World’s first LTE Advanced routing platform

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Cradlepoint has announced the world’s first suite of LTE Advanced (LTE-A) routing platforms for branch and in-vehicle networks. As operators are introducing Category 6 LTE-A technology into their networks to increase bandwidth speeds and coverage, Cradlepoint says it is the first to offer these capabilities with an enterprise-grade WAN solution.

“Mobility demands continue to rise across the enterprise, from connecting body and dash board cameras in police vehicles, to securing tablet-based POS networks in retail shops. LTE is the connectivity choice for many enterprises to support these data-rich applications because it is reliable, flexible, and easy to manage,” said Ian Pennell, CMO at Cradlepoint. “Cradlepoint helps enterprises cut wires and unleash new opportunities because we are connecting people, places and things that traditional wired networks cannot. LTE Advanced is the next stage in our ability to support sophisticated networks at the edge and make constant connectivity easy.”

Cradlepoint’s LTE-A modems will be available in the company’s AER series of edge routing solutions, ARC series of failover and Out-of-Band Management solutions, and as a second modem in the COR IBR1100 ruggedised mobile network solution. The platforms together with new firmware and Enterprise Cloud Manager (ECM) features are said to enhance Cradlepoint’s solutions for enterprise edge networks such as retail, food and beverage, branch offices and transportation or in-vehicle networks such as police and emergency vehicles, public transport, mobile healthcare and commercial vehicle fleets.