<story><title>AWS Private 5G</title><url>https://aws.amazon.com/private5g/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>taf2</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m still kinda of confused... does that mean we could say get a simcard and make voice calls via this network?  insert sim card into mobile phone android&amp;#x2F;iphone and make phone calls?</text></item><item><author>laserbeam</author><text>It seems everyone here is confused. Here&amp;#x27;s the official FAQ, and it has 0 marketing garbage.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;aws.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;private5g&amp;#x2F;faqs&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;aws.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;private5g&amp;#x2F;faqs&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no &amp;quot;telecom as a service&amp;quot;, and there&amp;#x27;s no &amp;quot;5g can be split into multiple networks&amp;quot; nonsense.&lt;p&gt;Amazon is just selling 5g access points and hardware (just like you would install wifi), and rents you a private connection for that hardware to AWS, and management of that network from AWS. Basically.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>teeray</author><text>They are giving you a core and a RAN (Radio Access Network). The RAN uses “lightly licensed spectrum,” (CBRS in the US), which I believe is supported in newer iPhones.&lt;p&gt;That’s enough to make bars appear on your phone. What’s missing is the IMS, which adds traditional calling, voicemail, SMS, etc. However, FaceTime, iMessage, etc. will all work.</text></comment>
<story><title>AWS Private 5G</title><url>https://aws.amazon.com/private5g/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>taf2</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m still kinda of confused... does that mean we could say get a simcard and make voice calls via this network?  insert sim card into mobile phone android&amp;#x2F;iphone and make phone calls?</text></item><item><author>laserbeam</author><text>It seems everyone here is confused. Here&amp;#x27;s the official FAQ, and it has 0 marketing garbage.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;aws.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;private5g&amp;#x2F;faqs&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;aws.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;private5g&amp;#x2F;faqs&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no &amp;quot;telecom as a service&amp;quot;, and there&amp;#x27;s no &amp;quot;5g can be split into multiple networks&amp;quot; nonsense.&lt;p&gt;Amazon is just selling 5g access points and hardware (just like you would install wifi), and rents you a private connection for that hardware to AWS, and management of that network from AWS. Basically.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>laserbeam</author><text>Unsure. But private LTE is already a thing where you can install your own towers onprem and configure your devices to connect to those towers instead of the ones of your standard AT&amp;amp;T provider (or whatever). I don&amp;#x27;t think there&amp;#x27;s any magic voodoo involved. I assume there&amp;#x27;s a way to configure 5G capable devices to connect to some local physical network you set up at a factory.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t expect this is for telephony, but rather a faster (I guess it&amp;#x27;s faster...) wifi. But who knows. Maybe if you install your own telephony servers or whatever you could call people on that network. Unsure anyone would care about that unrealistic usecase.</text></comment>