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CPE products developed for a total tract is about $200m but that Orex SAI to support 5G FWA services and it’ll
addressable FWA services market of is currently in line for deals worth $1bn be interesting to see if Surge deploys
up to 25 million households over the over nine years, about one-third of third-party Open RAN radio units as
next five years. Surge’s planned $3bn 5G FWA invest- part of this particular deployment
ment budget. Orex SAI’s CTO, Sadayuki over time or whether it will stick with a
Open RAN in the mix Abeta, declined to comment on that single vendor.
Now Surge has also signed a deal reported contract value when asked
with Orex SAI for the provision of 5G about the Asia Nikkei report by Tele- Notably, Nokia was namechecked in
Open RAN FWA network equipment comTV. the initial deal in March as a potential
(including RAN and 5G core platform provider of 5G FWA CPE units and fixed
technology from NEC) to be deployed The two parties initially signed a network (optical, router) technology,
at up to 4,800 base stations in the memorandum of understanding late but it has not been mentioned in the
initial deployment phase. Orex SAI will last year and struck an initial agree- contract announcement.
also provide systems integration and ment in March this year to develop a
network deployment support services. field trial of 5G Open RAN technology. Orex SAI CEO Hiroshi Kobayashi
TelecomTV is awaiting further details, Orex SAI subsequently established a stated: “Together with Surge, we have
including how many premises will be local subsidiary, PT Orex SAI Indone- developed a scalable 5G FWA 1.4GHz
reached with this initial base station sia, which developed the world’s first solution that has progressed to the
deployment. type-approved radio unit (RU) for commercial stage. We are honoured
the n50 (1.4 GHz) frequency band in to launch this world-first Open RAN
A contract value was not shared by Indonesia. FWA 1.4GHz initiative in Indonesia and
the parties but a recent report from Now a commercial contract has been remain committed to delivering tech-
Asia Nikkei (subscription required) signed and Indonesia is to witness a nologies that empower communities
suggests the value of this initial con- major rollout of Open RAN technology and accelerate digital growth.”

GeoLinks Partners with Intracom Telecom to Advance Secure, High-
Speed Fixed Wireless

Move over fiber, fixed wireless access will showcase “fiber-like, interference- Intracom Telecom USA CEO Kyriakos
wants to become the speed king of free performance,” a milestone in Vergos said the collaboration “lays
the internet. fixed wireless connectivity, according the foundation for Wireless Internet
to a press release. Service Providers to serve enterprise,
A global telecommunications wholesale, and multi-tenant markets
solutions provider says it will The companies said the with fiber-like performance at a
showcase at an upcoming demonstration will give attendees a fraction of the cost.”
broadband event a fixed wireless firsthand look at licensed spectrum’s
solution that can reach “fiber-like” secure, high-capacity capabilities By combining GeoLinks’ licensed
speeds. across diverse environments. Both spectrum and hybrid fiber-wireless
companies said the project highlights infrastructure with Intracom Telecom’s
Intracom Telecom offers wireless their commitment to expanding WiBAS G5 technology, the companies
access, transmission, software, broadband access and closing the said they aim to redefine fixed
smart city, surveillance, and energy digital divide. wireless performance.
solutions. Together with service
provider GeoLinks, they announced “[This] marks a turning point for Intracom Telecom advocated for their
the first U.S. live demonstration GeoLinks and for the U.S. fixed wireless use of licensed spectrum, and said it
of GeoLinks’ multi-gig fixed industry,” said GeoLinks CEO Kevin provides built-in security and
wireless access (FWA) speeds via Hetrick. “Our Las Vegas demonstration reliability by using exclusive, FCC-
29/31GigaHertz licensed spectrum. with Intracom Telecom showcases the protected frequencies that block
next evolution of fixed wireless: multi- interference and unauthorized access,
Installed atop the Rio Hotel in Las gigabit, interference-free broadband creating a secure, interference-free
Vegas, Intracom Telecom’s WiBAS G5 with carrier-grade performance.” foundation for next-generation
Point-to-Multipoint Smart Base Station broadband networks.

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