US cable operator Mediacom Communications mentioned it has signed a partnership with FWA (Fastened Wi-fi Entry) vendor Tarana that can deliver high-speed web to hundreds of unserved households in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Mediacom Communications is a gigabit broadband supplier to smaller markets within the US Midwest and Southeast, offering high-speed information, video, and telephone companies to over 1.3 million households and companies throughout 22 states.
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Overcoming Technological Challenges
With this announcement, the fifth largest cable operator joins over 200 operators in 21 nations which have adopted Gigabit 1 (G1) — Tarana’s ngFWA platform that overcomes expertise challenges corresponding to radio interference cancellation and dependable connectivity regardless of bodily obstructions, like buildings or bushes, amid the wi-fi hyperlink.
Mediacom shall be deploying Tarana ngFWA in markets the place the corporate received funding from the Federal Communication Fee’s Rural Digital Alternative Fund (RDOF) to broaden fastened wi-fi broadband companies to unserved markets.
Speedy Deployment and Price Effectivity
Mediacom mentioned throughout testing the G1 platform exceeded the 100 Mbps obtain and 20 Mbps add efficiency normal required by the RDOF program. It might now shortly deploy ngFWA expertise at a fraction of the price of deploying a full wireline community as it’s following a hybrid community strategy — which mixes current cable or fiber with ngFWA.
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Tarana mentioned, “This partnership demonstrates how ngFWA expertise can complement wired networks. As proven in Mediacom’s testing, ngFWA is a step-function enchancment in wi-fi broadband efficiency and community economics.”
