Last month Valour Consultancy, which specialises in the aviation and maritime sectors, issued its latest Maritime Connectivity Tracker Update and found that:

Just over seven weeks until the GSMA throws open the doors for Mobile World Congress, which is still the most influential and prestigious event in the telecoms industry with more than 101,000 attendees and 2700+ exhibitors, sponsors and partners expected from 205 countries.

In last week’s blog we talked about why Santa needs a Private Network (aka NPN) - and Telecom26’s global mobile data connectivity service. In short, so that he can run a fully digitised, automated operation that covers his toy factory, warehouse and distribution centre.

2024 was a year of growth and innovation for Telecom26’s global mobile data connectivity services with more customers than ever before, innovative and impactful product launches, and new and expanded global partnerships.

Telecom26’s team of global mobile data connectivity experts is busy preparing new Private Network packages for both land and sea customers which will be launched early next year. (Also known as Non-Public Networks or NPNs, in the context of mobile).

As we have explained in this ongoing series, private networks (or NPNs, as they are correctly called in the context of mobile) are typically deployed for two primary reasons. First, to provide dedicated connectivity in a specific location, with tightly defined performance characteristics. Second, to shift processing resources to the source of demand to support applications that require lower latency than can be delivered by a public mobile network.