5G Fixed Wireless Access Could Serve Nearly Half of U.S. Rural Households with High-Speed Broadband, New Study Finds

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5G Fixed Wireless Access Could Serve Nearly Half of U.S. Rural Households with High-Speed Broadband, New Study Finds

5G FWA offers a "future-proof", rapidly deployable, and cost-effective option to help close the digital divide as federal and state policymakers implement historic broadband infrastructure funding programs enacted by Congress


 

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) services could serve 8.4 million rural households—nearly half the rural homes in the U.S.—with a "future-proof", rapidly deployable, and cost-effective high-speed broadband option, according to a new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) study commissioned by CTIA, the wireless industry association.