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EDITORIAL
4 APRIL-JUNE 2024

Draft
FWA: A New

Era of

Broadband

Empowerment

Bocar A. BA
Chief Executive Officer
& Board Member
SAMENA Telecommunications
Council

Announced at the second forum of the SAMENA Across all geographies, including the SA-ME-NA
Council-supported ELITE FWA Club earlier this and Central Asia regions, based on the observa-
year, we have witnessed the start of a new digital tions of the ELITE FWA Club members and pre-
transformation era in Kuwait, led by stc’s 5G home dictions from the Industry, 5G FWA will continue
broadband solutions, which not only support 5G to grow. This is so not only because of the much
investment monetization efforts but shed light on higher speeds afforded by 5G FWA, but due to the
how 5G Fixed Wireless Access services can catch end-to-end experience and choice that can be
momentum in the region and the neighboring offered with FWA.
regions, where 5G adoption is on the rise.
FWA is deployed in areas with limited optical fiber
Currently, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) adoption penetration, to achieve rapid connectivity and
rate is about 50% for all 5G networks, which are digital inclusion, hence user growth. Th technology
expanding at a fast pace, giving 5G rollouts an is already demonstrating how operators can
unprecedented edge over previous generations fast-track investment recovery, while making
of mobile technology rollouts. Already about two remarkable contributions to digital inclusion, SME
billion 5G connections are in existence, presenting business enablement through 5G private lines,
a solid case for FWA deployment and leveraging and a myriad of business and end-user services.
this fixed high-speed broadband technology to
meet requirements for both connectivity and digi-
tal-economic growth.

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