Fixed Wireless is a hot topic, especially with 5G. We made a tutorial on that back in 2018, available here. While there are many different CPEs (Customer Premises Equipments) available, for the big players as well as the smaller ones, Nokia's FastMile caught my attention.
The Australian operator Optus has been selling and promoting the FastMile solution for FWA in Aus. You can see a lot of unboxing videos on YouTube, one nice one here.
There are couple of solutions available. In our tutorial, we talk about a combined CPE + router in a box and a separate CPE whose output is connected to a router. Nokia has a solution for both of these.
The FastMile 5G Gateways (link) is the combined CPE + router. The video below shows how it works.
The FastMile 5G Receiver on the other hand is just a 5G CPE whose output is then connected to a router to create a hotspot. The video below sort of explains it:
Nokia is enjoying reasonable success with FastMile which can be seen from some of their announcements on the web. One such embedded as Tweet below:
We are powering East Africa’s first #5G commercial services with @SafaricomPLC. Our 5G #SRAN technology and 5G FastMile gateways enable ultra-fast #FWA services to Safaricom’s subscribers across Kisumu and the Western Province of Kenya. https://t.co/PKPTB0gnxd pic.twitter.com/AmV5qmMt5T
— Nokia for CSPs (@nokianetworks) March 26, 2021
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