OnGo Alliance
OnGo Alliance is an industry consortium that develops, promotes, and certifies use of shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum for enterprise, operator, and public-sector wireless networks.
- Industry consortium focused on commercial deployment of OnGo-branded CBRS-based systems (wireless connectivity).
- Technical and certification programs for CBRS devices, access points, and systems operating under Part 96 rules (network infrastructure).
- Specification, interoperability, and test frameworks for private Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G networks built on CBRS spectrum (private cellular).
- Marketing, awareness, and ecosystem coordination for CBRS-based services among enterprises, operators, neutral hosts, and vendors (ecosystem development).
- Guidance, white papers, and profiles for deploying OnGo solutions in venues such as enterprises, campuses, venues, and public infrastructure (deployment guidance).
More About OnGo Alliance
OnGo Alliance focuses on the commercial and technical ecosystem for OnGo, the brand applied to deployments using the U.S. CBRS band under the FCC Part 96 shared spectrum framework. The alliance brings together Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), cable operators, cloud providers, equipment vendors, system integrators, and enterprises that deploy or support LTE and 5G systems in the CBRS band. Its activities address both public and private cellular deployments, including private LTE and private 5G networks that run on mid-band shared spectrum rather than exclusively licensed frequencies.
The organization produces technical specifications, certification programs, and interoperability profiles that apply to CBRS devices (CBSDs), Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), small cells, and related network infrastructure (network infrastructure). These specifications complement the FCC’s CBRS rules and 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards by defining how equipment and services should behave for reliable and interoperable OnGo deployments. The alliance’s certification framework validates that devices and systems interoperate correctly with CBRS spectrum access systems (SAS), environmental sensing capability (ESC) networks, and other required components of the CBRS architecture.
From an enterprise perspective, OnGo Alliance positions CBRS-based OnGo solutions as an option for private cellular networks that offer coverage, mobility, and traffic management using 3GPP technologies. Enterprises can deploy OnGo-based LTE or 5G networks for indoor and outdoor connectivity across campuses, industrial facilities, venues, and smart city infrastructure. The alliance provides deployment guidelines, use cases, and reference materials that describe how CBRS-based networks can coexist with Wi‑Fi and public mobile networks, and how they can be integrated into broader enterprise architectures for Operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT), and critical communications.
Technically, the alliance’s work references and operates within standardized architectures built on 3GPP LTE and 5G 5G New Radio (NR) (cellular networking), CBRS SAS/ESC frameworks (spectrum management), and IP-based backhaul and core networks (network architecture). By focusing on certification and interoperability, OnGo Alliance supports predictable behavior of CBRS devices with multiple Substation Automation System (SAS) providers and across different vendor implementations, which is relevant for multi-vendor environments and neutral host models where a single CBRS network can serve multiple mobile operators or enterprise tenants.
Within an enterprise technology directory, OnGo Alliance aligns with categories such as private cellular networking, shared spectrum connectivity, neutral host infrastructure, and wireless network certification and standards. Its content and programs are used by infrastructure planners, radio engineers, solution architects, and procurement teams evaluating CBRS-based products and services that carry the OnGo branding and certification marks for use in production networks.