About This Device
This Cradlepoint package (BEA3-1855-5GC-GN, Americas) combines the W1855 Series outdoor 5G Wideband Adapter with a 3-year NetCloud Complete plan covering both the Essentials and Advanced management tiers - the configuration fleets standardize on when outdoor 5G capture moves into production.
The W1855 handles the sites that defeat indoor adapters: metal-clad warehouses and distribution centers, deep-interior facilities, low-E glazed buildings, and fringe-coverage locations. Mounted on an exterior wall or mast in its weatherized enclosure, it captures mid-band 5G before the building envelope attenuates it and feeds the connection indoors over Ethernet to the firewall, router, or SD-WAN appliance the site already operates. The 5GC modem falls back to 4G LTE automatically, and a 4FF SIM activates the carrier with the strongest local coverage.
The Complete plan's two tiers divide the operational load across the term. Essentials delivers zero-touch provisioning, centralized configuration and firmware management, monitoring, and alerting, with Cradlepoint support and warranty for the full three years. The Advanced tier earns its keep on outdoor assets specifically: deeper cellular analytics, extended WAN visibility, and enhanced remote troubleshooting resolve most issues from the NetCloud console - which matters when the alternative is sending a technician up a ladder or hiring a lift.
The 3-year term prices below stacked annual renewals and matches standard refresh cycles. Within the family, the 1-year BEA1 Complete bundle serves pilots, the 5-year BEA5 extends coverage for permanent infrastructure, and Essentials-only BE03 versions trim cost where basic monitoring suffices.