Modern businesses require resilient wireless networks to keep pace with evolving work models and fluctuating office attendance. Wireless site surveys are key to designing infrastructures that are not only robust and reliable but also tailored to meet today’s variable connectivity demands for efficient and seamless operations.

The Growing Need for Wireless Site Surveys

Dynamic workplaces, evolving office layouts and flexible workforce models are driving the need for adaptable wireless networks. These networks are essential to prevent bottlenecks and connectivity issues that can disrupt operations. Consider a scenario where a conference room is located at the far end of the office, away from the nearest access point. Attendees in this room might face persistent video conferencing issues, such as lag or disconnections, due to the signal weakening as it travels across the space.

Comprehensive site surveys are essential for designing a robust network. Site surveys pinpoint issues like signal loss over distance, physical obstructions, and device interference to create a network that is resilient and energy-efficient. By considering these factors, the network remains flexible to spatial layouts and varying user numbers, ensuring high performance and energy savings. This approach is key to providing cost-effective, unified communication, essential for uninterrupted client interaction and optimal productivity.

What is a Wireless Site Survey?

A wireless site survey is a critical step for designing and maintaining a wireless network. It involves a detailed examination to map out coverage, identify interferences, and optimally place access points. To achieve this, surveys come in three distinct types, each tailored to meet specific aspects of network planning and performance.

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Passive Surveys:

• • Focus on evaluating signal strength and detecting interference within the existing network setup.
  • Aim to pinpoint areas that require improvements to enhance connectivity.

Active Surveys:

• • Test the network’s performance by simulating real-world data transmission.
  • Help fine-tune the network to ensure a seamless user experience.

Predictive Surveys:

• • Use advanced simulations based on floor plans to anticipate network behaviour.
  • Inform future network expansions and adjustments for growing connectivity needs.

With the detailed insights collected from passive, active, and predictive surveys, the next challenge is to interpret this data to drive strategic decisions. This is the stage at which heat maps prove their importance.

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A heat map from a Wireless Site Survey, showing the areas of strong (in green) and weak (in red) signal strength within a network.

Heat maps are instrumental in visually representing network coverage, using colour gradients to easily identify signal strengths and weaknesses – green for strong and red for weaker zones. At-a-glance insight into network performance is essential for strategic planning. It guides the placement of wireless access points to guarantee robust signal coverage across the office. By providing a snapshot of potential coverage issues, heat maps facilitate uninterrupted productivity and effective communication, which are essential for modern business operations.

The Benefits of Conducting a Wireless Site Survey

Conducting a Wireless Site Survey is a strategic step that offers numerous benefits for any business looking to optimise its wireless network. Here are some key advantages:

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• Improved Network Performance: A detailed survey secures reliable network coverage for smoother workflows.
• Cost Efficiency: A site survey prevents overspending by ensuring you only invest in necessary network equipment.
• Enhanced Security: A site surveys pinpoint and fortify network vulnerabilities to prevent unauthorised access.
• Scalability: A wireless site survey facilitates network expansion in line with business growth.

When to Consider a Wireless Site Survey

Optimising your wireless network is crucial and Wireless Site Survey is a foundational step in that process. It’s especially important in certain circumstances to ensure your network’s reliability and scalability. Below are some scenarios where a Wireless Site Survey should be considered:

• • Before moving to a new office: To tailor your network infrastructure to the new office layout, ensuring seamless integration from day one.
  • After an office redesign or significant layout changes: To verify that your updated office design still benefits from optimal network coverage.
  • When experiencing consistent connectivity issues: To identify and solve persistent network problems, improving overall connectivity.
  • Planning for growth: To future-proof your network, preparing it to support an expanding number of devices and users with minimal disruption.

How to Prepare for a Wireless Site Survey

Preparing for a Wireless Site Survey involves several key steps to ensure that the resulting network meets both current and future demands. Here’s how to get started:

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1. 1. Assess Networking Needs: Evaluate current and future network usage, device types, applications, and data traffic.
2. 2. Floor Plan Preparation: Create or update a floor plan showing workstations, meeting rooms, and common areas for network planning.
3. 3. Identify Obstacles: Note locations of potential signal obstructions such as concrete walls, metal filing cabinets or elevators that could affect wireless signal.
4. 4. Device Consideration: Consider all types of devices that will connect to the network, including laptops, smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices, to ensure compatibility and optimal performance.

By thoroughly preparing for a wireless site survey, you can facilitate a more accurate and effective assessment, leading to a wireless network that is robust, secure, and capable of efficiently supporting your business operations.

