Converged wireless for higher education
The coverage students expect. The safety your campus requires.
See pricing Contact usDeployed in 25+ leading higher education customers, including 15+ Fortune 500.
Full-strength signal in the dorms, e911 on every phone across campus, and a private lane for cameras, IoT, and campus robots - all on one network your IT team owns and runs.
Celona Neutral Host is a real game changer, allowing us to meet new wireless connectivity demands while future-proofing new use cases that haven’t been feasible with conventional wireless.
Geoffrey Cirullo
Deputy CIO, Stanislaus State
The challenge
A tangle of disconnected networks
- A separate network for every job - Wi-Fi, DAS, cellular, P5G
- Multiple vendors and consoles for a lean campus IT team to manage
- Dead zones in dorms, stadiums and parking that carriers won’t fix
- No way to steer the right users and apps onto the right network
The solution
Celona Orion, the converged wireless network
- Wi-Fi, Private 5G, and neutral host cellular on one platform
- Every app and user gets its own performance-matched lane
- Owned and managed by your IT team, under one contract
- Scale from a single room to campus-wide, indoors and out
Why University IT chooses Celona
Proven in higher ed
Stanislaus State - seamless mobile connectivity across the entire campus.
Owned and managed by your IT team
One platform, one contract, one console for a lean campus IT staff.
Campus safety by design
e911 and emergency alerts on every phone, any carrier, indoors and out - replacing blue-light boxes.
Coverage with fewer APs
One private wireless AP covers up to 1M sq-ft outdoors or 50,000 sq-ft indoors - far fewer APs than Wi-Fi.
Secure, and reuse what you have
SIM authentication, firewall/NAC integration, segmentation for research and OT; plugs into existing LAN, integrate your DAS, live in weeks.
Campus operations in the new world
Campus safety & emergency
Neutral Host + Private 5G
e911 and wireless emergency alerts on every phone, any carrier - a modern replacement for outdated blue-light boxes; prioritized security comms during an event.
Cellular coverage everywhere
Neutral Host
Full-strength signal in dorms, lecture halls, gyms, stadiums and parking for students, staff and visitors on their own phones.
High-density Wi-Fi
Dorms, classrooms and libraries; student devices and guest access.
Campus operations & IoT
Private 5G
Security cameras, access control, smart-building and environmental monitoring, digital signage and smart parking - including remote sites without new cabling.
Research, robotics & immersive learning
Private 5G + satellite
AR/VR labs, autonomous robots and shuttles, and research instruments; extend to remote field and agricultural sites via satellite.
Evaluating 3-year cost
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Certified for the factory floor
Certified form factors and a growing ecosystem of device makers - all on Celona 5G LAN.
Modernize your workflow with private 5G while keeping support for legacy Wi-Fi-only devices.
Private 5G gateway*
Bring PLCs, machines, and wired endpoints onto the fabric - no rewiring.
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