You don't want to think about renewing a management subscription in eighteen months. This one locks in 5 years of Ericsson NetCloud so you can set the fleet up once and forget the admin overhead.
The R980 is a small, ruggedized metal 5G router rated -30 °C to 75 °C. 5G NR / Cat 19 LTE up to 940 Mbps at the firewall. 2× GbE ports (LAN/WAN switchable), dual SIM with eSIM for over-the-air carrier changes, dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), active GNSS, one USB port, serial via adapter. Edge compute for containers, SDKs, and API workloads. No PoE. No Bluetooth. Dual-modem with captive modem.
The 5-year NetCloud subscription covers zero-touch deployment, live stats across cellular/wired/Wi-Fi, bulk config pushes, and 5G SASE with zero-trust security plus SD-WAN. 20 VPN tunnels. Manage every unit from one dashboard.
Certified for AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon. PTCRB (US) and GCF (global). Public safety: FirstNet Trusted, Connecting Heroes, Verizon Frontline.
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| brand | Ericsson |
| model | Cradlepoint R980 |
| plan | Essential Plan |
| netcloud_subscription | 5 Year |
| wireless_connectivity | 5G NR / Cat 19 LTE |
| form_factor | Ruggedized Metal |
| ethernet_ports | 2× GbE (LAN/WAN switchable) |
| usb_ports | 1× USB 2.0 |
| serial_ports | Yes (with adapter) |
| bluetooth | No |
| dual_modem | Yes (captive modem) |
| gnss | Active |
| poe | No |
| wifi | Dual-band, dual-concurrent, 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) |
| throughput_firewall_mbps | 940 |
| vpn_tunnels | 20 |
| operating_temperature_c | -30 to 75 |
| cloud_management | Ericsson NetCloud Manager |
| certifications | PTCRB (US), GCF (global) |
| carrier_certified | AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon |
| public_safety | FirstNet Trusted, T-Mobile Connecting Heroes, Verizon Frontline |
| regions | North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Asia-Pacific |
| edge_compute | Containers, connectors, SDKs, API support |
| includes_power_supply | Yes |
| includes_antennas | Yes |
