IMC 2023: HFCL launches 5G FWA CPE solution, plans to invest Rs 200 crore

IMC 2023: HFCL launches 5G FWA CPE solution, plans to invest Rs 200 crore

HFCL launched India’s first indigenous 5G FWA (fixed wireless access) customer premise equipment (CPE) solution at IMC 2023. The indoor and outdoor 5G FWA CPE products will accelerate broadband penetration in urban, rural areas and help bridge the last-mile connectivity, the company said in a statement. Built to complement wired broadband connections in areas where fibre rollout is limited, HFCL’s range of 5G FWA CPE supports both 5G SA and NSA technologies across multiple Sub-6 GHz and mmWave frequency bands to offer cost-effective and fibre-like speeds to customers using the 5G network.

HFCL will invest about Rs 200 crore for manufacturing 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) consumer premise devices and on research and development (R&D) related to the technology, said Mahendra Nahata at IMC 2023. The company will set up a manufacturing facility in Delhi-NCR with an initial CapEx of Rs 100 crore out of the Rs 200 crore planned investment, over the next one year for manufacturing the consumer premise equipment (CPE) for FWA. The remaining Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for R&D.

CT Bureau