{"id":535053,"date":"2024-05-03T16:09:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=535053"},"modified":"2024-05-03T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:09:27","slug":"comsols-big-5g-fixed-wireless-access-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/5g\/535053-comsols-big-5g-fixed-wireless-access-plans.html","title":{"rendered":"Comsol’s big 5G fixed wireless access plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comsol, a South African fixed wireless access last-mile connectivity and private networks provider, is planning a national rollout of its 5G network over the next twelve months.<\/p>\n

This will be in addition to Comsol\u2019s existing millimetre-wave fixed wireless access (FWA) network, chief commercial officer Gary Woolley told MyBroadband.<\/p>\n

The company launched its 5G FWA service in March using 60MHz of radio frequency spectrum in the 3.7GHz band.<\/p>\n

It is currently available in Gauteng\u2019s business districts, with the product tiered in three different capacities: 25Mbps, 50Mbps, and 100Mbps.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a significant chunk of spectrum which can drive larger capacities, however, at this stage, we are limiting our offering to 100Mbps,\u201d Woolley said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to What\u2019s Next with Aki Anastasiou<\/em>, Comsol CEO Iain Stevenson said their 5G FWA network will be exclusively focused on business use<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be no consumers on the network. That means there\u2019s going to be very low contention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Iain Stevenson, Comsol CEO<\/p><\/div>\n

Stevenson also explained that they had invested heavily in power redundancy, allowing them to offer an \u201cabsolute\u201d service-level agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp to stage 8 load-shedding, the network will not go down [and] the backhaul is fully redundant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Stevenson, Comsol deployed its own core, backhaul, and radio access network.<\/p>\n

They also give 5G FWA customers a full professional installation at their site.<\/p>\n

Stevenson said the product will be marketed through their channel, reducing costs.<\/p>\n

He explained that they will work through selected partners with a lot of experience in the small-to-medium enterprise space.<\/p>\n

He said there\u2019s a massive market to be had<\/strong><\/a> with lower-priced FWA products.<\/p>\n

\u201cEffectively, we\u2019re servicing 25,000 businesses, and by opening up a lower [average revenue per user] product, we\u2019re going to [target] a further 400,000 customers,\u201d Stevenson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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