In a country where FWA seems doomed, the UAE, where fibre-optic coverage is almost ubiquitous, is also aggressively developing FWA services. "The UAE has one of the highest fibre penetration rates in the world, with our fibre network reaching more than 97% of households," said CTIO Khalid Murshed, Etisalat.
But he said FWA, which has a median speed of 500Mbps, would still work in rural areas and newly built urban areas. FWA could also support smart city applications, such as surveillance cameras on street lights, he noted. And, FWA can serve as an appetizer to Etisalat's fiber services, "it can serve as an entry point for small businesses." However, Etisalat's home FWA service is capped at 1000GB of data. Khalid Murshed says every carrier will need to consider some sort of traffic cap in the future.
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