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FWA Unveils a
New Era of Home
Connectivity:
Fusion with AI
Drives Intelligent
Home Experiences
Taylor Yang
Vice President, 5G & LTE TDD
Product Line, Huawei
Globally, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) operators are adopting a dual-
is emerging as a critical solution for strategy approach—developing FWA 2025 is witnessing a deep
connecting homes and businesses. alongside fiber—to further increase integration of FWA and
More than 500 telecom operators market penetration. To enable the
AI in home connectivity.
across 176 countries and regions operators, regulators have allocated
AI is providing FWA
have deployed FWA services, and ample spectrum. With large
with unprecedented
over 50% of these deployments bandwidths, the guaranteed FWA
are supported by Huawei. Huawei's speed can reach 300 Mbps, which opportunities for
technology proves to be central to is comparable to fiber broadband. innovation regarding
this growth. With 5G-A FWA, operators can opt network optimization
for the innovative business model of
and resource allocation
FWA Is Powering Digital Inclusion & experience monetization. They can
accuracy, helping improve
Economic Growth Worldwide design differentiated offerings based
network efficiency and user
While bridging the digital divide, on service demands. For example,
FWA is creating significant benefits FWA's high speed and low latency experience.
for both telecom operators and make it an ideal match for gaming.
end users. The Middle East, in Du UAE has already blazed a trail in
particular, is rising as a global leader gaming packages. Such packages in Europe are projected to exceed
in FWA deployments powered by provide end users with good 10 million by end of 2025. This will
5G-Advanced (5G-A). The use experience and diversify the revenue not only accelerate FWA adoption,
cases that have been pioneered streams of telecom operators. but also boost the overall digital
by this region are now inspiring the economy.
operators elsewhere. Europe: 'One Village One Station' FWA
is Narrowing the Digital Divide Asia, Africa, and Latin America:
The Middle East: Leading 5G-A FWA The "One Village One Station" FWA Widespread Application of Low-Cost
Deployment and Service Innovation model is how European operators FWA
In 2024, operators from the Gulf bring network access to rural and In developing countries, FWA provides
Cooperation Council (GCC) member remote areas faster than other low-cost home connections that
countries have prioritized 5G-A FWA conventional solutions. In Finland, feature quick deployment. In the
as a key driver of home broadband. for example, FWA delivers home Philippines, for example, FWA has
In countries like United Arab broadband speeds up to 1 Gbps. been prioritized as the optimal
Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, According to GSA, CPE shipments solution to national 5G home
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