Planning for Wireless Network Success

A well-planned and robust wireless network is the backbone of business innovation and growth. Investing in a comprehensive Wireless Site Survey is more than a technical checkup; it’s a strategic move toward a future where your business operations are uninterrupted, secure, and scalable.

Ready to transform your organisation’s connectivity? Take the definitive step toward a seamless wireless experience – book your Wireless Site Survey today.

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In this digital age, faster, more reliable internet connectivity is in demand and almost expected as the world races towards 5G. Yet, in reality, achieving this is not always possible. In urban areas, multiple solution options, such as fiber-optic cables or broadband are available, but the digital age has created a divide in connectivity.

Those in inconvenient urban or remote areas often suffer from high installation costs and more difficulty laying fiber optics and power lines. This is compounded by poor infrastructure. This impact means consumers may not benefit from the same quality of access at home, while businesses in remote locations may suffer from unstable or slow connections.

This is why 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is considered groundbreaking. It offers a cost-effective solution beneficial to smart factories and private campuses in areas that traditionally may not have received investment from telcos due to being financially unattractive.

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How does FWA work?

FWA is a wireless broadband technology that leverages the 5G network to offer high-speed internet access to homes and businesses. Unlike traditional broadband that relies on cables, FWA uses radio frequencies, making it a viable solution in areas where wired infrastructure is difficult to install or too costly.

Strategically placed masts on buildings receive the 5G signal, and cables are run from the mast to individual customers. This is great for apartment buildings and provides high-speed connections in areas without cable access, such as rural or suburban locales.

Tech Wire Asia had the opportunity to sit down with Brian Chamberlin, Executive Advisor, Huawei Carrier Marketing, and Edwin Wang, Head of FWA Solution Sales, Huawei Carrier BG, to discuss more on 5G FWA and how it could potentially disrupt traditional broadband services in the next five years in the global and APAC market. According to them, most markets do not see 5G FWA as a disruptive service.

Brian Chamberlin, Executive Advisor, Huawei Carrier Marketing

“Most of our customers are following a Fixed and Mobile Converged (FMC) strategy, meaning they offer both fixed and mobile services to their customers,” Chamberlin said. “For these companies, 5G FWA is simply another way to deliver customers a high-speed broadband connection, complementing their existing fiber broadband service. It’s an excellent tool for delivering broadband services to areas where fiber deployments are simply not cost-effective.”

Wang added that there are some markets where the fixed-line operator faces little or no competition. In those markets, 5G FWA can be seen as a disruptive technology in that it will allow competitors to enter the market where they were previously blocked.

Global 5G infrastructure readiness: Huawei at the forefront

When asked about the readiness of current 5G infrastructure to support widespread FWA adoption, it’s important to note that with the onset of 5G deployments in 2019, more than 215 5G networks have been globally deployed. Of these, 95 (43%) have launched FWA services, serving over 10 million subscribers.

According to them, since 5G FWA uses the same spectrum that mobile services use, if an operator signs up too many customers for their FWA service, it could cause their mobile experience to decline. “To support that balanced deployment, we developed a tool called ‘FWA Suite’ that helps operators manage their FWA and Fiber to the Home services together,” Wang emphasized. It allows frontline customer service agents to see the usage and capacity of a mobile site before signing a customer up for FWA services.

Tools like this can ensure that customers are offered the 5G FWA service only when their mobile signal is good enough to deliver an excellent experience and prevent oversubscribing the mobile network.

As promising as 5G FWA is being advertised, there are concerns about how this will affect rural areas and how it could “close the digital divide.” Both believed that 5G FWA plays an essential role in closing the digital divide. The cost to deploy fiber in a rural area can be far higher than in an urban area.

“Recently, an article in the Wall Street Journal claimed that some communities were spending an average of US$56,000 per subscriber to connect them to a fiber network. That is far higher than the typical cost of US$2,000 per line that we see in Europe, but it shows how expensive laying new fiber in rural areas can be,” Chamberlin said.

Edwin Wang, Head of FWA Solution Sales, Huawei Carrier BG

90% of the cost of fiber is in the civil engineering work: digging up roads, laying conduit, rebuilding the road, etc. 5G FWA can connect these subscribers for a fraction of the cost because none of that civil work is required. “Once the mobile site is built, then the only cost to connect a new home is the CPE price, typically US$120 – US$150. In rural areas, 5G FWA is often the most cost-effective way to deliver home broadband services,” Wang added.

So, that’s just one of the hurdles that raised concerns. Neither Wang nor Chamberlin see any challenges in convincing customers to adopt 5G FWA.

