Milpitas, California — September 17, 2024 — Tarana today announced progress with three veteran cable operators, representing significant uptake of the company’s next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) broadband technology in the US cable industry.
Tarana’s ngFWA technology is the first of its kind to deliver truly fiber-class broadband with wireless economics and scalability. After launching commercially in late 2021, ngFWA first took off with wireless internet service providers like Wisper and Nextlink. Now more operator segments — cable companies in particular — are turning to ngFWA to enhance and extend their broadband networks, opening new doors for their businesses.
Most recently, Cox — the largest private broadband company in the United States — began a field pilot with Tarana equipment in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum to tap new market opportunities. Cox will be highlighting Tarana’s ngFWA technology with a live demo in their booth (#2447) at the SCTE Tech Expo in Atlanta, Georgia next week, September 24 — 26.
In April, Tarana announced their partnership with Mediacom, the fifth largest cable company in the United States. Mediacom is using ngFWA to meet RDOF requirements and expand their footprint of reliable, high-speed internet to thousands of unserved households in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. “The Tarana solution that we are deploying is highly effective in helping Mediacom meet and exceed its RDOF deployment obligations.” said Fuad Alnajjar, Mediacom’s Vice President of Business Engineering.
Midco, a leading connectivity company that offers services including cable TV, phone, and internet, is using Tarana ngFWA for 11 Connect America Fund (CAF) buildouts where deployment costs and challenging terrain rendered both fiber and legacy FWA solutions impractical. Delivering high-speed broadband for just $39/month, Midco’s wireless offering is highly competitive and allows them to extend their business into new markets.
“We began deploying Tarana’s solution this year, and it’s enabled us to increase the available bandwidth and better serve our customers,” said Midco Chief Operating Officer Ben Dold. “Tarana has been a great partner, and it’s clear they have a vested interest in our success.”
Each of these operators, and more than 250 others around the world, are leveraging Tarana ngFWA as a replacement for legacy FWA equipment, and as a complement to their existing networks to enhance coverage and capacity wherever adding more wired connections is too costly or time-consuming.
After another recent press release announcing ngFWA adoption by UScellular, the nation’s fifth largest mobile network operator, it is clear that Tarana’s technology is gaining momentum in the cable industry and other segments — all of which are seeking a more efficient and effective way to deliver high-speed broadband.
