|
Your Wireless Connection
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fierce Wireless – ABI Research forecasts that 5G FWA subscriptions will reach 72 million by 2027, representing 35% of the total FWA market five years from now. The firm noted that LTE FWA services are already widely deployed worldwide, but they often can’t provide the speeds required to compete with wired broadband connections. However, 5G FWA can offer data rates rivaling fiber, making it a competitive alternative to wired broadband solutions, the research firm said. Read More
|
|
Inside Towers – T-Mobile asked the FCC for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to use the 2.5 GHz spectrum it won in Auction 108. As the big winner in last year’s spectrum auction, the carrier bid $304 million for more than 7,000 county-based licenses covering 81 million people primarily in rural areas. Read More
|
|
Inside Towers – The past two years have been a phenomenal period in the U.S. wireless industry. Mobile network operator capital expenditure reached an all-time high of $48.3 billion in 2022. For the next several years, wireless capex will decline to prior year levels. This drop was not unexpected, however, as our year-ago analysis showed. Read More
|
|
|
Light Reading – The views of telcos, Big Tech giants, regulators and the European Commission on the issue of so-called fair contributions clashed during a Politico event sponsored by the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO). Read More
|
|
Inside Towers – Car connectivity will accelerate over the rest of the decade driven by two factors, a higher proportion of new cars having embedded 4G or 5G, and replacement of old cars under the characteristic 12-to-16-year cycle, according to a report by ReThink Technology Research. Read More
|
|
|
|
Inside Towers – “This year we want to shift the focus of the tower panel and talk about the role that service companies and construction companies all play to make the tower industry what we are,” said Pat Troxell-Tant, CEO at Vogue Towers LLC. Read More
|
|
RCR Wireless News – Anterix is around the halfway point of clearing its nationwide 900 MHz spectrum, and its focus on utilities is paying off with four customers in hand and a pipeline of another 60 investor-owned utilities worth around $3 billion. Read More
|
|
|
Verizon – Verizon Frontline debuted two deployable asset prototypes from the floor of the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE), adding to its current fleet of nearly 600 deployable assets available to support public safety agencies and first responders nationwide. Read More
|
|
KMBC – Organizers started work making sure a few hundred thousand NFL fans will have reliable Wi-Fi connection at the 2023 NFL Draft in Kansas City. Crews will be installing Google Fiber 5G at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Read More
|
|
|
|
|
|
Upcoming Events
Training & Education Center
|
|
|
  
This newsletter is brought to you by the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
Click here to subscribe.
For information or association membership, email membership@wia.org
To advertise, email Ashley.Jackson@wia.org or Jan.Smith@wia.org.
For information on Connect (X) email Sarah.Channon@wia.org
For information on Training and Education, email Alexander.Golden@wia.org
Click here to see past issues.
|
|
