New service makes it easy for enterprises to
deploy and scale private 5G networks in their facilities in days
instead of months
DISH, Amazon Fulfillment, and Koch Global
Services among customers and partners using AWS Private 5G
Today, at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an
Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced AWS Private 5G,
a new managed service that helps enterprises set up and scale
private 5G mobile networks in their facilities in days instead of
months. With just a few clicks in the AWS console, customers
specify where they want to build a mobile network and the network
capacity needed for their devices—and AWS delivers and maintains
the small cell radio units, servers, 5G core and radio access
network (RAN) software, and subscriber identity modules (SIM cards)
required to set up a private 5G network and connect devices. AWS
Private 5G automates the setup and deployment of the network and
scales capacity on demand to support additional devices and
increased network traffic. There are no upfront fees or per-device
costs with AWS Private 5G, and customers only pay for the network
capacity and throughput they request. To learn more about AWS
Private 5G, visit aws.amazon.com/private5g/.
More and more enterprises need to collect, analyze, and transfer
massive amounts of data within their operations from the large
number of connected sensors and edge devices prevalent in today’s
enterprises. Customers want to leverage cellular technologies like
5G for their on-premises connectivity needs because it offers long
range, extended outdoor coverage, device mobility, and reliable
network behavior. Cellular technologies like 5G also allow
customers to connect more devices and more cost-effectively collect
and transfer data with greater flexibility and reliability than
current wired and wireless networking technologies. Customers would
like to build their own private 5G networks to take advantage of
the reliability, better coverage, lower latency, and higher
bandwidth they provide and to be able to scale their networks as
they add more devices. But today, most private mobile network
deployments require customers to invest considerable time, money,
and effort to design their network for anticipated peak capacity
and to procure and integrate software and hardware components from
multiple vendors. Once the network is installed, customers have to
undertake another lengthy procurement process to increase network
capacity if the number of connected devices or network traffic
grows beyond the capacity the network can handle. Customers also
have to manage different security policies and systems for each
type of device connected to a private mobile network, which makes
integration with IT management systems difficult. Even if customers
are able to get the network running, current private mobile network
pricing models charge for each connected device and make it cost
prohibitive for use cases that involve thousands of connected
devices. As a result of these barriers, most enterprises are unable
to deploy and operate private mobile networks.
With AWS Private 5G, enterprises can now procure, deploy, and
scale their own 5G mobile network in days instead of months. With
AWS Private 5G, customers log into the AWS console and with just a
few clicks specify a coverage area within a geographic location
where they want to deploy a private 5G network, along with the
amount of traffic they expect the network to handle. AWS delivers
and maintains the pre-integrated small cell radio units, servers,
5G core and RAN software, and SIM cards needed for operating the
network—eliminating the need to procure, integrate, and maintain
hardware and software from multiple third-party vendors. Once the
equipment is installed and powered on, AWS Private 5G automatically
configures and deploys the mobile network. To connect devices to
the private network, customers simply plug the AWS-supplied SIM
cards into their devices. AWS Private 5G integrates with AWS
Identity and Access Management (IAM) enabling network
administrators to directly control which resources mobile devices
can access on their private mobile networks. Customers can start
with small networks with fewer devices using AWS Private 5G,
analyze network needs once in operation, and leverage the
elasticity and pay-as-you-go pricing of AWS to scale their private
mobile network as they add more devices. With AWS Private 5G,
customers can quickly deploy and manage private 5G mobile networks
without the challenge of procuring, scaling, and maintaining
equipment or worrying about needing to add additional capacity when
they want to add more devices.
“Many of our customers want to leverage the power of 5G to
establish their own private networks on premises, but they tell us
that the current approaches make it time-consuming, difficult, and
expensive to set up and deploy private networks,” said David Brown,
Vice President, EC2 at AWS. “With AWS Private 5G, we’re extending
hybrid infrastructure to customers’ 5G networks to make it simple,
quick, and inexpensive to set up a private 5G network. Customers
can start small and scale on-demand, pay as they go, and monitor
and manage their network from the AWS console.”
DISH Network Corporation is a U.S.-based connectivity company
that is building the nation's first open, secure, 5G smart network.
“Selecting AWS has enabled us to onboard and scale our 5G core
network functions within the cloud. They are a key strategic
partner in helping us deliver private enterprise networks to our
customers,” said Stephen Bye, Chief Commercial Officer, DISH.
“AWS's innovative platform allows us to better serve our consumer
wireless customers, while unlocking new business models for
enterprise customers across a wide range of industry verticals. Our
ability to support dedicated, private 5G enterprise networks allows
us to give customers the scale, resilience and security needed to
support a wide variety of devices and services, unlocking the
potential of Industry 4.0.”
With 122,000 global employees and locations in nearly every U.S.
state and 60 countries, Koch companies offer abundant opportunities
to improve life’s most necessary things – like food, clothing,
water, transportation, and technology. "Koch sees great potential
in private 5G networking. However, there are significant challenges
in the do-it-yourself approach. It can be complex, time consuming,
and expensive, both in initial setup cost as well as ongoing
service charges,” said Matt Hoag, CTO at Koch Business Solutions.
“In collaboration with industry software vendors like Mavenir and
global communication service providers, AWS Private 5G can helps
solve real challenges that enterprises face in deploying private
cellular networks around the world. We believe that this
combination will also encourage expansion of the cellular
Industrial IoT ecosystem and accelerate the delivery of disruptive
private connectivity solutions for our customers.”
Amazon Fulfillment Centers (FCs) store products for customers.
Once a customer clicks “buy,” associates pick, pack, and place
orders on trucks for shipment. Amazon robots, scanning machines,
and computer systems in fulfillment centers can manage millions of
items in a day. “We deploy technology outside of FCs to make moving
tractor trailers around safer and more accurate and efficient. We
have to provide network services for these systems across millions
of square feet of outdoor space. Previously, to get proper Wi-Fi
coverage in the parking lots around our FCs, we had to add light
poles for the Wi-Fi equipment, modify our outdoor electrical
systems and either trench fiber or support Mesh systems. This was
expensive, disrupted productivity during installation, and had a
high support burden,” said Jeff Armstrong, Director of
Infrastructure Engineering at Amazon. “With AWS Private 5G, we can
use two outdoor small cells mounted on the corners of our
warehouses and achieve additional coverage in our parking lots,
which was much quicker and cheaper to deploy. Just as important, we
will be able to scale up our AWS Private 5G deployment as we expand
our facilities.”
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