Nokia held its annual Fixed Networks Analyst meeting this week, and we were impressed with the company’s progress. While the company explained that the BEAD program has slipped an estimated 6-9 months, it shared that its pipeline of deals remains healthy. The company characterized that BEAD will go through its… Read More »Nokia Broadband Strategy Rapidly Adapting to Changes
One of the more interesting markets we research is the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market. On June 27, 2022, Wisper Internet CEO and Founder, Nathan Stooke, interviewed Tarana Wireless President, Dirk Gates. We found the interview reveals some interesting trends underway in the Wireless ISP (WISP) market and the FWA… Read More »Wisper and Tarana Interview captures Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Industry Status
Yesterday, analyst Chris DePuy joined Water Tower Research analyst John Roy in a discussion about the 60 GHz wireless market. If you want to learn more about this emerging market, please listen in to this 30 minute interview about 60 GHz. During the interview, John asked Chris about how fast… Read More »650 Group Interview about 60 Ghz Wireless Market and a Follow-Up about Throughput and Range
Nokia reiterated its commitment to 25G PON in its two-day briefing with industry researchers this week. It also shared some interesting commentary about is progress with Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and its consumer Wi-Fi devices. But, what makes Nokia’s 25G announcement so interesting is that there is significant controversy associated… Read More »Nokia Fixed Networks Group Counting on 25G PON
Today’s big news from the FCC is that it will open up 6 GHz to Wi-Fi and other unlicensed uses. The FCC authorizes “1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band (5.925–7.125 GHz) available for unlicensed use,” and further explains that it authorizes “standard-power devices in 850 megahertz in the 6… Read More »Six Groups of Companies That Benefit From FCC’s Vote To Open Up 6 GHz
We attended the CBRS Alliance event in Washington DC today, and by our rough estimate, about 350-400 people were in attendance representing groups such as regulators, legislators, lawyers, technology vendors, property owners, service providers, investors, media and analysts. We were impressed with the widespread interest in the new shared spectrum… Read More »CBRS Alliance event marks the launch of OnGo and Initial Commercial Deployment
We attended media briefings at the Keysight World conference held near San Francisco, California, yesterday. Keysight World San Francisco showed a more integrated Ixia as well as a further push towards 5G, automotive and energy, and data center and telecom. Much of the companies conversations during the event related to synergies… Read More »Keysight World San Francisco Update on 5G and Pervasive Ethernet
Our big takeaway from its recent global analyst meeting was that Nokia is formalizing its enterprise business. Of course, the company’s primary business, which focuses on telecom service providers, is undergoing major product updates, including towards 5G, Fixed Wireless Access and towards network slicing. We have published about these topics… Read More »Nokia Analyst Meeting UPdate; A Focus on Enterprise
We attended Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCa) in Los Angeles, CA this week, as well as the AT&T Spark event in San Francisco. Since 5G is launching first the US, these two events became the public events where significant 5G-related announcements happened. Verizon. Will launch 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)… Read More »Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCa) And AT&T Spark – All About 5G
We attended the Nokia Fixed Broadband group analyst meeting in Tokyo last week and found that the company’s portfolio is expanding rapidly. The company’s view is that capital spending at its customers will be flat in future, and therefore the company is taking the approach to grow its portfolio beyond… Read More »Nokia Fixed Broadband Update From Tokyo
