ADTRAN Announces 3G Module for NetVanta

ADTRAN Inc. (ADTN) now offers a 3G card for its NetVanta 3305 router. Connectivity for the card is currently supported by the Evolution Data Optimized Rev. A (EV-DO) service of Verizon Wireless.

The NetVanta 3305 router with 3G Network Interface Module (NIM) is suited for network failover/backup applications for large businesses, primary connections for smaller businesses and load sharing between connections. When used in backup mode, network traffic can be diverted to the 3G wireless connection in the event of a primary circuit failure. The primary connection application for the 3G makes sense for cases in which broadband is a requirement, but a fat pipe is not available.

During a press event last week at ADTRAN headquarters in Huntsville, Ala., Jeremy Carrigan, network administrator at Citizens National Bank, explained how his employer is using the NetVanta 3G NIM to connect its automatic teller machines. Carrigan opted to use the 3G-based solution for a high-volume, high-margin ATM that the bank’s telco couldn’t qualify for ADSL. Carrigan beta tested the 3G NID, conducting 20,000 transactions on it, “and it saved me big time,” he said.

“The ability to use the NetVanta 3G NIM for wireless service in conjunction with our Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) has been a great asset to our bank,” Carrigan said. “The 3G NIM allowed us to service a highly congested tourist area that could not otherwise be accessed via wireline service and it performed flawlessly.”

The NetVanta 3G NIM, designed for use with a wide range of NetVanta platforms, carries a list price of $795. List price for the NetVanta 3305 is $1,295.

The NetVanta 3305 is an access router designed for Internet access, corporate frame relay, point-to-point connectivity, and virtual private networking. It supports applications requiring bandwidth from 56kbps to three T1s. The 1U NetVanta 3305 offers two interface slots and two 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN ports; will house a variety of NIMs; and includes a stateful inspection firewall, QoS for delay-sensitive traffic like VoIP, NAT and DHCP. It can be managed with a familiar Command Line Interface (CLI), which ADTRAN modeled after the CLI used with Cisco Systems’ routers.

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