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INDUSTRY UPDATES
        22 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2024


        5G to Account for Significant Percentage of All FWA CPE Shipments



        New research from the Global Mobile
        Suppliers Association has found that
        5G will account for 42% of all fixed
        wireless access customer premise
        equipment shipped this year.

        That proportion is up from 34% last
        year, suggesting 5G is set become
        the majority FWA CPR technology
        next year, especially as the GSA also
        found that 4G FWA CPE shipments
        fell 5% between 2022 and 2023. These
        numbers should be taken with a
        small pinch of salt, however, since in
        the equivalent report last year the
        GSA forecast 5G would account for
        40% of the FWA CPE market last year,
        a number it has since significantly
        revised downward.

        “This year’s Fixed Wireless Access CPE
        market survey proves beyond doubt    steadily, without ever quite exploding.   device shipments and installed base,”
        that 5G FWA has hit the mainstream,”   Based on this survey, the GSA now   said Julien Grivolas, Chairman of the
        said John Yazlle, Vice-Chairman of   reckons shipments of FWA CPE are    GSA 4G/5G FWA Forum. “This unique
        the GSA 4G/5G FWA Forum. “Not only   expected to grow 23% to reach 37.5   survey plays an important role in
        has the growth in vendor shipments   million units this year. Furthermore,   providing facts and insights into the
        swung firmly behind 5G-enabled CPE   the geographic distribution is      true state of the fixed wireless access
        devices, but operators are turning to   widening, with all global regions now   market and how it is evolving and
        FWA as the key driver for monetising   well represented and India being   growing globally.”
        their 5G network investments.        especially 5G-centric. Millimetre
                                             wave remains very much a minority   It's hard to anticipate the market size
        “We see operators and vendors        spectrum technology, accounting     ceiling for FWA. On one hand it’s a
        continue to work hand-in-hand        for under 10% of all 5G FWA CPE     great alternative broadband
        on new innovations such as 5G        shipments.                          technology for anywhere that lacks
        standalone, Redcap, millimetre-                                          fixed-line infrastructure. One the other,
        wave and flexible self-install outdoor   “The purpose of the GSA 4G/5G FWA   wireless speeds and capacity will
        CPEs that will support the growth    Forum is to bring together the FWA   never come close to that offered by
        acceleration of 5G fixed wireless    ecosystem and educate the industry   fibre, so it’s hard to see any demand
        access services globally.”           about the FWA market as currently   for FWA anywhere that fibre is an
                                             there is a lack of market definition   option.
        The oval market continues to grow    and consensus on the volume of FWA




















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