Proponents of cellular 5G private networks have touted benefits for a few years. The uptake seems slow. But there must be a market. In this news, Siemens announces expanding its private 5G infrastructure to eight more countries—including here in the US.
Siemens is bringing its industrial-grade private 5G infrastructure to the United States and seven additional countries. The expansion is enabled by two new radio units covering the 3.8–4.2 GHz band and the US-specific CBRS band bringing the solution to a total of 15 countries across Europe and the Americas. The dedicated CBRS-band radio unit opens the door for US manufacturers to deploy Siemens’ private 5G on their own premises, fully independently, serving a wide range of industrial sectors – including manufacturing, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, intralogistics, heavy industries and crane operations.
Additionally, Siemens has enhanced its 5G routers with edge runtime capabilities, allowing apps to run directly on the device – eliminating the need for additional hardware and enabling real-time, AI-ready data processing directly on the shop floor. Both updates respond to a growing connectivity challenge at the heart of modern manufacturing.
Why?
As AI adoption in factories accelerates, data volumes are growing exponentially – and unlicensed Wi-Fi frequencies, prone to overloading in dense industrial environments, can no longer keep pace. Siemens’ private 5G infrastructure addresses this directly by operating on a licensed spectrum, delivering deterministic, interference-free connectivity for business-critical applications.
Siemens developed its private 5G infrastructure specifically with industrial use cases, operational requirements, OT cybersecurity, and end users in mind. The result is a rugged, industry-native end-to-end solution for independent, on-premises wireless network operation – without relying on third-party providers or mobile network operators. The solution integrates seamlessly into Siemens’ IT/OT landscape and is part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
The system supports key automation protocols, such as PROFINET, and offers freely adjustable upload and download capacities (TDD patterns). Configuration requires setting approximately 20 variables in a clear, accessible web-based dashboard designed for use by even non-IT personnel.
The solution has been certified by the German safety and certification body TÜV to support wireless PROFIsafe communication, making it suitable for safety-related use cases in combination with 5G routers and Siemens’ Safety Automation Equipment.
Newly added: Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom. USA will be available in Summer 2026
Already available: Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland
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