Facebook Terragraph Gigabit Wireless Gains Deployments

Facebook Terragraph gigabit wireless technology is gaining some traction with the news that Puerto Rican competitive carrier AeroNet will pilot the technology in Old San Juan (PR). The development follows other Terragraph deployments in Alameda (CA) and in Hungary. Terragraph works over 60 GHz spectrum, which is available for unlicensed use. It is even higher-frequency spectrum than the millimeter wave spectrum that AT&T and Verizon used for initial 5G deployments – which means it potentially could support higher speeds but over shorter distances. Facebook positions the offering as a high-speed broadband alternative for urban areas that have “street furniture” such as lamp posts and streetlights on which equipment can be mounted. Facebook has referred to Terragraph technology as “fiber in the air” because of the high speeds the technology can support. The technology also is designed to use a multi-point, multi-hop mesh approach.