Mobile connectivity SaaS platform company Alef is partnering government reseller Discountcell to provide public sector authorities in the United States with Alef’s CBRS and 4G/5G-enabled private wireless solutions through Discountcell’s National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) contracts.

Alef’s Private Mobile Networks Connectivity SaaS Platform enables public agencies to stand up their private mobile networks in days, integrate private mobile network security and controls with their existing security infrastructure, and manage it using their existing network management platform.

Simplified access to 4G and 5G-enabled private mobile networks contributes to ongoing IT modernisation efforts across the Public Sector. As legacy systems are increasingly replaced with agile, microservice-focused models, the modernisation journey is moving away from obtaining hardware to procuring connectivity robust enough to power data-intensive applications while ensuring security controls the public sector agencies are already using with the existing Wi-Fi and LAN networks.

“As the Public Sector continues advancements in the modernisation of their existing systems and provide better and better services to communities and educational institutions across the country, Alef is excited and honoured to partner with Discountcell, and offer our private 4G/5G connectivity platform to its customer base,” said Mike Mulica, CEO of Alef.

“The powerful addition of Alef’s IT-centric mobile connectivity platform to Discountcell’s Private 4G and 5G line card will furnish Discountcell with a fully virtualised Core and SIM offering,” said Jim Jacobellis, SVP of Sales and Technology Partners at Alef. “This partnership means that Discountcell can combine their existing CBRS and EBS radio products with an Alef 4G or 5G Core for a new breed of private mobile network offering, one that looks like an extension of their customers’ existing LAN network and interworks with existing Wi-Fi controls.”

“Now more than ever, our customers are looking at CBRS and Private 4G/5G as a means of taking control of their wireless future,” said Craig King, Executive VP at Discountcell – Gov and Enterprise Connectivity Experts – NASPO ValuePoint Contract Holder. “With the addition of Alef’s Private Mobile Connectivity SaaS Platform to our offering, agencies can now have access to a CBRS or EBS architecture that is easy to use and is very similar to Wi-Fi.”

One of the organisations that is taking advantage of CBRS and the Alef offering is The Quilt (a consortium of the country’s advanced regional networking organisations supporting research and education). “We are very excited that our members can now take advantage of the partnership between Alef and Discountcell through the NASPO contract,” commented Jen Leasure, President of the Quilt.