Private 5G Necessary to Success of 2028 Olympics: Report
Dean Bubley, founder of Disruptive Analysis, argued in an opinion piece Monday that private 5G will be critical to providing the bandwidth needed to handle the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Private 5G “is increasingly used for connecting broadcast cameras,…
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devices such as drones, handhelds for security staff, wireless payment terminals, and entry/exit gates” and “can be configured for the venues’ specific needs, with dedicated coverage and local control,” Bubley wrote in RCR Wireless. Carrier networks “will be insufficient to simultaneously meet all the requirements for the diverse Olympic venues and specialized applications, visiting fans, and non-participating LA citizens and businesses,” he wrote. Even using advanced 5G techniques like network slicing, “public networks’ limitations will likely require deployment of dedicated ‘private’ 5G networks.”