UScellular boosts fixed wireless capacity with Tarana technology

Even though UScellular plans to sell off big chunks of its spectrum and subscribers to T-Mobile, that's not stopping the regional wireless carrier from pursuing its fixed wireless access (FWA) ambitions—even if that means going head to head with T-Mobile in some regions. In fact, now UScellular is working with Tarana Wireless to increase its FWA capacity in West Plains, Missouri, a town where the demand for FWA is high. So high that the carrier has been getting such good uptake of its fixed wireless in West Plains that it was about to run out of capacity on its mobile network. As a solution, the operator decided to tap CBRS General Authorized Access (GAA) spectrum and use Tarana’s technology to add more capacity. UScellular equipped three of its existing towers in the area with Tarana gear.