Mobile Broadband Forum: 4.5G WTTH Helping Accelerate Next Generation Fixed Wireless

Growing fixed wireless momentum across the globe is leading to the concept of wireless-to-the-home (WTTH), promising fiber like speeds that are increasingly seen as lower cost alternative option for traditional wireline fixed broadband service. WTTH was on full display recently with particular emphasis on 4.5G WTTH, during Huawei’s Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), which took place in Tokyo. WTTH is seen as the next generation of fixed wireless, providing speeds of up to 1 Gbps, a dramatic improvement over first generation fixed wireless. Huawei likes to call it WTTH 2.0. The coming launch of 5G wireless will initially be focused on fixed wireless applications (WTTH 3.0), before providing true mobile broadband services, but a recurring theme at MBBF, is you don’t have to wait for 5G.