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- A cloud configured private APN solution will minimize your deployment time.
- The latest Sierra wireless, private APN will help implement business policies immediately without touching the edge.
Sierra Wireless, an IoT pioneer empowering businesses and industries to transform and thrive in the connected economy, announced the launch of a new global private Access Point Name (APN) that features streamlined staging that delivers seamless flexibility and security for customers, thus furthering application deployment.
The new private APN will not require Sierra Wireless Smart Connectivity customers to make multiple SKU configurations on edge. They can develop devices with one single APN, which is then translated into several private APNs within Sierra’s core network. It is one of the most vital elements for organizations with various independent subsidiaries and those with unique requirements, thus reducing the onboarding time substantially.
Sierra Wireless seamlessly integrates affirmed networks’ fully virtualized packet core gateway and virtual slice selection function (vSSF) to provide new, innovative IoT and IIoT services to its clients faster and efficiently than ever before. Affirmed Network is now part of Microsoft.
“Private APNs are a common feature in connectivity services. With this solution, Sierra Wireless brings a private APN offer to the market that fully revolutionizes the traditional private APN. Simplified staging provides seamless flexibility and security; a unique edge configuration allows customers to build a truly global SKU, as well as a powerful cloud configuration to allow the segregation of the customers’ device and SIM fleet to meet both local regulations and/or solution-specific requirements. Business policies can be implemented in near real-time without touching the edge,” said Ross Gray, the of product connectivity solutions, Sierra Wireless.
With Sierra wireless’s latest private APN tool, configurations, specifically APN configuration, are done in the cloud, reducing deployment time. Sierra’s one network comprises all APN specifics with complete independence, making it more advanced and minimizing the chances of errors generated by reconfigurations like the classic APN Model.
Experts’ view:
“Our approach is to allow devices to be built with one single APN and enable them to be translated to multiple private APNs on Sierra’s core network. This allows the specific configurations to be done in the cloud, rather than touching each device.” Said Gray.
“Working together with Sierra Wireless can accelerate the adoption of industrial IoT by enterprise customers and give them the ability to quickly develop solutions tailored for specific verticals, significantly improve application performance, simplify the overall experience, and reduce operating costs,” said Sanjay Mewada, Worldwide marketing leader, Azure.
“Sierra Wireless has been a trusted partner for many years. Their new private APN solution significantly eases our deployment process. Thanks to the zero-touch APN configuration, we can apply the Private APN at activation, or at any time, directly from the Sierra cloud. There is no need for us to configure each individual module,” said Philippe Escaich, Electronic Development Manager, LACROIX CITY.
