Network-based Machine-to-Machine (M2M) private networking system

A method of connecting mobile devices operating on a carrier network to a customer enterprise network, comprising:

• assigning a private static IP address to a mobile device, the IP address indicative of the customer enterprise network with which the mobile device is authorized to communicate;
• providing the mobile device with an Access Point Name (APN), the APN allowing a communication from the mobile device to be routed to a private networking system;
• receiving the communication from the mobile device at the private networking system, wherein the communication flows through a first tunnel from a first Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) router disposed in the carrier network to a second BGP router disposed in the private networking system;
• determining the customer enterprise network that the mobile device is authorized to communicate with based on the IP address and APN;
• and
• securely forwarding the communication from the private networking system to the customer enterprise network via a second tunnel.