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5G FWA:

Defining the

Future of Home

Yang Tao
Vice President of Huawei's
5G<E TDD Product Line Broadband

5G FWA is developing rapidly world- have come to market. These make
wide, which has become a main- the FWA industry poised for faster With the rapid develop-
stream service for more than half of global expansion. According to the ment of 5G technologies,
5G operators and has achieved rapid Fixed Wireless Access CPE Vendor fixed wireless access
growth in various markets around Survey report 2023 on the GSA offi- (FWA) is gradually defining
the world. Featuring fast deployment, cial website, it is estimated that 21.6
excellent user experience, and good million indoor CPEs, 3 million outdoor the future of home broad-
ROI (Return on investment), FWA CPEs, and 7.4 million other types of band. With its advantages
is growing faster than other home CPEs such as MIFI will be shipped in such as fast deployment,
broadband mode in many countries 2024. high-quality experience,
and has become the best way for and good ROI (Return on
operators to rapidly expand their user FWA services are diversifying home
base, accelerate business success, broadband services and booming in investment), 5G FWA has
and fulfill the social responsibility of all regions around the world. become the first choice
providing universal home broad- In leading FWA markets, such as the for home broadband
band coverage. According to multiple Middle East, the emergence of 8K services around the world.
industry predictions, in the next five video and cloud gaming diversifies This article will explore
years, the number of 5G FWA users home broadband services and raises
will soar from 12 million to 50 million. the demand for high-speed home the growth of 5G FWA in
Embracing the strong growth broadband, particularly for higher different markets, its tech-
momentum of FWA, the 5G FWA bandwidth, faster video rates, and nology evolution, and the
industry has become mature. By the lower gaming latency. Multi-carrier FWA end-to-end solu-
end of 2023, GSA announced that aggregation and user service expe- tions which accelerate
261 manufacturers have launched rience assurance enable FWA ser-
308 types of 5G CPEs, among which vice rate of up to 500 Mbps, which the sustainable develop-
at least 209 types area available ensures a video or gaming experi- ment of FWA, revealing
for commercial use. The price of 5G ence as good as or even better than how 5G FWA will shape the
CPEs will continue decreasing to a that with optical fibers. On the other new landscape of home
range from USD40 to USD60 in 2024, side, Redcap technologies and CPEs broadband services.
approximating that of 4G CPEs. In have been made mature to help
addition, high-performance CPEs that operators accelerating the migration
support 3CC aggregation for 5.5G of 4G WTTx users to 5G and quickly

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