Vendor Intracom Telecom and service provider GeoLinks said this week that they will conduct the first U.S. demonstration of GeoLinks’ multi-gig fixed wireless access (FWA) speeds via 29/31GHz licensed spectrum.
The demonstration, which will be conducted at the “WISPAPALOOZA 2025” conference in Las Vegas, will feature Intracom Telecom’s WiBAS G5 Point-to-Multipoint Smart Base Station.
WISPALALOOZA is scheduled for next week.
Telecompetitor reached out to Intracom Telecom for details about the multi-gig FWA technology. “The Fixed Wireless solution leverages Intracom’s technology over GeoLinks’ nationwide licensed LMDS spectrum, enabling WISPs to deliver fiber-like services,” a company spokesperson wrote. The press release stresses the value of using licensed spectrum for WFA. Intracom Telecom did not comment about how far multi-gig speeds could be delivered over FWA.
“This installation at the Rio Hotel not only demonstrates the power of our joint offering but also lays the foundation for WISPs to serve enterprise, wholesale, MDUs and multi-tenant markets with fiber-like performance at a fraction of the infrastructure cost,” Intracom Telecom USA CEO Kyriakos Vergos said in a press release about the multi-gig FWA technology.
The announcement of the demonstration came about a week after Intracom Telecom and enterprise connectivity provider BroadbandOne announced a strategic partnership to expand their broadband points of presence across Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida. The cooperative deal will combine Intracom Telecom’s mmWave fixed wireless access (FWA) technology and BroadOne’s service model.
FWA is gaining an ever-firmer foothold. In early May, Horowitz Research released research that said that 56% of non-FWA subscribers are likely to consider it when it comes available to them. The technology’s penetration rate – 12% – is a three-fold increase since the firm began covering the technology in 2023.
J.D. Power also is seeing the trend, Telecompetitor discussed FWA with Carl Lepper, the firm’s Senior Director of Technology/Media/Telecom Practice in late August. He said that the platform is getting “outstanding customer experience scores across the board” and characterized FWA as being “incredibly competitive” from a customer experience perspective, especially if providers like GeoLinks can offer multi-gig speeds.
