Understanding How Businesses Can Leverage the Fixed Wireless Access Opportunity

FWA has other benefits beyond base connectivity. With a shorter deployment cycle than wired broadband, FWA can allow a growing business to stand up new locations faster, driving agility and accelerating growth. This is particularly helpful in mining and construction where the job sites may be remote and/or temporary in nature.

As carriers expand FWA service, businesses have the opportunity to consolidate and streamline broadband access through a single provider, which simplifies deployment and results in cost savings through quantity discounts. Moreover, as companies enable remote workforces, they may choose to leverage FWA for a dedicated business-only broadband connection to an employee's home. Setting up such a connection can be a cost-effective way of ensuring productivity and improving security. It is also more efficient than reimbursing employeesfor their home broadband connection.

For operators, using the same 5G network for both mobile broadband service and FWA means getting more bang for the capex buck. On a 5G network, there is no need to install additional RAN infrastructure, and managing multiple services on the same core network becomes easier because of 5G's ability to leverage software-defined networking and virtualization. 5G aside, FWA allows carriers to offer a new service to bundle with their mobile service, driving revenue growth.