Solutions / Access & Edge
Fixed Wireless Access
Broadband to the home over LTE or 5G, for ISPs that need to reach customers fibre cannot, and for MNOs that want to monetise spare capacity on their radio network.
Why FWA
Where fibre ends, FWA takes over.
Laying fibre to every home in a country is uneconomic outside dense urban areas. Fixed Wireless Access delivers tens of Mbps to a household over LTE or 5G, using outdoor or indoor CPE. It is the fastest-growing broadband technology in markets where fibre penetration stalled.
LTE and 5G FWA
Sub-6 and mmWave options. Carrier-grade CPE with external antenna support for fringe coverage. Indoor units for dense urban.
Bundled billing
Voice, data and messaging plans in one bill. Prepaid and postpaid. Self-care portal, payments, top-ups, family data sharing.
ISP extension
Extend a fibre ISP into wireless broadband without building a mobile network. Lease capacity from an MNO, brand it your own, bill your own customers.
The economics
Capex per subscriber, not per kilometre.
Fibre economics are about cost-per-metre-of-trench. FWA economics are about cost-per-subscriber-acquired. Where the population is dense enough to fill a sector but spread enough that fibre is uneconomic, FWA wins.
Cost comparison
Fibre-to-the-home in a suburban area: $1,200-$2,500 per home passed, with take-rate risk. Fibre that nobody signs up for is a write-off.
FWA CPE: $150-$400 per active subscriber. Capital deployed only against confirmed demand.
The decision is rarely fibre-or-FWA. It is fibre-in-dense-areas-and-FWA-everywhere-else. We help operators run both layers from one BSS.
Field note
“Extending voice services into remote and rural areas: cost-effective LTE wireless solutions to rapidly and efficiently deliver high-speed broadband connectivity.” FWA stopped being a stopgap. In markets where fixed broadband penetration stalled at 30%, FWA is how the next 40% of households get online.
We deliver the radio side, the BSS and the customer-acquisition stack.
What we deliver
End-to-end FWA operation.
Capacity planning
Sectorisation, frequency planning, contention ratios. Capacity dimensioning against actual subscriber take-up, not optimistic forecasts.
CPE logistics
Procurement, configuration, distribution. Indoor and outdoor units. Self-install kits where possible, professional install where not.
BSS and self-care
Customer onboarding, plan selection, payments, top-ups, ticketing. Branded portal. Mobile app integration.
Network operations
Per-sector usage monitoring, congestion alerts, capacity upgrades triggered before customers complain.
Fixed wireless access (FWA) delivers broadband over cellular radio instead of fixed lines: 4G LTE or 5G to an outdoor CPE, subscribers online in days instead of the months a fibre build takes. For operators, the economics invert: capex per subscriber connected, not per home passed — which is why FWA is the fastest-growing broadband technology in markets where fibre gaps remain.
Launch economics: what market reports do not tell you.
The analyst reports (Mordor, Fortune BI, Grand View) quantify the FWA market — GCC alone: ~$0.82B in 2025, heading to ~$2.4B by 2030. What they do not publish is the operator’s spreadsheet:
| FWA (5G mid-band) | FTTH (fibre) | |
|---|---|---|
| Capex per subscriber | CPE + sector capacity (shared) | Per home passed, even if never connected |
| Time to first revenue | Days to weeks | Months to quarters |
| Take-up risk | Low: deploy where demand is | High: build first, hope they come |
| Capacity ceiling | Sector throughput (manage per cell) | Effectively unlimited |
| Best for | Suburban, rural, rapid launch | Dense urban, long-term density |
The operator’s playbook: FWA where fibre is slow to reach, fibre where density pays for the dig. The two are complements, not competitors.
What we handle end to end.
- Capacity planning: per-sector throughput modelling, spectrum reuse, cell sizing from subscriber forecasts
- CPE logistics: outdoor/indoor units, sourcing, provisioning, self-install vs technician
- BSS and self-care: convergent billing (FWA + mobile on one invoice), usage caps, self-care portal
- Network operations: 24/7 NOC, per-cell monitoring, subscriber quality tracking
Frequently asked
How fast can we launch an FWA service?
With existing spectrum and our enablement: weeks from agreement to first paying subscriber. Fibre build in the same area: months to quarters.
Do we need our own spectrum?
Ideally yes (5G mid-band n78/n41). If you do not hold spectrum, we structure the host-network agreement with an MNO that does.
What CPE do we need?
Outdoor directional units for low-density areas with weaker signal; indoor self-install where mid-band coverage is strong. We source, provision and manage logistics.
Can FWA and fibre coexist?
They should. FWA captures revenue fast where fibre is slow to reach; fibre wins long-term in dense areas. The MVNA model applies: lease the capacity you do not own.
Next
Want to launch an FWA service?
Tell us the geography, the host network and the target subscriber count. We will scope the radio plan, the CPE logistics and the BSS.