobile Networks June 2026
The June 2026 edition of GSA’s Private Mobile Networks report shows continued growth in enterprise LTE and 5G customer deployments. By the end of 1Q26, GSA had identified 2,003 organisations worldwide deploying private mobile networks with a contract value above €100,000, spanning 88 countries. Customer references have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 37% since 2019, underlining sustained market momentum.
Manufacturing continues to be the leading sector by number of deployments, followed by education and academic research and mining, reflecting the importance of private networks in industrial automation, testing and mission-critical applications. 5G adoption is increasing, accounting for more than half of deployments announced since 2022.
Geographically, deployments are concentrated in high- and upper-middle-income markets, with the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom leading. A strong correlation persists between private network adoption and the availability of dedicated or shared spectrum, reinforcing the role of regulatory frameworks in shaping market development.
GSA members can find full details of allocation of dedicated private network spectrum and a list of organisations deploying or piloting private mobile networks in an annex, provided as an Excel attachment
Key Messages in 1Q26
- GSA counts customer references as unique organisations or government entities deploying one or more 3GPP-based 4G LTE or 5G networks in a given country that are worth more than €100,000. From May 2024, GSA also counts customer references that are worth between €50,000 and €100,000, some of which may include trials. Data for references worth between €50,000 and €100,000 is relevant only from 2024.
- The total number of GSA customer references deploying at least one network as of 1Q26 is 2,003. A further 178 references are worth between €50,000 and €100,000. Net additions worth over €100,000 in the quarter were 48 customer references, up from 1,953 in 4Q25. Net additions worth between €50,000 and €100,000 were eight references. This does not consider increases in the number of sites or new revenue opportunities from existing customers.
- Additional data has been added to the GAMBoD database and 1,615 references now include country detail, representing 85% of all references. There are now 88 countries identified by GSA as having at least one private mobile network. This update includes deployments in Lithuania, Namibia and Suriname.
- Of the top 10 reporting countries, the number of customers in Canada grew by 5% in 1Q26, followed by the United Kingdom, which grew by 4%. The United States increased by 2% and Germany by 1%.
- On average, 76% of references included in the database are non-public and unique, submitted by members of the GSA Private Mobile Networks Special Interest Group (SIG). This number is higher for some industries, with more than 80% of references in sectors such as military and defence, maritime and power plants not accessible in the public domain.
- The SIG now represents 17 companies, including 450Alliance, 5G-ACIA, AiLink, Airspan, Celona, Dell, Ericsson, GSMA, JMA Wireless, Keysight Technologies, Mavenir, Monogoto, Nokia, OnGo Alliance, OneLayer, PrivateLTEand5G.com and TCCA.
- Manufacturing added 13 new references, followed by seaports and mining, both of which added six references. Manufacturing, education and academic research and mining remain the top three sectors for customer references, although this does not represent the actual size and scale of deployments, which vary by user type.
- There is typically a strong, positive correlation between the number of private mobile network references and countries with dedicated spectrum. Private mobile network deployments are mainly in high-income and upper-middle-income countries, with the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, China and Japan having the most references. It is sometimes reported that China has a high number of networks, reaching over 40,000, but we believe a large portion of those networks use the public network and therefore do not meet our definition.
Members can access an annex containing full information of worldwide allocation of dedicated private network spectrum.
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