Cisco Cisco 4G LTE Enhanced High-Speed WAN Interface Card for Verizon Information Guide
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General Product and Technology Information
Q. What is 4G-LTE?
A. 4G-LTE is an evolution of 3G cellular technology, overseen by the Third-Generation Partnership Project
(3GPP) standards body. 4G-LTE standards are defined in the 3GPP Release 8 standard. The 4G-LTE release
improves mobile network speeds by 20 times or more. It also lowers latency by five-fold to compete with wired
WAN connections.
Q. What is Cisco offering with 4G-LTE?
A. Details about the Cisco
®
4G-LTE solution are listed at
. In summary, Cisco is on
Release 2.0 of its LTE products. We offer:
●
Network Interface Module (NIM) cards for use with the Cisco 4000 (4400 and 4300) Series Integrated
Services Routers
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Enhanced high-speed WAN interface cards (EHWICs) for use with Cisco ISR Generation 2 1900, 2900, and
3900 routers
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Cisco 819, 880, and 890 series
, which support 4G-LTE connections with the same options as the
EHWICs
Table 1 provides an overview of the NIM, EHWIC, and router options for 4G-LTE connectivity.
Table 1.
Overview of Cisco 4G-LTE Connection Options
SKU
Description
Cisco IOS Software Image
Availability
NIM-4G-LTE-VZ/ST/NA/GA
NIM for Cisco 4300 and 4400 series modular ISRs
VZ - Verizon
ST - Sprint
NA- North America (AT&T/Bell/Roger/Telus etc)
GA - Europe and ANZ
Cisco IOS
®
XE Software 3.15
or later
June 2015
EHWIC-4G-LTE-VZ/ST/AT/CA/GB/AU
(Replacing EHWIC-4G-LTE-
V/A/G/BE/JP)
(Replacing EHWIC-4G-LTE-
V/A/G/BE/JP)
EHWIC for Cisco 1900, 2900, and 3900 Series
modular ISRs.
modular ISRs.
VZ: Verizon
ST- Sprint
AT - AT&T
CA - Canada (Bell/Roger/Telus etc.)
GB - Europe
AU - ANZ
15.5(1)T1 or later
June 2015
C899G-LTE-VZ/ST/NA/GA
C898EAG-LTE-GA
C897VAG-LTE-GA
C896VAG-LTE-GA
Cisco 89x fixed ISR series
VZ - Verizon
ST - Sprint
NA- North America (AT&T/Bell/Roger/Telus)
GA - Europe and ANZ
15.5(1)T1 or later
June 2015
C881G-4G-GA
C887VAG-4G-GA
Cisco 88x fixed ISR series
GA-Europe
15.5(1)T1 or later
January
2015
2015
C819G-4G-VZ/ST/NA/GA
(replacing C819(H)G-4G-
V/A/G/BE/JP)
(replacing C819(H)G-4G-
V/A/G/BE/JP)
Cisco 819 fixed ISRs (nonhardened only)
VZ: Verizon
ST- Sprint
NA -North America (AT&T/Bell/Roger/Telus/etc.)
GA - Europe and ANZ
15.5(1)T1 or later
June 2015