INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband provider Airband has secured funding to connect as many as 50,000 premises in rural locations by
existing mast network which serves more than 20,000 homes and businesses across England and Wales.Airband has previously worked with the
government-funded Superfast Cymru and Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) to deliver connectivity to national
parks and churches among other places.Fixed Wireless AccessThe new investment has come from the National Digital Infrastructure Fund (NDIF),
hybrid fibre network infrastructure, RuralOptic, which has recently completed a successful trial period
The first 5G networks are set to go live in the US later this year and will deliver FWA broadband to urban areas where competition or
coverage is lacking in fixed fibre.
