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04 EDITORIAL
Bocar A. BA
Editorial Director 18 OBSERVATIONS BY SAMENA
Izhar Ahmad COUNCIL 5G Standalone (SA)
Networks as a Bedrock
Contributing Editors for Intelligent FWA
Ali Tahir 21 INDUSTRY UPDATES Services
Javaid Akhtar Malik • Brightspeed Joins Forces with Verizon
for Fixed-Wireless Push
Knowledge Contributions • Vodafone Offers 300Mbps Speeds 12
Huawei
with New FWA Home 5G Service
stc Kuwait
• Netcracker Supports Odido’s Fixed-
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• Hi3G Denmark's FWA Rollout Takes
Advertising Flight with Vantiva Falcon 5G
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• Greece’s OTE Deploys Fixed Wireless Connectivity: stc
to Stem Rural Churn to Starlink et al Kuwait’s baity 5G Home
• Nokia Enhances Wi-Fi 7-Enabled FWA Broadband Revolution
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