Driven by the national strategy of "Broadband China" and the national policy of "Speeding up and Reducing Fees", China's broadband industry has developed rapidly. By the end of November, 2020, China's optical fiber users accounted for 93.4% of the total number of broadband users, and those with 100Mbps or above accounted for 89.4%. In rural and remote areas, 98% of administrative villages have achieved "double connectivity" (optical fiber, 4G).

Overseas, few countries can reach the level of infrastructure deployment in China, so FWA has become a common alternative to broadband.

Take the United States as an example

America's optical fiber network coverage is only 32%. Head operators such as Verizon AT&T have announced that their 5G rate advanced military field is FWA.

Especially during the epidemic period, a stable and high-speed network has become an urgent need for people to work and study at home.

With the development of 5G communication technology, 5G FWA has become a new opportunity to replace the last mile fiber access in overseas markets.

What is FWA?

FWA fixed wireless access uses 4G/5G and other wireless access methods instead of copper cable and optical fiber to provide Internet services for users.

Up to now, more than 120 countries around the world have deployed 4G FWA solutions on more than 492 networks, serving 100 million households.

It has been proved that FWA based on LTE can provide continuous high-quality broadband access in various usage scenarios and different market conditions.

It is estimated that by 2022, FWA services based on LTE will account for 40% of all fixed wireless broadband users. Among them, 5G FWA service users will account for 16%.

What's so special about 5G FWA?

For areas with low penetration rate of fixed broadband, 5G FWA can be used to drive broadband services for the first time, reaching the Internet access speed near optical fiber.

For countries with high fixed broadband penetration, 5G FWA can challenge traditional services such as DSL/Fiber/Cable to provide more cost-effective services.

5G FWA can supplement and expand the services of existing traditional operators. In addition to eMBB service features, it also supports mMTC and uRLLC, which can realize a variety of innovative services such as Internet of Vehicles and Internet of Things.

5G FWA can also provide privacy, stability and customization (location area, multi-bandwidth) services in Industry 4.0.

With the development of 5G technology, 5G FWA can provide users with a better Internet experience, and can meet the medium and long-term fixed broadband business needs of smart home, 4K, AR/VR and small and medium-sized enterprises in the future.

"5G FWA can reach the FWA rate of GHz, and the time delay can be as low as 1ms, and its response time is equivalent to that of fixed connection.

Compared with optical fiber connection, it can become a truly competitive technology, while retaining its convenience and cost advantages. FWA has entered the era of wireless optical fiber, and is reshaping broadband connection, so that families and small and medium-sized enterprises can access high-speed Internet services without optical fiber connection, thus rapidly entering the digital era;

With the continuous development of science and technology, users' requirements for network speed and stability are increasing.

5G FWA can be widely used in rural areas, towns, hospitals, enterprises, factories, communities and other application scenarios to provide more convenient and efficient Internet services for people's work and life.