Cradlepoint Releases E300 5G Router
5G-Ready Branch Routers for Fixed or Temporary Installation from USAT
Cradlepoint recently released a 5G-ready router as part of their E300 Series Enterprise Series. This is exciting news for businesses and organizations with a lighter footprint who need reliable connectivity at temporary locations, branches, stores, and clinics.
Previous routers in the E300 Series portfolio could be upgraded for 5G (with Cradlepoint's new MC400-5G modular modem), but the E300-5GB is the first router in this series that is 5G-equipped out-of-the-box. USAT recognizes that these new E300 5G routers will be a game changer when it comes to the delivery of proven, second-generation 5G technology.
The E300-5GB adds even more deployment options to Cradlepoint’s industry-leading portfolio of routers, adapters, and modems. This is simply one more step in the momentum Cradlepoint has been building toward 5G connectivity.
Built for lean IT organizations, the E300-5GB offers the flexible power of embedded 5G in a secure, all-in-one compact form factor. It can be deployed for primary connectivity for temporary or pop-up locations or as a failover solution and hybrid WAN connection.
Cradlepoint E300-5GB Use Cases
As a connectivity solution, the E300-5GB is the ideal choice for both fixed and popup deployments. Providing unmatched connectivity for coverage and IoT applications at retail, clinics, and branch locations that desire the higher throughput and lower latency of 5G, Cradlepoint’s E300 routers offer the following features and benefits:
- Open temporary, popup, and branch locations without compromising security and reliability
- Achieve fast day-1 connectivity with embedded 5G performance
- Terminate a broadband link with 5G failover for reliable hybrid connectivity
- Establish encrypted tunnels with NCX Secure Connect and WAN Edge Security VPN tunnel support
- Add a second cellular modem for dual 5G connectivity
Cradlepoint’s purpose-built 5G routers come with a subscription to NetCloud for Enterprise Branch, which allows businesses and organizations to centralize endpoint management with advanced analytics, offers 24/7 maintenance support with its limited lifetime warranty, and delivers on-demand training at Cradlepoint University.
Cradlepoint E300-5GB Use Cases
SIM management services offer technological controls (buttons, levers, and knobs) that allow you to control SIM card access on your network.
These applications, called a Connectivity Management Platform (CMP), empower users to monitor, analyze, provision, and modify cellular deployments by:
- Placing orders for additional SIM cards
- Activating or deactivating SIM cards
- Pausing or terminating SIM cards
- Adjusting data plans
- Assigning and locking a SIM card to a device’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)
Connectivity Management Platforms (CMPs) come in two forms: those created as in-house systems or CMPs as a service. Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator is an example of the latter.
Carriers often rely on numerous CMPs to manage SIM card access. At the same time, many use a simple CMP to manage their individual cellular plans.
Compatible with Expanded NetCloud Services
In addition to NetCloud for Enterprise Branch, Cradlepoint’s new E300 routers with embedded 5G are compatible with both NetCloud Exchange SD-WAN and NetCloud Private Cellular Service.
NetCloud’s Exchange SD-WAN enables businesses to harmonize SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Networks) with 5G to enhance traffic flows. SD-WAN has been incredibly beneficial to many businesses in improving network performance, simplifying network management, and bringing down costs in both fixed site and hybrid work environments.
But SD-WAN has its limitations when it comes to the expansion of network needs for retail and pop-up locations in particular. With Cradlepoint NetCloud Exchange, businesses can increase 5G connectivity in order to more seamlessly transition from wired to Wireless WAN.
Cradlepoint’s Private Cellular Service, also available with E300 embedded 5G routers, solves organizations’ edge routing problems. When your business or organization needs to cover a wide area—in this case, popup or branch locations at your network’s edge—in which the quantity of data makes relying on Wi-Fi and public cellular broadband impractical, 5G offers a cost-effective solution.
Private Cellular Networks give your business a way to deploy, control, and secure Wireless LANs that are large enough for all the data your organization puts at the edge.
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As an Elite 5G Certified Partner of Cradlepoint, USAT can help public and private organizations update, manage, and replace cellular hardware for fixed and mobile applications with new 5G devices.
USAT LLC, a key part of the data solutions team at Mobile Communications America, exists to serve our nations critical infrastructure by creating secure communication networks that pass data wirelessly between key systems — linking remote personnel and machine assets. We have partnered with industry leaders that manufacture top-of-the-line communications devices, management platforms, and accessories to suit the specific needs of a vast array of industries in a variety of applications and environments.
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