Nextlink Internet, which was one of the biggest winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, said it has achieved speeds of 1 Gbps downstream and 500 Mbps upstream using fixed wireless equipment in the 6 GHz band….
Fixed Wireless
CMO Profiles Two Main Types of T-Mobile Fixed Wireless Customers
T-Mobile is seeing two primary types of customers for its fixed wireless offering, said Mike Katz, T-Mobile chief marketing officer, at an investor conference yesterday. It’s important information, considering that the company garnered 1 million fixed wireless customers within the…
T-Mobile Ratchets Up the Competition, Will Offer Bundled $30 Fixed Wireless Home Internet
T-Mobile aims to boost sales of its Home Internet fixed wireless offering via a range of promotions announced today under the Internet Freedom name. In addition, the company announced promotions for its T-Mobile Business Internet fixed wireless service and said…
UScellular Outlines Home Internet+ Fixed Wireless Pricing Strategy
UScellular has launched Home Internet+ fixed wireless service using 5G deployed in millimeter wave spectrum in 10 markets. A UScellular spokesperson confirmed to Telecompetitor in an email that the carrier is using its own spectrum to support the service. UScellular…
CEO: Rural Precision Playbook is T-Mobile’s Fixed Wireless Secret Sauce
T-Mobile has a secret sauce for selling T-Mobile Home fixed wireless service in rural areas that involves a granular competitive analysis of 775 sub-markets, said CEO Mike Sievert on the company’s first quarter earnings call yesterday. The company is seeing…
Verizon Broadband Business is Now Very Much a Fixed Wireless Story
Verizon was a pioneer in fiber broadband with its Fios product, having launched it well over 15 years ahead of the fiber frenzy we now find ourselves in. Fios was very much the heart of Verizon broadband, but that appears…
RDOF Winner Resound Networks’ Change of Plans Hits a Nerve with NRECA, NTCA
Two associations representing rural broadband providers sent a letter to the FCC late last week to express concerns about a reported change of plans by Resound Networks, which was one of the largest winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity…
T-Mobile Claims 1 Million Total Fixed Wireless Subs
After one year of operation, T-Mobile announced total fixed wireless customers just hit 1 million. The milestone was achieved earlier this month. The operator’s fixed wireless service is now available to 40 million households nationwide, with T-Mobile announcing 10 million…
WISPA Urges Technology-Neutral Approach for Broadband Infrastructure Program
The NTIA should use a technology-neutral approach in guidelines for broadband funding programs established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), said the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) in a letter sent this week to the chairmen of…
Research: T-Mobile Fixed Wireless is Overperforming in Rural Markets
One third of T-Mobile fixed wireless access (FWA) subscribers are in rural areas, according to an estimate from telecom financial analysts at MoffettNathanson. It’s a surprising finding, considering that the analysts estimate that only 6% of locations that can get…
Illinois Electric Cooperative Uses Fixed Wireless for CAF II Build
Illinois Electric Cooperative (IEC) said it will use funding received through the Connect America Fund II (CAF II) auction to deploy fixed wireless in rural Pike County. IEC will use technology from Ericsson and Xtreme LTE for the deployment, which…
T-Mobile Continues FWA Rollout with 5G Home Internet Push in Four Southern States
T-Mobile continued to roll out its 5G Home Internet fixed wireless access (FWA) service with an announcement of the availability of the service to almost 3 million homes in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. The service now is available to…
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