Written by James Blackman for RCR Wireless News
Semtech-owned IoT firm Sierra Wireless has partnered with telecoms software outfit Amdocs on a new network planning and management solution to reduce the complexity of private LTE and 5G networks. The new product goes with Sierra’s portfolio of IoT routers and modules, to work in global spectrum bands. The pair are bundling a private LTE/5G core from HPE-owned Athonet into the service offer, as well.
A press note said Sierra is also contributing its software and service solutions, with a link to a page about its AirLink line of routers and AirLink Complete device management solutions. It mentions “global band support and the ability to create future-proofed, tailored private networking solutions that fit their needs”. Sierra will provide hardware for the US-based Anterix 900MHz and ‘CBRS’ 3.55-3.7GHz bands, plus sundry 5G SA ‘vertical’ bands in global markets.
The Athonet core network is pitched specifically for “mission-critical” private network applications, it suggested. Amdocs is providing network planning and management software. The pair reference key industries as utilities, governments, transportation, smart cities, robotics and smart warehousing. The whole package is geared to drive sales, via an initial design consultancy package, to Sierra/Amdocs-curated private LTE/5G hardware and services.
