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Myth-busting the cost of mission-critical private networks for energy utilities

Power utilities use mission-critical private wireless networks to support applications such as grid automation, field communications, smart metering, and asset monitoring. Yet many misconceptions continue to shape decision-making. Ericsson’s mission-critical private wireless networks TCO simulator can help bust common myths and illustrate the business case.

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Private wireless networks are gaining significant momentum across the utility sector, yet utilities often have to deal with misconceptions around cost, complexity, and operational value.

Our validated utilities private cellular TCO tool can assess the economics of private wireless deployments based on your inputs to tailor figures to your specific realities.

Private networks deliver enhanced reliability, standards-based technology, improved cybersecurity, data sovereignty, and greater operational control – use our tool see the value that private wireless can deliver within your operations.

What inputs can you customize within the tool?

Select the criteria that most closely reflect your planned deployment, including spectrum band, coverage area, geographic coverage targets and the mix of urban, rural or remote environments.

You can also specify the number of smart meters and employees to be supported and choose the applications you want the network to enable, such as smart metering, workplace communications and intelligent smart grid services.

Market factors, site types and capitalization assumptions can be adjusted too.

Together, these inputs help tailor the network dimensioning and cost estimates to your operational context, creating a more relevant view of the investment required.

What are the outputs of the tool’s calculations?

The tool provides a multi-year view of your potential private cellular investment. It estimates the number of radio sites and the network capacity required, alongside the capital and operating expenses needed to build and run the network.

You can explore cost breakdowns for distributed and centralized infrastructure, site acquisition, support, maintenance, licenses and managed services.

The simulator also highlights potential benefits, including core value generated by selected use cases and savings from avoiding public mobile network subscriptions.

Three clear charts compare expenses, savings and the evolving site rollout, helping illustrate the financial case over time.