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5G FWA is on the rise, but it’s still a fiber world
Analyst reports say 5G FWA will gain ground as an alternative broadband technology over the next five years, but it’s still a drop in a very large fiber ocean. Read more…
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Aussies keen on 5G as home broadband option: report
Good news for Australian operators scrambling to launch 5G services – unlike in the US, there’s actually more consumer interest in 5G … as a home broadband option. A recent research report from Australian technology Read more…
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XL Axiata and Nokia trial wireless PON in Kota Tua
Nokia and XL Axiata say they have successfully deployed the first ‘wireless PON’ (WPON) service in Indonesia as part of a technology trial during a regional sporting event in the Kota Tua area of Jakarta. Read more…
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CMHK tests 5G home device, calls it “end to end” 5G
China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) says it has successfully completed “end-to-end” 5G network testing in a lab using a CPE device, indicating that CMHK intends to launch 5G initially as a fixed-wireless service. The CPE Read more…
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5G Hype War comes to Philippines as Globe reveals launch timetable
ITEM: The 5G war is officially on in the Philippines, with Globe Telecom formally announcing plans to launch a fixed-wireless service using 5G by the second quarter of next year. Like a number of early Read more…
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NBN Co kills 100-Mbps fixed wireless plan because it’s too expensive
ITEM: Australia’s NBN Co has backed off from its promise to provide fixed-wireless customers with maximum connection speeds of 100 Mbps because it’s just too expensive. According to ABC, NBN Co told Parliament in January Read more…
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Qualcomm chips in on Facebook’s Terragraph fixed-wireless tech
Qualcomm announced that it will supply chipsets to Facebook’s Terragraph technology and help develop a multi-node 60-GHz wireless system designed to provide fiber-like connectivity for dense urban areas. Terragraph – which is being developed under Read more…
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5G really is coming faster, thanks to US-China feud: TBR
ITEM: While most operators are in no hurry to invest in 5G, that doesn’t mean telecoms vendors are wrong to say that that 5G is arriving sooner than expected, says analyst firm TBR. It is indeed Read more…
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Sri Lanka Telecom and ZTE test fixed-wireless LTE-A Pro
ZTE has announced a partnership with Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) to complete a PoC verification test in Colombo for its fixed-wireless eWBB solution using LTE-A Pro. In the test, ZTE used its TD-LTE eWBB solution Read more…