![]() “If you’re in a rural area where it does make – where the economics don’t pan out for fiber, fixed wireless will be an interesting solution.”ĭesroches specifically noted locations where “we’re not going to get fiber for another two or three years,” where FWA “may make sense as a good catch product.” However, he quickly added that means “we keep the customer and then ultimately transition them to fiber.”ĭespite the meager support, AT&T does offer a 5G-based FWA product and previously stated that it served more than 130,000 FWA customers. “We think in certain instances it makes sense,” Desroches said during an interview at this week’s Bank of America Media, Communications, and Entertainment Conference, according to a transcript. The carrier’s CFO Pascal Desroches said the most likely instance for AT&T to use FWA would be in rural areas where deploying fiber could prove too costly. ![]() But for now it remains a fiber-first broadband believer. ![]() Source: AT&TĪT&T is leaving the 5G-based fixed-wireless access (FWA) door open as rivals have shown the ability to leverage operational growth out of that market. Pascal Desroches, Senior Executive VP and CFO, AT&T Inc.
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