by Pivot
Tag: WISP
360 Broadband: Texas and Oklahoma Wireless ISPs Merge
Two regional service providers – 360 Communications and 903 Broadband – merged last month to create a new company called 360 Broadband. The company will serve almost 16,000 customers in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. To…
Element8 Investment in Wisper ISP Brings Two Fixed Wireless Providers Together
Element8, a broadband provider with a focus on fixed wireless access (FWA), said today that it has made a “transformational” investment in Wisper ISP, another broadband provider with an FWA focus. Element8 will invest $151…
WISPs Face a Few More Hurdles Before They Can Use the 5.9 GHz Band
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…