Special report: When UK fibre hits its limit, do altnets go wireless?

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Source: INCA

INCA Summit 2024: debate spills from panel to panel as altnet leaders target the last 2% of ultra-rural premises where fibre is too costly to deploy without massive subsidies. Wireless re-enters the room with new spectrum, enhanced technology…

This article includes:

  • Events: INCA Summit 2024.
  • Geographic: Isle of Wight; Newport; United Kingdom (UK); United States (USA); Wales; Walney Island; West of England.
  • Organisations: Airband; Analysys Mason; Building Digital UK (BDUK); CBHH; Community Fibre; Connect Fibre; FDM; Gresham House; GreySky Consulting; INCA (Independent Networks Co-operative Association); Macquarie Capital; Netomnia; Ofcom; Project Gigabit; Quickline; Starlink; Strategic Imperatives; Transport for Wales Fibre; UKWISPA (UK Wireless Internet Service Providers Association); Voneus; Westbase.io; WightFibre; Wildanet.
  • People: Alex Birkhead; Charles Cameron; Chris Croot; Dave Happy; Donal Hanrahan; Gareth Burgess; Helen Wylde-Archibald; Hayden Shaw; Ian Bushrod; Ian Fishwick; James Saunby; Jeremy Chelot; John Irvine; Matt Yardley; Oliver Bradley; Paddy Paddison; Stevie Ingamells; Tim Stranack.
  • Themes: 5G; Altnets; Broadband; Consolidation; Fibre broadband; Fixed wireless access (FWA); Full fibre; Gigabit; Infrastructure; Investment; Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite; Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA); Radio spectrum; Rural connectivity; Satellite communications; Telecoms Access Review (TAR); Ultra-rural premises; Wireless broadband.

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