SMA-RTY on La Repubblica: private 5G in focus
On Saturday, May 16, 2026, SMA-RTY was featured in a dedicated article published by La Repubblica, one of Italy's most widely read and respected national daily newspapers, with a circulation and digital audience reaching millions of readers across the country.
The piece, published in the newspaper's Focus Innovazione section, shines a light on SMA-RTY's work to make private 5G networks accessible to industries through a fully dedicated, easier-to-deploy infrastructure.
“Networks no longer exist just to connect people, they must coordinate autonomous systems that make real-time decisions in mission-critical environments.”
— Elena Angela Piccinini, Communication Manager, SMA-RTY
The article provides an overview of the three main models currently available on the private 5G market (network slicing, hybrid RAN deployments, and fully dedicated private networks) and explains why SMA-RTY's NGCI<sup>®</sup> (Next Generation Communication Infrastructure) platform represents a compelling fourth path: a compact, flexible, and modular solution that delivers the autonomy and security of a fully private network at a significantly lower cost than traditional architectures.
The article also highlights SMA-RTY's membership of the Wireless IoT Institute at Northeastern University in Boston, a partnership focused on testing and evaluating next-generation network components, including AI-based architectures and Open RAN interoperability.
Key sectors identified in the piece as immediate beneficiaries of NGCI<sup>®</sup> include advanced logistics (automated warehouses, autonomous vehicle fleets, real-time tracking) and connected industry: environments where milliseconds of latency or a moment of downtime can cascade across entire operational chains.
