Put a pin in the bombast and a rinse in the dazzle; if MWC is an industry waypoint on the telecoms road, then the 2023 version said private cellular, as a bountiful diversion, is probably just about on the horizon line. Unlike two years ago, when private LTE, in a shrunk-down enterprise format, was only really part of backroom discussions, and last year, when it was usurped on the floor (if not at the table) by private 5G, then this year it was all over the place – still madly hyped, but also reasonably available, somewhat deployed, and variously understood.
