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5G FWA device prices in India now below global average: Thiaw Seng NG

'Middle eastern markets show 5G FWA based home broadband can thrive even after fiber network penetration rises'

Thiaw Seng NG, head of Strategic Network Evolution — Market Area South  East Asia Oceania & India at Ericsson
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Thiaw Seng NG, head of Strategic Network Evolution — Market Area South East Asia Oceania & India at Ericsson

Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi

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Thiaw Seng NG, head of Strategic Network Evolution -- Market Area South East Asia Ocean & India at Ericsson, says 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) in India is well positioned since prices of Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) like the ones that power Airtel and Jio’s Airfiber have fallen below the global average. In an interview in New Delhi, he tells Subhayan Chakraborty that West Asian markets show 5G FWA-based home broadband can thrive even after fiber network penetration rises. Edited excerpts.


Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have introduced FWA-based home broadband options, but the prices remain high. How soon