Private Network: Verizon Business Private 5G and MPLS IP VPN for Regulated Workloads

Verizon Business Private Network covers two dedicated paths: Verizon Private 5G for on-premises cellular coverage at campuses, warehouses, factories, ports and hospitals, and Verizon MPLS IP VPN for site-to-site layer-3 private routing across the Verizon backbone. Both products share zero physical infrastructure with the public internet. Nokia and Ericsson partner on the RAN; AWS Outposts, Azure Stack Edge or bare-metal servers host the private core.

Deployed to manufacturing, mining, logistics, energy, healthcare and defence customers across the United States. FCC-licensed CBRS 3.5 GHz and C-band spectrum, NIST Cybersecurity Framework aligned, SOC 2 Type II audited. Every Private Network site rolls up under one Verizon Business account.

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Verizon Business Private Network on-premises Private 5G deployment in a manufacturing plant with AGV control and Nokia RAN radios

Verizon Private 5G On-Premises

Verizon Private 5G delivers a dedicated 5G radio fabric sized to the customer site. Nokia or Ericsson RAN radios are deployed across the plant, warehouse or campus; a private 5G core runs on AWS Outposts, Azure Stack Edge or bare-metal servers on-site. User-plane traffic stays inside the premises. CBRS 3.5 GHz spectrum is licensed to the customer under an FCC Priority Access Licence.

Verizon MPLS IP VPN

Verizon MPLS IP VPN is layer-3 private routing across the Verizon MPLS backbone. Each site joins a customer-specific VRF; the MPLS fabric provides any-to-any routing with QoS markings for voice, video and data. Speeds from 1 Mbps access up to 10 Gbps. MPLS IP VPN never routes over the public internet. Often pairs with SD-WAN overlay for application-aware policy atop the MPLS underlay.

Nokia and Ericsson RAN Partnerships

Verizon Business Private 5G is vendor-neutral on the RAN. Nokia AirScale and Ericsson Radio System are both supported. Customers can standardise on one vendor or mix per site. The Verizon Business engineering team owns RF planning, site survey, install and ongoing radio-layer optimisation inside the Private 5G contract.

Private Core on AWS or Azure

The Private 5G core — AMF, SMF, UPF, NRF and the full 5G control plane — runs on AWS Outposts or Azure Stack Edge on-site. Cloud-native 5G core means firmware updates flow from the hyperscaler, scaling is elastic, and the same DevOps pipeline the customer uses for IT extends to the Private Network control plane.

Technology	Footprint	Latency to User	Ownership	Best For
Verizon Private 5G	Single campus (1–500 acres)	5–20 ms air latency	Customer-owned core + RAN	Manufacturing, ports, mining, warehouses
Verizon MPLS IP VPN	Multi-site US or global	20–70 ms across US backbone	Verizon-operated backbone	Regulated multi-site routing, hub-spoke
Hybrid WAN (Private 5G + MPLS)	Campus + multi-site	5–20 ms on-site, 20–70 ms inter-site	Hybrid	Manufacturing HQ + distributed plants
Private 5G on CBRS PAL	Single campus	5–20 ms	Customer-licensed spectrum (PAL)	Sites needing exclusive-use spectrum
MPLS IP VPN + SD-WAN Overlay	Multi-site US or global	20–70 ms + SD-WAN steering	Hybrid	Enterprises mixing private + SaaS breakout

Every Private Network deployment is priced per site with a recurring charge for the MPLS access port or the Private 5G managed service. All costs consolidate into one Verizon Business account invoice.

Private 5G for Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

A tier-1 automotive plant runs 600 automated guided vehicles (AGVs), dozens of robotic cells and hundreds of machine-vision cameras across a 1.2 million square foot floor. Wi-Fi roaming dropped AGV commands at lift truck crossings; public LTE congested during shift changes. A Verizon Private 5G network with Nokia AirScale radios covers the full floor with sub-20 ms latency, exclusive-use CBRS spectrum and determinism the plant's PLC layer can treat as a wireline connection.

The customer AGV vendor ships 5G modems pre-profiled for the Private 5G core; inventory scans at the receiving dock run through the same Private Network fabric.

