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JMA Wireless
JMA Wireless offers a private wireless platform built on its XRAN virtualized RAN software, CellHub radios and a private core, and lists CBRS among the spectrum options it supports.
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Overview
JMA Wireless is a founder-owned company in Syracuse, New York, that designs and manufactures wireless equipment in the United States.[1] Its private wireless platform combines XRAN, virtualized RAN (radio access network) software that runs on commercial off-the-shelf servers, CellHub multi-band radios and a 3GPP private core, and supports licensed, CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) and mmWave spectrum.[2] JMA's U.S. private network work includes a CBRS campus network at Carnegie Mellon University and defense projects with partners such as Federated Wireless and Sherpa 6.[3][4][5]
At a glance
- Headquarters
- Syracuse, New York.[1]
- Founded
- 2012, by John Mezzalingua, who is CEO and chairman.[1]
- Ownership
- Founder-owned.[1]
- Private network offering
- XRAN software, CellHub radios, a 3GPP-compliant private core and a MOCN (multi-operator core network) gateway for neutral-host networks.[2]
- CBRS / Band 48 products
- CellHub supports 1900 MHz, AWS-3, AWS-4 and CBRS spectrum, with up to 150 MHz of total bandwidth across CBRS channels.[6] The OnGo Alliance lists CellHub (HXR35WH, certified March 29, 2021) and model XR19AX35WM2/48Y (September 9, 2019) as OnGo certified.[7]
- Manufacturing
- JMA says it manufactures in the Syracuse area, with a Liverpool, New York facility; in December 2024 it received about $44 million in federal funding to make O-RAN radio units there.[1][8]
Product lines
- JMA Private Wireless Networkcomplete network
The JMA Private Wireless Network combines XRAN, CellHub radios and a private core for standalone private networks or public-private 5G configurations.[2]
- XRANsoftware
JMA XRAN is standards-compliant virtualized cloud RAN software for 4G and 5G that runs on commercial off-the-shelf IT infrastructure.[2]
- CellHubradio
JMA CellHub is a multi-carrier, multi-band mid-power radio that JMA says covers about 20,000 square feet indoors.[6]
- Private core and MOCN gatewaycore
JMA lists a 3GPP-compliant private core and a MOCN gateway that provides IPsec tunnels for neutral-host networks.[2]
Reported deployments
- Carnegie Mellon University Living Edge Lab, Pittsburgh
Announced September 1, 2021: a CBRS network using JMA XRAN, the Druid Software core on AWS Snowball Edge, JMA CellHub outdoor radios and directional antennas deployed by Crown Castle.[3]
- Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia
Federated Wireless said in January 2025 that the private 5G network it built with JMA, HPE and Shared Spectrum for Marine Corps Logistics Command covers one million square feet and is under a 42-month sustainment contract.[4]
Company updates
JMA and Sherpa 6 announced a U.S. Army contract for a deployable, expeditionary 5G system, building on JMA's earlier standalone 5G work at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.[5]
Federated Wireless announced a sustainment contract for the Marine Corps private 5G network built with JMA.[4]
JMA announced about $44 million in federal CHIPS and Science Act funding to manufacture O-RAN-compliant radio units in Central New York.[8]
On Private5G.com
- JMA Private Wireless NetworkProduct record
- JMA XRAN (virtualized RAN baseband software)Product record
- JMA CellHubProduct record
- Reported university campus network in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAttributed deployment
- Reported Navy private 5G testbed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WashingtonAttributed deployment
- Reported city-owned CBRS LTE network for students and residents in Tucson, ArizonaAttributed deployment
Learn more
- CBRS radios and small cells for private LTE and 5GCompare CBRS small cells and radios for private LTE and 5G: indoor or outdoor, Category A or B power, Band 48 or n48, PoE and antennas.
- Private 5G and LTE network-in-a-box systemsWhat a private 5G or LTE network in a box includes, when it beats a component build or turnkey project, and what to compare before you buy.
- Private 5G networks explained: what they are, how they work, what they cost and who sells themA plain-English guide to private 5G: what it is, the parts you need, CBRS spectrum, ways to deploy, cost drivers and U.S. examples.
Sources
Researched Oct 1, 2026. Manufacturer and vendor statements are their claims, not independent tests.
- We are JMA — JMA Wireless. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
- Private Wireless Solutions — JMA Wireless. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
- JMA Wireless, Running on AWS, to Provide New Campus Private Wireless Network to Carnegie Mellon — JMA Wireless, Sep 1, 2021. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
- Federated Wireless Secures Sole Source Sustainment Contract for First DoD 5G OTA Program of Record — JMA Wireless, Jan 14, 2025. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
- JMA Wireless and Sherpa 6 to Deliver 5G Expeditionary Systems to the U.S. Army — JMA Wireless, Feb 3, 2025. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
- Private wireless network components — JMA Wireless. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
- OnGo Certified Devices — OnGo Alliance. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
- JMA receives $44 million in federal funding to boost state-of-the-art 5G manufacturing facility in Syracuse — JMA Wireless, Dec 12, 2024. Accessed Oct 1, 2026.
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