A private 5G network gives your enterprise complete control over connectivity — your own spectrum, your own core, your own security policies, and SLA guarantees that no public network can match. 5G.agency designs it from first principles.
From RAN architecture and core deployment model through to security design and vendor selection — we deliver a complete, vendor-neutral private 5G SA blueprint engineered precisely for your site, your use cases, and your operational requirements.
Enterprise operations demand performance guarantees, security isolation, and customisation that shared public networks are architecturally incapable of providing.
We evaluate all three models against your security requirements, operational complexity tolerance, and total cost of ownership.
Full 5G Standalone core deployed on your premises. Complete data sovereignty, air-gap capable, lowest latency, highest security — at the cost of full operational responsibility.
User plane on-premise for latency-critical workloads; control plane in a managed cloud. Balances cost, operational simplicity, and performance — right for most enterprise deployments.
Full 5G core hosted in a managed cloud or colocation environment. Lowest capital expenditure and operational overhead — suitable where latency requirements are not sub-millisecond and data sovereignty allows.
A complete private 5G design engagement covers every architectural layer — from the physical radio layer through to application integration and security policy.
5G.agency designs all seven layers — delivering a single, coherent architecture document
Full radio access network design — gNB placement, antenna configuration, coverage prediction, and O-RAN decomposition strategy (RU/DU/CU split) optimised for your site's RF environment.
Design of the 5G Standalone core network — all control and user plane functions sized, placed, and configured for your deployment model (on-premise, hybrid, or cloud), use cases, and redundancy requirements.
End-to-end security design for every layer of the network — ensuring all devices, users, and workloads are authenticated and authorised regardless of location, with full compliance alignment.
Full slice architecture mapping your operational use cases to specific 3GPP slice types — uRLLC for robotics and safety, eMBB for video and AR, mMTC for IoT sensors — with guaranteed, isolated performance per slice.
Vendor-neutral evaluation of RAN, core, and device vendors against your design requirements — producing a scored comparison matrix and supporting you through the RFP and selection process.
A complete financial model for your private 5G investment — CapEx, OpEx, TCO over 3 and 5 years, ROI projections mapped to your specific use case value drivers, and sensitivity analysis for key assumptions.
Our private network design engagement follows a structured four-phase process — ensuring every decision is grounded in your operational reality before any hardware is specified.
Structured workshops with your operations, IT, and security teams to capture all connectivity use cases, latency requirements, device counts, coverage areas, and regulatory constraints.
Full 7-layer architecture design including RF propagation modelling, 5GC topology, MEC platform design, network slicing strategy, and security architecture — all documented to deployment-specification level.
Vendor-neutral RFP issued to shortlisted RAN, core, and integration vendors. Responses evaluated against technical specification, pricing, support model, and roadmap alignment — culminating in a ranked recommendation.
Complete deployment blueprint package including architecture diagrams, configuration specifications, installation guidelines, test acceptance criteria, and TCO model — ready to hand to your implementation team or chosen integrator.
NDA signed before every engagement · Delivered in 8 weeks
Every private network design we deliver is built to achieve specific, measurable operational outcomes — not just technical compliance.
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The questions enterprise CIOs, CTOs, and network architects most frequently ask before commissioning a private 5G design engagement.
A private 5G network is one of the largest infrastructure investments your organisation will make. Get the architecture right from the start — with a vendor-neutral design from the team that has done it more than 500 times.