Private 5G manufacturing plant deployment with Nokia AirScale radios covering AGV robotic cells and machine vision cameras on CBRS spectrum

MPLS IP VPN site-to-site private routing topology across 30 US financial services branches with QoS markings for trading voice

MPLS IP VPN for Regulated Multi-Site

A regional bank runs 30 US branches plus three data centres. Trading voice, wire transfer and core banking traffic cannot touch the public internet per examiner expectations. A Verizon MPLS IP VPN puts every site in the same VRF, any-to-any routed with per-class SLAs on latency and loss. The trading voice queue is prioritised with low-latency markings; bulk data rides the default queue. No site-to-site flow exits the Verizon backbone.

Attach Verizon SD-WAN on top for application-aware steering to SaaS (Salesforce, Microsoft 365) directly from the branch rather than hair-pinning to HQ.

Private 5G for Ports, Mining and Hospitals

Ports deploy Verizon Private 5G for crane automation and gate operations across outdoor footprints measured in square miles. Mining operations use Private 5G for autonomous haul trucks where public cellular is absent. Hospitals use Private 5G for clinical roaming handsets and medical IoT across multi-building campuses. Utilities use Private 5G for substation SCADA inside fenced compounds. Each deployment sizes the RAN density to the footprint and the device count.

NIST SP 800-53 Access Control, Audit and Identification controls apply at the Private Network edge. NIST guidance on industrial networks treats private wireless as an equivalent-to-wireline access layer.

Private 5G deployment at a port with Nokia radios covering crane automation gate operations and autonomous yard trucks over outdoor footprint

Private Network Profile

Verizon Private 5G is on-premises cellular — Nokia or Ericsson RAN, private core on AWS Outposts or Azure Stack Edge.
CBRS 3.5 GHz and C-band spectrum, FCC Priority Access Licence for exclusive-use bands.
Verizon MPLS IP VPN is site-to-site layer-3 private routing, 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps, no public internet transit.
Hybrid WAN combines Private 5G on-site with MPLS IP VPN between sites.
Use cases: manufacturing, mining, ports, logistics, hospitals, utilities and regulated multi-site enterprises.

Private 5G for Manufacturing

AGV control, robotic cells, machine vision, PLC telemetry on sub-20 ms Private 5G with exclusive CBRS spectrum and no public carrier involvement.

MPLS IP VPN for Banking

Regulated multi-site routing inside one VRF with per-class SLAs — trading voice, core banking and wire transfer stay on the Verizon private backbone.

Hybrid Private Network

Private 5G on the factory floor feeds MPLS IP VPN back to the regional DC and Verizon Global IP to cloud — one end-to-end Verizon Business path.

Every Private Network deployment is governed by a named Verizon Business project manager, a radio-frequency engineer and a core architect during build, then a 24/7 managed-service desk post-activation. All Private Network tickets consolidate inside the Verizon Business login alongside wireless, Fios and VoIP tickets.

What is a Verizon Business Private Network?

Dedicated isolated network for a single enterprise — Verizon Private 5G for on-premises cellular plus Verizon MPLS IP VPN for multi-site private routing.

What is Verizon Private 5G?

On-premises 5G radio fabric with Nokia or Ericsson RAN, private core on AWS Outposts / Azure Stack Edge, and CBRS spectrum. User traffic stays on-site.

What is Verizon MPLS IP VPN?

Site-to-site layer-3 private routing across the Verizon MPLS backbone — 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps, per-class QoS, never over public internet.

Which industries deploy Verizon Private 5G?

Manufacturing (AGVs), mining (autonomous haul), ports (crane automation), hospitals (clinical roaming), utilities (substation SCADA) and logistics yards.

Do Private Network workloads stay on-premises?

Yes for Private 5G with on-site core. MPLS IP VPN traffic stays on the Verizon private backbone, never on the public internet.

Fios Business Internet

Fiber internet for site internet-break-out alongside MPLS IP VPN private transit.

5G Business Internet

Public 5G broadband for branch and backup (not isolated like Private 5G).

SD-WAN

Overlay application-aware routing on top of MPLS IP VPN for per-flow path steering.

Ethernet Services

Carrier Ethernet 2.0 for data centre interconnect behind a Private Network.

International Connectivity

Extend the Private Network globally via Verizon Global IP PoPs in 150+ countries.

Business Wireless Plans

Unlimited 5G on public carrier for mobile fleet, under the same Verizon Business account as Private 5G.

VoIP Phone Systems

Cloud voice that rides the Private Network MPLS QoS voice queue.

Ready to Design Your Private Network?

A Verizon Business Private Network architect runs the site survey, sizes the radio plan, picks the RAN vendor and prices Private 5G plus MPLS IP VPN as one consolidated Verizon Business account build.

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