Monetizing fixed wireless access is the next big thing

Consumer fixed wireless (FWA) access growth using 5G networks has been one of the bright spots of the move to the new cellular standard. Both T-Mobile and Verizon in the United States have seen success offering the latest wireless technology to replace cable internet for the public stateside and it is spreading across the world. The reason? It’s usually a bit cheaper and not substantially slower than cable, good enough for 99% of what the general public wants internet for. So could FWA also serve small and medium businesses in place of cable—or even copper—in some urban, suburban and rural areas across the world in the same manner? Cradlepoint and others some others are certainly intending for that to be the case. Cradlepoint, an enterprise-focused division of Ericsson, is hoping its latest box, the X10 5G router, ups its profile among potential small and medium business (SMB) FWA customers.