Cisco Cisco 1900 2900 3900 Series 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet HS-WIC with PoE Data Sheet

 

 

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Data Sheet 

Cisco 4G LTE 2.5 Enhanced High-Speed Wireless 
WAN Interface Cards for Asia, Australia, and 
selected Latin America Regions 

The Cisco

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 4G LTE 2.5 Enhanced High-Speed Wireless WAN Interface Cards 

(EHWICs) for Cisco ISR G2 provide the next generation of Wireless WAN primary, 
backhaul, or backup solutions. 

Product Overview 

Fourth-Generation Long-Term Evolution (4G LTE) is being used to provide both primary connectivity and network 

resiliency for business continuity. With greater agility and speed to deployment than wired solutions, 4G LTE 

reduces network cost and complexity while maintaining ROI. Practical applications of 4G LTE for distributed 

enterprises include parallel networks, primary connection, failover, in-vehicle, network convergence, and wireless 

WAN diversity. The Cisco 4G LTE EHWICs for Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) are the industry 

leaders in bringing enterprise-grade wire-line-like functionality such as quality of service (QoS) for cellular, Multi-

VRF for cellular, and unified communications solutions over LTE. 

The Cisco 4G LTE EHWICs (Figure 1) are the first enterprise-class multimode 4G LTE wireless WAN (WWAN) 

solution. With 4G LTE, WWAN is a primary WAN link solution. Businesses can now run applications such as 

interactive video and telepresence on a primary 4G LTE WWAN link, which is 10 to 15 times faster and has 5 times 

lower latency than 3G links. These cards support the latest Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 

8 Category 4 LTE standards. Cisco multimode 4G LTE WWAN EHWICs provide persistent, reliable LTE 

connectivity with fallback and transparent handoff to earlier technologies. The cards provide bandwidth to support 

high-definition (HD) and peer-to-peer (P2P) video calls, providing customers with an excellent mobile broadband 

experience. The Cisco 4G LTE WWAN EHWICs are tightly integrated with the services provided on the award-

winning Cisco ISR G2 devices, which deliver secure data, voice, video, and mobility services. The EHWICs are 

supported on the modular Cisco 1900, 2900, and 3900 Series ISR G2 devices. 

Enterprises are looking for ways to reduce deployment time, enable comprehensive media services, increase 

revenue, and improve business continuity. The Cisco 4G LTE WWAN EHWICs, when coupled with a service 
provider’s wireless data plan, provide a rapidly deployable, high-bandwidth, reliable, and secure solution for branch 

offices and remote sites. With 4G LTE data rates, the Cisco 4G LTE WWAN EHWICs offer a primary WAN link 

solution capable of running comprehensive branch-office services, including voice and video services. 

The Cisco 4G LTE WWAN EHWICs include the following models:  

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EHWIC-LTE-LA, EHWIC-LTE-CI, and EHWIC-LTE-JN: Multimode LTE 2.5 for carriers that operate FDD 

LTE 700-MHz (band 28), 850-MHz (band 5 CLR), 850-MHz (bands 18 and 19 Low), 900-MHz (band 8), 

1500-MHz (band 21), 1800-MHz (band 3), 2100-MHz (band 1), or 2600-MHz (band 7) networks; the 

multimode Cisco 890G Series 4G LTE 2.5 ISRs are backward-compatible with Universal Mobile 

Telecommunications Service (UMTS) and Dual-Carrier High-Speed Packet Access Plus (DC-HSPA+): 800