Recent indicators from specialist RAN vendors such as Airspan Networks point towards consolidation and modest growth in the private 4G and 5G network sectors, as global economic factors bring mixed impact. On the one hand, global headwinds have been causing some enterprises to pause on potential orders, yet others have been persuaded to push ahead with private network deployments to cut costs or help overcome skills shortages left over from cutbacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, or for other reasons. The dichotomy showed up in Airspan’s third quarter results, which reported revenues of $41.1m, up 6% year-on-year ,but down 12% over Q2, while orders were well up, as president and COO Glenn Laxdal indicated. “Global demand across our lead customers remains…