Testing priorities are different for private 5G than public macro networks, with greater emphasis on security and working out how best to frame SLAs (Service Level Agreements) than over general performance and coverage. Three major testing vendors, the UK’s Spirent, Keysight Communications from the USA, and Germany based Rohde & Schwarz (R&S), were more vocal about private enterprise networks at the recent Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 than at previous such events, even if they were still unsure where the dividing line between hype and reality should be drawn. This reflects the reality that the private network sector, currently a mixture of 4G LTE and 5G, is on the road from hype to reality with variations between verticals, as Spirent…