Case Study: City of San Antonio achieves near‑100% intersection connectivity and cloud‑managed LTE traffic control with Cradlepoint NetCloud for IoT

City of San Antonio Future Proofs Traffic Management System With Cradlepoint 4G LTE Networking

The City of San Antonio, Texas, faced a reliability and scalability challenge in its Traffic Management Center, which oversees nearly 1,400 intersections for a rapidly growing population. Its aging radio-based wireless mesh only allowed staff to communicate with about 60% of intersections and lacked cloud-based remote management. To address this, the city turned to Cradlepoint and its NetCloud Service for IoT and LTE-enabled IoT routers.

Cradlepoint deployed NetCloud Service for IoT and purpose-built LTE gateways in nearly 700 traffic cabinets, along with cloud management via NetCloud Manager. The solution raised intersection connectivity from roughly 60% to nearly 100% (surpassing a 95% mandate), enabled real-time remote troubleshooting and fewer truck rolls, allowed a rapid carrier switch for 200 devices in days, and positioned the city to scale new smart-city applications — all delivered and managed through Cradlepoint.

City of San Antonio

Marc Jacobson

Manager