About This Device
This Cradlepoint package (BEA3-1850-5GC-GN, Americas) combines the W1850 Series 5G Wideband Adapter - a dual-SIM cellular and Ethernet wireless WAN device - with a 3-year subscription covering both the NetCloud Branch 5G Adapter Essentials plan and the Advanced plan.
The W1850 attaches over Ethernet to the firewall, router, or SD-WAN appliance a branch already runs and presents a managed 5G WAN path from its 5GC modem, with automatic 4G LTE fallback. Its two 4FF SIM slots are a production-fleet feature: hold two carriers at every site and shift networks remotely for coverage, cost, or contract reasons - no site visit required. Deployed as failover, the 5G link carries the entire branch through wired outages; where mid-band coverage is strong, it serves as full primary WAN.
The three-year, two-tier subscription is what makes the deployment operable at scale. Essentials covers zero-touch provisioning, centralized configuration and firmware management, monitoring, and alerting. The Advanced tier adds deeper cellular analytics and reporting, extended WAN visibility, and enhanced remote troubleshooting. Subscription services include new software releases, web knowledge base access, and web, email, and phone support with repair services - with support access around the clock and next-business-day response commitments backing the term.
The 3-year term prices below stacked annual renewals and matches standard branch refresh cycles. Within the family, the 1-year BEA1 bundle serves evaluations, the 4-year BEA4 and 5-year BEA5 extend coverage for longer lifecycles, and Essentials-only BE03 bundles trim cost where the Advanced tier is not needed.