T-Mobile Seeing “Fabulous” Demand for Fixed Wireless

By J. Sharpe Smith, Inside Towers Technology Editor

T-Mobile finished 2022 strong in terms of adding fixed wireless access (FWA) subscribers and it expects that to continue into 2023, said Peter Osvaldik, T-Mobile US’ EVP/CFO, on Wednesday at Citi’s 2023 Communications, Media & Entertainment Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Although a majority of the FWA growth is from consumers, businesses continue to increase their use of the high-speed internet product. “The demand is fabulous for the high-speed internet product. We're seeing [FWA] spread across rural and urban areas,” Osvaldik said. “I would suspect the mix will shift a little bit more to the rural and suburban portions of smaller markets as the network build continues to progress there.” Continue Reading