Business Continuity for Branch Locations
USAT Visual Use Case | Cellular Failover for Retail Operations
Retail outlets like grocery stores depend upon continuous internet access to successfully operate their businesses. Corporations can value the revenue lost due to internet outages down to the hour and the minute. Single locations can lose anywhere from $500 to $5,600 an hour. With loses that staggering, store managers need business continuity solutions.
Challenges Faced
ENSURING NEAR 100% UPTIME
Retail operations need solutions that enable near 100% uptime at every location to ensure client transactions happen without delay. While most hardline internet service providers boast over 99% uptime, that remaining 1% can cost a business hundreds to thousands of dollars. After one grocery store chain valued loses at an average of $1,500 per location per month, they started looking for ways to supplement their existing ISP provided connectivity. They needed redundant systems and hardware able to operate over fast and secure 4G/5G cellular networks anytime one of their hard-lines goes down.
USAT delivers retail clients the end-to-end communications solutions they need to support their mission-critical business continuity planning goals.
Solution Provided
Purpose-Built Communications Hardware
To ensure retail operations stay connected to the networks vital for their success, every location needs secure and reliable backup connectivity in place, should hardlines go down. Our expert team is able to provision and install purpose-built cellular adapter and antenna kits at all your various retail outlets. The solutions we deploy utilize software and equipment from only top-tier manufacturing partners like Branch LTE Adapters from Cradlepoint and cross-polarized antennas from Poynting.
Failover Solution
CRADLEPOINT L950 BRANCH ADAPTERS
After an extensive analysis, they realized redundancy via cellular networks was the most cost effective solution. Accordingly, they reached out to the cellular experts at USAT to help them identify and procure the best hardware to achieve their uptime goals. It was critical that the solution we provided be able to work within their existing network infrastructure. To supplement ISP provided T1 modems we recommended the addition of L950 LTE Branch Adapters from Cradlepoint to provide automatic cellular failover.
Antenna Solution
POYNTING XPOL-2-5G ANTENNAS
Along with their new L950 adapters, our client was also concerned about the availability of cellular coverage in some of their more rural locations. We recommended two things; one that they utilize T-Mobile, America’s largest and fastest 5G network provider, and two, that they also procure specialized powerful signal boosting XPOL-2 antennas from Poynting - purpose-built to military specs and capable of withstanding harsh conditions.
Field-Tested Results
SEAMLESS CELLULAR FAILOVER
Not only did we help them select, provision, and activate their new hardware through our extensive DevProv+ suite of services, but also custom crimped cabling to their exacting requirements, provided rapid on-site installation, and ongoing hardware support. Their team projected that their new devices would pay for themselves in under three months.
Every store instantly gained the ability to failover to cellular networks anytime hard-lines went down or slowed to a predetermined level. They also gained the ability for automated event reporting and over-the-air device registration, configuration, and management with NetCloud.
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Why Choose USAT?
For 25+ years USAT has provided expert IoT communications solutions to retail and branch outlets. Our team supports each and every aspect of your mission-critical connectivity projects. All our solutions utilize only the highest quality equipment from the most trusted manufacturers worldwide.
Our DevProv+ services team configures, provisions, kits and ships your devices hot and ready for immediate use. And our installation teams ensure your devices are functioning securely, reliably, and at peak performance.
Reach out to USAT today to rapidly deploy solutions that meet your cellular communications needs:
- Give Us a Call: (919) 942-4214
- Send Us an Email: info@usatcorp.com
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