PMRExpo 2025 highlights how 5G networks drive security, efficiency, and innovation in critical communications and mobility.

With the exhibition, the PMRExpo Summit, the Connecting Area, and the new parallel symposium PMRExpo meets Wehrtechnik dedicated to drone and cyber technology, it offers a unique forum for knowledge exchange and networking in the field of secure and mission- and business-critical communications. Over the three days of the trade fair, more than 260 national and international companies showcase their products and solutions.

5G campus networks are driving digital transformation and are a key thematic focus of PMRExpo 2025. In the 5G Hub for Private Networks, exhibitors demonstrate again in 2025 how private 5G networks are redefining connected applications in aviation, manufacturing, mobility, logistics, and critical infrastructures. Visitors can experience real-world scenarios and technological innovations that enhance efficiency, flexibility, and security while maintaining full data sovereignty. The 5G Hub for Private Networks covers the following topics:

• 5G campus networks – connectivity at a new level, maximum security with private 5G networks
• Smart manufacturing with 5G: the future of connected production
• Efficient intralogistics with private 5G networks
• Immersion without delay at 5G level, as well as smarter drone control through private 5G networks

Specialised 5G programme in the Connecting Area

A specialised programme titled Private 5G live – solutions for networked security and digital sovereignty takes place with free admission on the stage in the Connecting Area.The Connecting Area is also PMRExpo’s central networking platform and is designed to promote knowledge exchange and networking with high-level experts beyond the lecture programme.

Panel discussions and best practice presentations

The 5G panel Resilient networks for government and the economy is held as a roundtable discussion with the participation of, among others:

• Jochen Abel, Vice President Enterprise Business at Nokia
• Dr. Christoph Bach, CTO Mission Critical at Ericsson GmbH
• Uwe Hoppenz, Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
• Murat Mutlu, Currenta Conneqtive
• Dr. Martin Kasperick, Airpuls

In the 5G panel Mobile broadband networks, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) presents a whitepaper. The subsequent roundtable discussion addresses various aspects of the topic and features the participation of:

• Dr. Christoph Bach, Ericsson
• Dr. Marc Engelmann, Fraunhofer FOKUS
• Marc Emmelmann, Technical University of Berlin

The third panel is titled Regulation & allocation of frequencies. In this session, Prof. Bernd Sörries (WIK Consult) discusses regulatory perspectives on 5G, including future frequency needs for mobile network operators, as well as the perspectives for private 5G networks and nomadic networks.