Predicting the Future with 2020 Vision

As consumers increasingly expect faster speeds and lower costs, telcos are under the spotlight like never before as they move to aggressive commercial deployment of next gen broadband networks, and attempt to beat out competitors to deliver on customer demands first.

But with so much changing already, it can be hard to predict what's coming up next, and what to focus on first. To help answer that question, we spoke with insights from executives who are the forefront of the industry, making the key decisions that will shape this future, to hear what they think will happen in 2020 and beyond.

To address customer, competitor and regulatory pressures, broadband service providers need to increase both service speeds and coverage. They are adopting different technologies for different service areas, always balancing potential service speed, cost and time-to-market, in order to provide ubiquitous ultra-broadband.

Fixed wireless access (FWA) technologies are – at long last – a viable tool in the toolkit, thanks to a combination of technological advances and shifting market trends. Mobile and converged communications service providers can use their licensed 4G and 5G spectrum in a “to-the-home” FWA solution to deliver ultra-broadband services to subscribers not just on the go but as a fixed-grade service in their homes.

This paper by Nokia outlines the developments that make FWA a compelling option for residential broadband and the technological and deployment considerations for 4G/5GTTH.

5G Fixed Wireless Access for Fixed-Grade Gigabit Services

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