• Private Isolated Network
• Maintain Control With SIM Authentication
• On-Site Servers
• Spectrum Licensing
• Discover the Power of PCN

For businesses that hold sensitive data, having reliable and robust network security is a must to prevent malicious attacks and data loss. With Private Cellular Networks, business data is isolated from the broader internet and remains secure from unauthorized users by leveraging a broad set of cybersecurity tools and features. This blog will walk you through some of the biggest security benefits PCNs have to offer.

Using just a username and password simply isn’t enough for the needs of the enterprise or large public sector organization. Public Wi-Fi solutions often lack encryption and make it easy for attackers to intercept data.

Additional layers of security such as SIM-based authentication make it nearly impossible for attacks to occur. By leveraging site-specific SIM cards and edge networking devices via a private cellular network, businesses can have greater control over which end users can and can’t connect. For extra security, network admins can restrict a SIM user’s activities to only those necessary for their role.

With our private network solution, admins can use the easy-to-navigate NetCloud dashboard to remotely manage user access on the SIM level.

Private cellular LTE usually comes with on-site servers. This reduces the amount of traffic exposed by enabling organizations to keep traffic between IoT devices and corporate servers on the Wireless WAN rather than public internet.

PCNs are established using one of three basic spectrum models, each of which can alter the security level of a given network:

• Licensed: Network operators, like cell phone companies, can set up private networks using the same frequencies they use for their publicly available networks.
• Unlicensed: Both businesses and network operators can set up private networks using unlicensed frequencies, like the 5 GHz band used for Wi-Fi. Examples of this include MulteFire and LTE-U. Unlicensed bands can be combined with licensed bands to increase the total amount of available bandwidth for a private network.
• Shared: In the U.S., there’s a special frequency band called CBRS that’s not fully licensed. The government auctions off access to this band, but the winners only get priority use, not exclusive use. This means others can also use it but have to defer to the auction winners.

The most commonly used spectrum for PCNs is shared spectrum, like the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). This spectrum typically operates in the 3.55-3.7 GHz range and is particularly effective for PCNs because it prioritizes access to alleviate severe network congestion, providing interference-free connectivity. These spectrums listed above are used by the Spectrum Access System (SAS) component of a PCN.