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Nextlink Achieves Gigabit Speeds Using 6GHz Band

US fixed wireless access operator Nextlink Internet has announced
that it achieved download speeds of up to 1Gbps (500Mbps
upload) using an experimental 6GHz license issued by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC). The ISP utilized equipment
from Cambium Networks and Qualcomm to support the trial. Bill
Baker, founder and CEO of Nextlink Internet, commented: ‘Upon full
commercial deployment later this year, we look forward to rolling
out gigabit speed plans in the entirety of our existing fixed wireless
service network plus our prospective network expansion for the
FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. Ultimately,
this expansion of gigabit fixed wireless will cover over four million
of households and businesses.’ Founded in 2012, Nextlink currently
offers fixed wireless broadband services across parts of Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, South Dakota and Iowa.

Cable Bahamas Selects Nokia for XGS-PON FTTH Rollout

Finnish vendor Nokia has been selected by Cable Bahamas with its complete solutions advanced FTTH network in the entire
Cable Bahamas (REV) to deploy XGS-PON portfolio. Stephen Curran, chief technical region with XGS-PON technology.’ New
equipment for its new fibre-to-the-home officer at the Cable Bahamas Group, stated: Providence – the Bahamas’ most populous
(FTTH) network. The project aims to pass ‘I am very happy to be working with Nokia island – is understood to be home to
99% of the homes in New Providence by to allow us to provide our customers with around 80,000 residential properties and
2026. Nokia will be the sole FTTH equipment an upgraded user experience. At the end business locations.
vendor for the rollout, and will provide of this exercise we will boast the most

DOCOMO and NTT to Work with NEC, Fujitsu and Nokia on 6G ‘Experimental
Trials’

NTT DOCOMO and Nippon Telegraph distributed MIMO technology’ capable consumption, as well as high-precision
and Telephone Corp (NTT Corp) have of using the mid-band 6GHz, or ‘higher beamforming technologies, transmission
announced their intention to work with to the sub-terahertz band’, as well as methods and propagation models suitable
mobile technology vendors Fujitsu, Nokia OAM multiplex transmission technology for high-frequency bands. This is in addition
and NEC to develop new technologies for that ‘realizes large capacity by spatial to the development of optimization and
the targeted commercial launch of sixth- multiplexing of high-frequency band signal processing technologies utilizing
generation (6G) services by around 2030. radio waves. The release went on to note: AI. NEC aims to develop and realize these
The realization of 6G is one of the most ‘NEC will also conduct R&D on device technologies for supporting the start of 6G
important goals envisaged in the NTT technologies for reducing size and power services by DOCOMO and NTT near 2030.’
group’s Innovative Optical and Wireless
Network (IOWN) project for launching
all-new communication infrastructure.
DOCOMO and NTT will begin conducting
indoor trials within the fiscal year ending in
March 2023, and outdoor trials will begin
in the following fiscal year. For its part,
NEC released a press release yesterday (6
June), confirming its intention to work with
the Japanese telcos on ‘experimental trials’
of 6th generation mobile communication
systems. The press release noted that
the vendor will work with the pair on ‘a
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