The appeals court decision last week upholding the FCC’s plans to make 45 MHz of spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band available for unlicensed use was good news for wireless internet service providers (WISPs), who want to use the spectrum…
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WISPA CEO: Fiber Doesn’t Make Sense Everywhere; Gigabit FWA Gains Traction
As the government gets set to make an unprecedented level of funding available to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband to unserved rural areas, it may not make sense to dedicate funding only to fiber broadband, said Claude…
WISPA Plans Climate Resilience Industry Certification
Citing the challenges posed by severe weather, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) is developing a Climate Resilience Industry Certification. According to WISPA, this is the first-ever certification program designed to protect vulnerable internet and cloud access from climate-related…
WISPA to States: Ignore the Feds on ARPA Wired Broadband Requirement
The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) has sent a letter to the governors of all 50 states asking them to ignore a prohibition against using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) broadband funding for fixed wireless deployments. “This approach will…
WISPs Warn Congress Against 100 Mbps Symmetrical Speed Target
As Congress considers an infrastructure funding bill, wireless internet service providers (WISPs) are asking legislators not to be too aggressive in setting broadband speed targets. Doing so would delay broadband deployment and could be anti-competitive, more than 400 WISPs argue…
Billions in Funding From ARPA May Pit Rural Carriers Against One Another
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) includes up to $350 billion in funding to be distributed to the states for a variety of projects, broadband included. Rules for how that funding can be allocated are being finalized through the Treasury…
Fixed Wireless Forecast: 12.7 Million Subscribers by 2025 with Improving ARPU
A fixed wireless forecast from the Carmel Group and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association calls for improved economics and average revenue per user (ARPU), as well as strong subscriber and revenue growth. Fixed wireless providers increasingly are using a…
Spectrum Auctions Update: WISPA Event Sheds Light on Fixed Wireless Implications
The boom in fixed wireless deployments has been driven by a combination of technology advances and greater availability of suitable spectrum – and the fixed wireless industry is eyeing more spectrum that the government expects to make available. In a…
California Fixed Wireless Providers Cal.net and Winters Broadband to Merge
Shingle Springs, California-based Cal.net and Winters, California-based Winters Broadband are merging, the companies announced today. Both companies offer broadband service using fixed wireless technology. The combined companies will operate under the Cal.net name, and will operate over a territory of…
WISPA: Path to Gigabit Plan Could Reduce Rural Broadband Subsidies
If at least 200 MHz of point-to-point mid-band spectrum were made available for fixed wireless, the U.S. could reduce the need to subsidize rural broadband deployments, said Claude Aiken, president and CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA),…
Rural WISP to Trial 5G Capable Network in Partnership with Ericsson, Xtreme LTE
Data Stream Broadband, a Florida based rural WISP, is adding 5G capability in parts of rural Virginia using Ericsson equipment. Data Stream intends to partner with Spotsylvania county for a 5G proof of concept trial with the deployment. Data Stream…
Wisper Internet Expands Relationship with Microsoft to Include Digital Literacy
Wisper Internet and Microsoft have broadened the companies’ relationship in the Airband initiative to include the latter’s global skills initiaitive, which offers curated learning for subscribers in the wireless ISP’s six state footprint. Microsoft’s global skills initiative has elements from…
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