T-Mobile US added a Cradlepoint 5G router to its business lineup that provides edge access for enterprises and embedded cloud-based managed and security features.

The E320 5G router includes access to T-Mobile US’ extensive spectrum position and its 5G and 4G LTE networks. The edge router uses Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Service to support T-Mobile US’ managed services and is pre-configured with those services to ease deployments.

It also supports firewall, port security, and intrusion detection and prevention. Those security features are updated automatically by Cradlepoint through the NetCloud service. It can also integrate an enterprise’s existing networking and SD-WAN environment.

Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Service is a software platform that supports wireless WAN delivered through 4G LTE and 5G wireless edge routers. The vendor, which is part of Ericsson, recently launched a more streamlined NetCloud Exchange extension that includes its Secure Connect, Advanced SD-WAN, and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) services using the NetCloud Exchange Service Gateway.

T-Mobile US and Cradlepoint initially announced plans for the device in May. T-Mobile US is offering the device through a device-as-a-service model that involves a monthly fee instead of an upfront purchase.

The device boosts T-Mobile US’ enterprise expansion efforts.

The carrier earlier this year unveiled an end-user-focused version of its private and edge network platform designed to make it easier for enterprises and IT teams to monetize and deploy services running on the carrier’s 5G network.

The Advanced Industry Solutions platform is a selection of carrier-specific connectivity, compute, devices, and applications targeted at smart cities, autonomous factories, and retail environments. Those pieces are put together, tested, certified, and managed by T-Mobile US’ Business unit.

Mishka Dehghan, SVP for strategy, product, and solutions engineering at T-Mobile for Business, explained during an interview at the MWC Las Vegas event that the platform strips away the complexity of deploying both a private or edge network and the money-making services that run on top of that network.

And like the new router, the service takes advantage of T-Mobile US’ growing 5G network. The carrier this week expanded its nationwide 5G standalone (SA) core to run on its extensive and deep 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings, providing the carrier with the ability to aggregate 5G SA spectrum to better support dynamic use cases like network slicing and private wireless.

“I think the key differentiator is our network,” Dehghan said at MWC Las Vegas. “The reason why they come to us is because we do have that ubiquitous coverage everywhere on 5G.”