ALE International, recognized under the Alcatel-Lucent brand, has released its enhanced ALE Private 5G solutions for the general market.
Designed to be more accessible and straightforward for multiple site and industrial settings, the new offering includes advanced access points (APs), the AerFlex deployment architecture, an improved edge platform, and expanded professional services. The solution focuses on addressing the needs of industries like manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and energy.
Utilizing Existing LAN Infrastructure
This evolution of Private 5G technology comes in response to rising demand in sectors where connected devices and workers require reliable, low-latency connections that Wi-Fi alone cannot deliver. ALE's solution meets three key objectives: simplifying deployment, scaling coverage, and adding value through comprehensive services. AerFlex is central to this update, removing the need for on-site servers and custom cabling, allowing APs to utilize existing LAN infrastructure through standard Power over Ethernet (PoE).
AerFlex's architecture is a standout feature, transforming enterprise site deployments by significantly reducing setup complexity. Traditional methods necessitated baseband units and dedicated packet cores, but now, the process is more streamlined. Features like authentication, NAC, DHCP, and firewall are embedded directly in the APs, which link to existing LAN switches. This innovation supports quick, zero-touch provisioning for multi-site deployments, eliminating the need for specialized engineers at every site.
Integration with OmniVista® Management Platform
The open ecosystem enables seamless integration with existing enterprise devices via IoT gateways
The updated solution enhances integration with the Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista® Network Management Platform, the sole platform providing unified management for LAN, WLAN, and Private 5G networks. This means simpler oversight of various assets and improved security through automatic device segmentation, ensuring devices connect correctly and efficiently. The open ecosystem enables seamless integration with existing enterprise devices via IoT gateways.
Benefits of a Dedicated Cellular Network
Private 5G networks provide exclusive, on-premise connectivity for organizations, distinct from public carrier networks. The licensed spectrum ensures data security and performance reliability. This technology is particularly effective in solving the challenges posed by Wi-Fi's physical limitations, such as extensive outdoor areas and environments with high electromagnetic interference.
Industries benefiting from ALE's Private 5G include manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and energy. Each sector requires robust connectivity solutions for operations like AGVs, robotics, and autonomous vehicle tracking. Christopher Maldonado, Product Line Manager for Private 5G at Alcatel-Lucent, emphasizes the simplification of deploying and scaling private cellular networks, offering enhanced flexibility for diverse industrial applications.
ALE International, operating under the trade name Alcatel-Lucent, announces the general availability of its updated ALE Private 5G offer. With new access points (APs), a new AP-only deployment architecture (AerFlex), an updated edge platform, and an extended professional services portfolio, Private 5G is now simpler and more accessible for multi-site and industrial environments.
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Existing LAN infrastructure
The updated offer responds directly to growing demand from industrial customers, in manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and energy where robotics, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), IoT sensors, and connected workers require deterministic, low-latency connectivity that Wi-Fi alone cannot guarantee. With this release, ALE delivers three core commitments:
- Simpler to deploy: AerFlex eliminates on-site servers, racks, and custom cabling. APs connect over standard PoE to existing LAN infrastructure
- Easier to scale: New indoor and outdoor AP options extend coverage to larger, more demanding environments and multi-site deployments.
- More value beyond connectivity: A complete services portfolio (site surveys, validation, on-site expertise, and managed services) backs every deployment.
Dedicated packet cores
One of the most significant updates in this release is AerFlex, a new AP-only deployment architecture that fundamentally simplifies how Private 5G is deployed on enterprise sites. Traditional Private 5G deployments require baseband units, dedicated packet cores, custom cabling, and specialist installation, often weeks or months before a single device connects.
Authentication, NAC, DHCP, firewall, and Edge AI processing are embedded directly in the AP. APs connect to existing LAN switches via standard Power over Ethernet. Zero-touch cloud provisioning scales multi-site deployments without a specialist engineer on-site at each location.
Automatically segmenting devices
The updated offer deepens the native integration with the Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista® Network Management Platform. Alcatel-Lucent remains the only vendor delivering LAN, WLAN, and Private 5G management from a single platform. Private 5G access points appear in OmniVista alongside OmniSwitch® and OmniAccess® Stellar assets: one inventory, one alarm console, one topology view.
Security is enforced end-to-end, automatically segmenting devices into the correct VLAN and applies the appropriate QoS policy per application. The solution supports an open enterprise device ecosystem, with IoT gateways enabling existing devices to connect to the Private 5G network without replacement.
Dedicated cellular network
Private 5G is a dedicated cellular network deployed exclusively for a single organization within its own facilities, sites, and operational environment. Unlike public carrier networks, spectrum is licensed privately, data stays on-premises, and performance is a contractual commitment rather than a best-effort promise.
Technology addresses the physical limitations of Wi-Fi: large outdoor yards, metal-dense production floors, high electromagnetic interference environments, and mobile assets that must maintain uninterrupted connectivity while in motion.
Metal-dense production floors
Private 5G is especially adapted to the following industries:
- Manufacturing & Industry 4.0: AGVs, robotics, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), real-time quality control, and digital twins requiring deterministic, low-latency connectivity across metal-dense production floors.
- Logistics & warehousing: Large indoor and outdoor facilities, high-speed forklift fleets, automated dispatch, and perimeter operations beyond the reach of indoor Wi-Fi.
- Transportation: Airports, seaports, and rail facilities requiring wide-area outdoor coverage for autonomous vehicle operations, asset tracking, and safety-critical communications.
- Energy & utilities: Substations, refineries, and remote field operations where reliable connectivity is a safety requirement, not only an operational convenience.
“ALE Private 5G is designed to remove much of the traditional complexity associated with private cellular deployments, making it significantly easier for enterprises to deploy and scale, especially for multi-site and industrial environments — with more flexibility in how the network is designed and operated,” said Christopher Maldonado, Product Line Manager Private 5G, Alcatel-Lucent.
