ITU 147d ago

This talk explores the evolution of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), tracing its historical foundations through to modern-day deployment trends. The FWA sector is experiencing explosive growth, with U.S. subscribers projected to surge from 6.9 million at the end of 2020 to 12.7 million by the end of 2025, driving annual core revenues from $4.4 billion to $10.9 billion. This boom validates FWA as a major force in the broadband market. The presentation focuses on a hybrid architecture strategy, detailing the use of unlicensed spectrum (5 GHz, 6 GHz) – for cost-effective, rapid deployment in broad areas (up to 2 Gbps per link) – and licensed LMDS at 28–31 GHz – which provides premium, predictable, multi-gigabit (1–10 Gbps) capacity for dense urban and enterprise needs. This approach to point to multipoint connectivity, championed by carriers like GeoLinks, maximizes market coverage and delivers fiber-like, interference-free connectivity while maintaining a significantly faster ROI (18–36 months) than fiber. Speaker: Sanyogita Shamsunder, Chief Technology Officer, GeoLinks Welcome remarks: Seizo Onoe, Director, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Opening remarks: Ian F. Akyildiz, Editor-in-Chief, ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU-J FET) Moderators: Bilel Jamoussi, Deputy Director of TSB | Chief, Study Groups & Policy Department (SPD), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Alessia Magliarditi, ITU Journal and ITU-T Academia Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) This webinar is organized by the ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET), an international journal providing complete coverage of all communications and networking paradigms, free of charge for both readers and authors. The ITU Journal considers yet-to-be-published papers addressing fundamental and applied research. Open topics for future research will be discussed. See more information on the ITU Journal webinar series and the open Calls for Papers for the upcoming ITU Journal’s issues here. 👉 Discover the ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET) here: https://itu.int/en/journal/j-fet/ 📅 Explore the full ITU Journal webinar series programme here: https://itu.int/en/journal/j-fet/webinars/ #ITU #ITUJFET