Mobile Private Networks
Your tailored private network engineered for maximum performance and control. Explore how private networks could support your operational environment and business goals.
What is it?
A Mobile Private Network is a dedicated, on-site 4G/5G network built for your organisation that provides SLA-backed reliability, uptime, and low-latency you need to improve your critical operations.
Who is it for?
Mobile Private Networks provide crucial support to all businesses where network reliability and performance are critical. Whether you need coverage for a specific area or across a wider site, we can connect as few as 50 SIMs and scale alongside your operational needs.
Why do I need it?
Get a flexible, scalable connectivity solution that integrates seamlessly with your existing connectivity solutions and devices, with easy hardware retrofitting. Deploy coverage where you need it, optimise performance and support, and simplify operations with fully managed, end-to-end connectivity.
5G+ - built for secure, high-performance private connectivity
Vodafone Business is the UK's first provider of 5G+ Mobile Private Networks, delivering ultra-low latency and secure data to unlock new business possibilities. With a dedicated 5G core and SLA-backed connectivity delivering 99.99%* uptime or higher, it enables advanced use cases such as smart cities, factories and ports, while helping reduce costs through a flexible, cloud-native deployment model.
How Mobile Private Networks can help
Manufacturing
Ensure downtime doesn't impact your production. Benefit from the low latency and network performance required for autonomous decision-making, predictive maintenance, and automated guided vehicles, all while keeping your data and systems secure.
Transportation
Get high-speed, real-time connectivity across transport operations, from instant aircraft data offload to end-to-end visibility. They shift processes from manual to automated, improving turnaround times, coordination, safety, and compliance, while reducing downtime and increasing overall efficiency.
Logistics
Make logistics faster, more accurate, and automated through real-time visibility and AI-driven processes. Replace manual tasks with intelligent systems for inventory, quality, and load management, improving throughput and space use while reducing delays, risks, and costs and enhancing overall supply chain efficiency.
Research and innovation
Run secure, connected, and flexible research environments across campuses and innovation hubs. They support AR/VR learning, remote lab access, and real-time collaboration while strengthening security, and unlocking new revenue opportunities.
Try our Mobile Private Networks
Test private connectivity in your own environment before deployment.
Every organisation has unique connectivity needs. Our Test Kit lets you explore how a Mobile Private Network could support your specific use cases in a real-world setting before making a long-term commitment. By evaluating private connectivity within your own environment, you can better understand its potential impact on your operations, validate key use cases, and make more informed deployment decisions.
Why choose Vodafone Business Mobile Private Networks
Better network
Backed by an £11bn investment, we're building the UK's best and most advanced next-generation 5G network. Our Mobile Private Networks are secure-by-design and deliver the reliability, coverage and low latency your operations depend on. Proven experience with Gartner recognising us as a Leader in their Magic Quadrant for 4G and 5G Private Network Services in 2025 and 2026.
Better choice
Our Mobile Private Networks are built around your specific needs, and our experience supporting businesses of every size and across major industries, which means we can integrate seamlessly with what you already have, while helping deliver a clear return on investment.
Better support
Our dedicated support team understands your business and supports you throughout your journey, from design and deployment to day-to-day operations. We provide a single point of contact throughout your rollout and offer enhanced customer service levels tailored to your ongoing needs.
How does a mobile private network differ from a public network?
Unlike public mobile networks, a private 5G or 4G network delivers a dedicated connection exclusively for your enterprise. This ensures higher security, predictable performance, and the ability to deploy mission-critical applications with low latency. Vodafone Business private network solutions are tailored to meet the needs of organisations across the UK.
Capability / Feature | Mobile Private Network (5G or 4G) | Public network |
|---|---|---|
Dedicated network resources | Fully dedicated to a single organisation | Shared across all users |
Performance (latency, reliability predictability) | Deterministic, optimised for specific use cases | Variable, dependent on network load |
Network control & customisation | Full control (Coverage, policies, prioritisation) | Limited control |
Security and data isolation | Traffic isolated, can be kept on-site | Secure but shared infrastructure |
Data sovereignty / local processing | Local breakout, on-premise options | Data routed via public core |
Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) | Enforced per application/use cases | Best-effort with some prioritisation |
Coverage flexibility | Designed for specific site/campus requirements | Fixed macro coverage footprint |
Mobility and roaming | Local mobility (Roaming via integration options) | Full national and International mobility |
Device ecosystem | Supported and certified devices | Broad, open ecosystem |