ISE Magazine, August 2018
AUGUST 2018 WWW ISEMAG COM 123 5G LTE is the most widely used technology to provide fixed wireless broadband service across the world Fixed LTE is deployed mainly for residential broadband service in the areas where fixed broadband infrastructure is poor enabling operators to provide residential broadband service more cost effectively compared to wired broadband deployment In April 2018 US operator Verizon announced its plans to launch 5G fixed wireless broadband service to its residential customers in the second half of 2018 Verizon plans to first launch 5G fixed wireless broadband service in California followed by additional markets later and expects initial 5G fixed wireless broadband deployment to cover around 30 million US households In addition to Verizon other operators including AT T and Charter are also carrying out 5G fixed wireless broadband tests in select markets in the US 5G fixed wireless trials are not limited to North America In Europe Orange Elisa and telecom infrastructure company Arqiva are performing 5G fixed wireless trials In APAC Australias Optus is planning for a 5G fixed wireless service launch in 2019 5G fixed broadband access is expected to enable robust services with a reliable capacity to meet the need of residential broadband users 5G technology can support a theoretical speed up to 20 Gbps with latency 1 ms enabling operators to provide superior broadband access without installing fiber optic cables to every single household Early 5G fixed wireless broadband access is likely to focus in dense urban areas and roll out in rural areas when 5G is widely launched commercially ABI Research forecasts worldwide fixed wireless broadband markets to grow at CAGR 26 to generate 452 billion in 2022 These findings are from ABI Researchs LTE and 5G Fixed Broadband Markets report For more information please visit https www abiresearch com market research product 1030475 lte and 5g fixed broadband markets This report is part of the companys Video VR OTT research service which includes research data and Executive Foresights For more information please visit https www abiresearch com market research service video vr ott nKhin Sandi Lynn is Industry Analyst at ABI Research She has several years of experience in pay TV broadband and Wi Fi CPE markets For more information please email pr@ abiresearch com or visit www abiresearch com Wireless
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