Kolkata & Mumbai: Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) may refocus their planned 5G enterprise business to focus on medium-sized corporates for new revenue streams with expected competition from large corporates and tech majors who could enter the fray for captive private networks using the next gen technology, say analysts.
The government has recently allowed direct spectrum allotments to independent companies for setting up captive 5G networks, which is likely to drive large enterprises and tech companies to take the plunge.
Big enterprises with direct access to 5G airwaves will rely less on telcos to build/manage their captive networks. Enterprise services were estimated to garner as much as 40% of future 5G revenues for telcos, an outlook that telcos will desperately look to protect with revenue from 5G expected to be mainly driven by B2B, not so much by retail subscribers.
