Infosys Rolls Out Private 5G-as-a-Service to Accelerate Business Value

Delivering simple, flexible, and customizable private 5G services

Infosys, global provider of next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced the roll-out of Private 5G-as-a-Service to accelerate business value for its enterprise clients worldwide. In accordance with Infosys, its Private 5G-as-a-Service delivers a simple and flexible pay-as-you-go solution for clients. Infosys’ wireless 5G expertise and its Private Network Management solution ensure high bandwidth, low latency, and reliable wireless connectivity for enterprises.

The Private 5G-as-a-Service is customized to the specific needs of clients and is implemented in an agile and time bound manner. To reduce the complexity of deployment, Infosys has pre-integrated the 5G stack from multiple product vendors and tested against different use case requirements. Private 5G-as-a-Service is managed using unified management solution, providing real-time insights of operation and performance of the 5G private network.

Mukesh Dialani, Research Vice President, Digital Engineering and Operational Technology Services, IDC, said, “5G Technology can accelerate business transformation goals for enterprises. The Infosys Private 5G as-a-service brings together years of industry expertise through pre-integrated verticalized business solutions, modular architecture, and an extensive partner ecosystem to help enterprises evolve their existing operating environments and tap into future business opportunities. Beyond increased cost benefits for enterprises across industries, the solution is scalable and is also offered on a flexible as-a-service model.”

According to Infosys, its Private 5G-as-a-Service incorporates Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), which reduces network lag further by minimizing the time required for data processing. This enables a much more reliable network operation for high-bandwidth enterprise use cases such as remote-guided vehicles, drone-based real-time analytics, high-definition media & video analytics, metaverse solutions and a variety of IoT/industrial IoT applications. Infosys’ collaboration with its partner ecosystem offers reduced time-to-market and total cost of ownership of Private 5G rollout to its clients.

Mark Colaluca Vice President/GM Communication Technology Group, HPE said, “Enterprises see Private 5G as an enabler for their digital transformation, and the Infosys approach of vertically aligned pre-integrated business solutions can accelerate 5G adoption. HPE and Infosys are working together by combining HPE’s Private 5G solutions with Infosys as-a-Service offering and pre-integrated vertical use-cases for faster customer value realization.”

Dinesh Rao, Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Delivery, Infosys, said, “Today’s changing market dynamics, disruptive business models, and regulatory compliances need an effective strategy to accelerate digital transformation through 5G adoption. At Infosys, we are leveraging our global 5G expertise to deliver reliable, secure, and cost-effective Private 5G as-a-service, with an agile delivery approach. This is aimed at supporting our clients in their transformation journey and help them derive business benefits. Our customizable solutions for vertical domains will help customers succeed in a competitive landscape. At the same time, we will continue to collaborate with industry bodies and consortiums.”