Cisco joins the 450 MHz Alliance

The 450 MHz Alliance announced that Cisco recently joined the Alliance.

Cisco’s portfolio for utilities is purpose-built, secure, and scales IoT deployments to ensure project success. Its end-to-end architecture connects and manages devices with unprecedented reliability, visibility, and security. The portfolio combines Cisco’s market-leading security and networking technologies with industrial protocol interoperability and compliant, hardened technology to ensure high performance anywhere.

At Mobile World Congress in February of 2023, the company announced two pluggable interface modules (PIM) for the Cisco Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Routers: one for long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN) connectivity and one for 450MHz private LTE connectivity.

The 450MHz LTE module allows the Catalyst IR1101 to provide connectivity for mission-critical government use cases, including critical infrastructure and public safety. Connect devices such as industrial control systems and physical security equipment over a private LTE network using the 450MHz band.

Public protection and disaster recovery (PPDR) regulations in Germany, Scandinavia, and parts of Africa allow critical industries to reserve the 450MHz band in their areas to deploy private LTE networks, replacing legacy public safety voice networks with technology capable of data transmission.

The 450MHz band provides high resiliency and deep indoor signal penetration to connect the Catalyst IR1101 anywhere onsite.