Amazon Web Services (AWS) has put its AWS Private 5G service to bed.

In an update from the company published on May 20, AWS announced that the service had reached the end of its support date and could no longer be accessed.

The cloud provider launched a commercial version of its Private 5G platform back in the summer of 2022.

The Private 5G offering integrated small cell radio units, Outposts servers, a 5G core, and radio access network (RAN) software running on AWS-managed hardware, and was said to be able support one radio unit that could transmit data at up to 150 Mbps across up to 100 SIM cards – or individual devices – per network.

It enabled companies to deploy and operate a private mobile network at their on-premises location with a pay-as-you-go model.

It was initially based on 4G LTE, though planned to upgrade to 5G hardware.

DCD's now sister company SDx reported at the time that analyst opinion on the AWS Private 5G platform was "mixed."

“It looks to be more of a beta launch than a full commercial launch,” Daryl Schoolar, then program VP for worldwide telecommunications at IDC, told SDx in 2022. Other analysts told SDx that they thought AWS might be targeting multinational corporations that didn't want to deal with a telecom operator in each market, or that it was a strategy to find more revenue paths.

No reason for the retirement of the offering has been provided. DCD has reached out to AWS for comment.

While Private 5G is gone, AWS still has an "Integrated Private Wireless on AWS" offering in partnership with Communications Service Providers. The solution integrates CSPs’ private 5G and 4G LTE wireless networks with AWS services across AWS Regions, AWS Local Zones, AWS Outposts, and AWS Snowfall.