fixed wireless

Wireless companies see 5G fixed wireless as alternative to wired home broadband NEW ORLEANS–On a January earnings call, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson characterized 5G as a viable replacement to fixed …

A critical challenge facing 4G LTE fixed wireless operators is how to cost-effectively increase site capacity.   Although there are many options available, including Massive MIMO, sectorization is one of the …

Follows customer-facing re-org also geared toward 5G sales cycle Nokia continues to reorganize its business and management structures ahead of an anticipated increase in 5G product sales in the 2019-2020 …

Initial Verizon 5G launch is fixed wireless offering Fixed wireless has been around since the days of 2G but there are converging factors that suggest the best days are still …

California-based fixed wireless provider details plans for extending rural broadband access into underserved and unserved markets GeoLinks, a California-based rural broadband provider, walked away from the U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s …

An interview with CENIC CEO Louis Fox reveals the interconnectedness and importance of broadband and wireless to researchers and community at large. CENIC — the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California …

  T-Mobile USA executives said something intriguing last week. They said they would consider the use of fixed wireless if the merger with Sprint is approved. While fixed wireless makes …

If FCC changes rules, rural fixed wireless service providers say they would be priced out of CBRS spectrum Only on the job for a month, and already Claude Aiken is …

Rural favorite LTE fixed wireless broadband — soon-to-be 5G —is forecast to grow 26% through 2022 The global fixed wireless broadband market will grow 30% in 2018 and generate $18 …

The Australian telco said it will use 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band Australian firm NBN Co., which is currently rolling out the country’s National Broadband Network (NBN), …

Industry experts talk fixed wireless opportunity While the big four U.S. carriers are locked in a 5G arms race that comes with a good deal of marketing hype, there are …

CommScope’s Morgan Kurk, EVP and COO, and Ben Cardwell, SVP of Mobility Solutions, sat down with RCR Wireless News during Mobile World Congress 2018 to share the company’s perspective on …

5G fixed wireless access use case brings new set of testing challenges With the 5G non-standalone (NSA) specification set for completion later this year along with the 3GPP tracking to …

Charter eyeing 5G fixed wireless broadband service U.S. cable operator Charter Communications said it is currently carrying out 5G testing in a move to use fixed wireless services to expand …

Planned 5G fixed wireless for residential broadband is “first slice” of Verizon’s future offering, Vestberg says With its Verizon 5G Technical Forum, and participation in the ongoing 3GPP standardization effort, …

As we talk to people around the world about the benefits of fiber-fast wireless broadband, we hear a lot of crazy rumors about fixed wireless, from the outdated to the …

Multi-layer convergence and new approach to network architecture in support of 5G 5G is all about more–more capacity provided in a more efficient manner that creates more value for consumers …

Samsung asks FCC for permission to test in high-frequency bands In a pair of recent requests for special temporary authority, Samsung Electronics America is asking the U.S. Federal Communications Commission …

Working with municipal stakeholders cuts costs, increases speed of rural deployments Of the more than 30 million people in the United States without access to the internet, some 6 million …

  In a recently published white paper, Maravedis discusses the advantages of using millimeter wave (mmWave) technologies, to deploy fiber-like, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). 5G FWA can provide gigabit broadband …

Pre-standard 5G fixed wireless deployments can be leveraged to add mobility Ongoing fiber deployments can be leveraged to build increasingly dense wireless networks at the macro level as well as …

The United States is big–around 3.8-million-square-miles–and has widely varied geography. As such, providing true nationwide broadband service is a heavy lift. And, naturally, service providers only have so much money …

Nokia working with Jordanian operator on fiber network build In Jordan, a country of more than 9 million people covering some 34,000 square miles, the vast majority of internet users …

CBRS focus often on private LTE for enterprise and industry, but what what the fixed wireless access use case targeting rural broadband deployments? The rugged Sierra Nevada foothills, which range …

Waco, Kalamazoo and South Bend will host new round of 5G fixed wireless access trials Building on initial enterprise and consumer trials in Austin, Texas, AT&T is now expanding its …