Hybrid private networks extend the controls and policies of IoT devices in local 4G and 5G networks into wider macro coverage. In other words, they enable IoT devices registered on private enterprise-owned networks to roam securely off-site on public carrier-owned infrastructure. They effectively stretch the safety and security net provided by disconnected local-area private cellular ‘island’ networks outwards into the wild of traditional public mobile infrastructure – so IoT devices stay connected under the same terms to applications in central or local cloud servers.
