Celona Technologies

About Celona Technologies

Celona Technologies, founded in April 2019, operates in the enterprise private wireless market, offering a turnkey platform for businesses to deploy and manage their own private 4G and 5G networks. The company was established by a team with extensive experience from networking and telecommunications firms like Qualcomm, Aruba, and Cisco. The founders, Rajeev Shah (CEO), Mehmet Yavuz (CTO), Ravi Mulam, and Vinay Anneboina, recognized an opportunity spurred by the FCC's opening of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, which enables enterprises to create their own private cellular networks without relying on public carriers.

The company's core business revolves around simplifying the adoption of cellular technology for enterprise IT departments. Celona's model is to provide an integrated hardware and software solution sold on a subscription basis, much like modern IT services. Its target clients are enterprises in sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, transportation, and higher education, which require reliable, low-latency wireless connectivity for business-critical applications like industrial automation, robotics, and extensive IoT deployments. Celona sells its products both directly and through a network of channel partners, managed service providers, and systems integrators, including notable partners like Verizon and NTT.

Celona's product suite is an end-to-end 5G LAN solution that includes access points, a software-defined edge platform, and a cloud-based orchestrator. The Celona Edge component functions as a virtualized mobile core that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud, integrating with existing enterprise security and network infrastructure. The Celona Orchestrator provides centralized, AI-powered management for configuring the network, provisioning SIMs, and automating policies. A key feature is "MicroSlicing," which allows businesses to guarantee specific service levels, such as minimum throughput and maximum latency, for different applications over the wireless network. This approach provides deterministic performance that can outperform traditional Wi-Fi in demanding environments, offering greater coverage, reliability, and security.