Celona, which focuses on private 5G networks, expanded its Neutral Host solution with the addition of AT&T. Celona Neutral Host helps organizations improve CX for cellular subscribers by extending public cellular coverage into environments with poor mobile reception.
Previously certified with T-Mobile, the solution is now extended to millions of AT&T subscribers when they walk into a building covered by a Celona 5G LAN network, delivering on the stringent KPI requirements of each operator.
The solution is powered by Celona’s cloud-based multi-operator exchange (MOXN), which creates a secure tunnel to the operator public network.
With Neutral Host, any device – such as a smartphone or tablet with SIMS/eSIMs from AT&T and T-Mobile – can automatically detect, authenticate and connect to the Celona 5G LAN over CBRS spectrum. Data and voice sessions are seamlessly routed to the respective mobile operator network. Completely transparent to users, Celona Neutral Host appears exactly as each carrier’s regular public cellular services – allowing subscribers to automatically connect and authenticate to the service on their cellular devices with excellent quality. No special setup is required from either user or the operator.
Celona officially achieved certification for its 5G LAN solution with AT&T after completing a suite of interoperability and regulatory test cases in the AT&T lab. The solution then successfully entered into a large-scale live production trial with Stanford Health Care. The certification ensures higher levels of service integrity for AT&T subscribers, including support for high-quality voice and data services, emergency services such as e911 calling and other vital subscriber services, with full regulatory compliance.
Available immediately within the U.S., with support for AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers, Celona Neutral Host is capable of concurrently advertising up to five different mobile network operators as well as a discrete private wireless network signal for specific enterprise use cases.
By leveraging and sharing the existing enterprise LAN and WAN infrastructure, private 5G-based neutral host networking is a modern approach developed to provide high-quality cellular coverage while roaming from the public network onto the private network.
Celona Neutral Host is enabled on the Celona 5G LAN, increasing public cellular network coverage and capacity while reducing capital and operating expenses. This creates a unique advantage of the Celona solution – it works for businesses of all sizes – from the smallest retail store to the largest hospital. Included in the Celona solution is the flagship Celona AP 20 indoor multimode AP that supports both 4G and 5G, so that enterprises can meet current and future coverage requirements.
At the heart of the solution is Celona’s MOXN technology. A cloud-hosted multi-site, multi-tenant software exchange, Celona’s MOXN technology simplifies operations and manageability by removing cumbersome and costly hardware burdens. With MOXN, mobile subscriber traffic is aggregated and securely tunneled to the MNO core network, making the entire experience completely seamless to users while guaranteeing subscriber service level agreements and KPIs for each MNO’s public cellular service.
Neutral Host can be deployed and operational in a fraction of the time at nearly half the cost of legacy DAS, giving enterprises unrivaled control and management over in-building public cellular services. The solution is under enterprise IT’s control, without the burden and cost of additional on-site equipment. Celona offers enterprises flexible deployment and pricing options that allow neutral host to be easily enabled on existing Celona private wireless networks or discretely deployed as a standalone solution for neutral host only services.
“Celona Neutral Host represents a significant advancement in enterprise connectivity and is an even more compelling solution now that AT&T has joined,” said Mehmet Yavuz, co-founder and CTO, Celona. “Due to their rigorous test and certification process, AT&T can ensure their customers receive the superior cellular service they expect. And enterprises simply sign one contract with Celona. It’s fast, simple and cost effective.”