Customer perceptions of 5G FWA

According to them, it’s just a broadband connection to the customer, and they don’t care about the underlying technology. Consumers only care about the customer experience. They stated how most of their customers don’t promote the specific technology; they offer a broadband service, then pick the right technology to provide that service based on your location.

One disadvantage with fiber to the home is the time required to connect a new home. They have some customers that provide their subscribers with an instant connection using 5G FWA, and then when the fiber becomes available in that area, they swap the FWA CPE out and replace it with a fiber connection. That is just one of the many models they’ve seen for Fiber/5G FWA collaboration.

When asked about the alignment of 5G FWA with environmental sustainability goals, especially considering its potential for reducing engineering work and materials needed for cabling, they broke it down, saying that when 5G FWA is used to replace legacy DSL service, operators can both increase the speeds offered to their customer and reduce their energy consumption.

“One customer we worked with, their copper network accounted for roughly half of their infrastructure power consumption,” Chamberlin added. “Migrating those customers to 5G FWA resulted in substantial power savings.”

However, if they compare 5G FWA to fiber PON (Passive Optical Networks), they usually find PON is the greener solution. So for green networks, they advise operators to deploy fiber to the areas where it’s cost-effective, and 5G FWA for the lower density areas where fiber doesn’t make sense. This will provide a green and cost-effective broadband network.

An X user questions real stats of what 5G access actually looks like. (Source – X)

Amid all these advances, what is Huawei’s role? First and foremost, Huawei stands out with its technical innovations in 5G FWA solutions, as demonstrated by the recent launch of its new CPE Pro 5 to provide the ultimate 5G FWA experience.

This device is equipped with three transmitting antennas, supports three-channel carrier aggregation, and has an output power of 26dBm. These features collaboratively enable the CPE Pro 5 to attain a peak download speed of 5.4Gbps.

Huawei’s 5G FWA solutions are tailored to support diverse applications. Huawei has introduced a Quality of Service (QoS) feature for business users, allowing operators to assure business customers of guaranteed download speeds.

For gaming, especially those utilizing cloud gaming services, Huawei has rolled out a Game Turbo service, reducing the overall latency by 50%, from 150ms to 100ms.

“As you can see, at Huawei, we scrutinize how users employ the network and introduce new features to accommodate those scenarios. This approach is integral to our strategy,” Chamberlin emphasized. “In our quest to deliver the ultimate 5G FWA experience, we have launched the latest generation CPE 5 with our partners, enabling a peak download speed of 5.4Gbps.”

Huawei making 5G FWA accessible globally

A pertinent question is raised in the swiftly evolving 5G FWA landscape: How is Huawei making 5G FWA solutions more affordable, especially in less economically developed regions? Huawei is pioneering clear and innovative paths to bolster FWA accessibility and affordability in emerging markets.

On the network side, Huawei is channeling efforts to enhance spectrum efficiency through innovative radio signals, thus expanding the supportive customer base on existing network infrastructures. Concurrently, on the device side, Huawei promotes the adoption of RedCap, substantially diminishing the cost of 5G FWA Customer Premises Equipment (CPE).

Known for its beneficial partnerships, Huawei collaborates with various governments and NGOs to maximize societal benefits from technology. The company’s Tech4All program, concentrating on education, the environment, health, and digital inclusion, is a vibrant example.

“For instance, in South Africa, our partnership with RAIN and the NGO Click Foundation is bringing online literacy to primary schools nationwide, resonating with the government’s vision for universal reading ability by grade three. Just a year ago, this project connected 90 schools, reaching 52,000 students. This is merely one of the myriad projects underscoring our commitment to universal digital technology benefits, including FWA,” elaborated Wang.

Peering into the future, Huawei’s enthusiasm for new technologies, like the cost-reducing RedCap and the maturing mmWave, is palpable. These advancements promise to enhance user experience and affordability and bridge the global digital divide.

“These types of speeds will not only cater to home users desiring a premium experience but will also buoy small businesses, enabling them to leverage digital services fully. This move towards diminishing the digital divide is something we ardently look forward to,” Chamberlin concluded.

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One of the most exciting developments in the tech industry is the advancement towards 6G technology. The future of the internet is being built today, and companies like Keysight Technologies are playing a crucial role in creating the foundation for 6G. Leveraging their experience in 5G and Open RAN, Keysight is collaborating with market leaders to pioneer testing and measurement solutions for emerging 6G technologies.

Recently, Keysight has signed a three-party agreement with NTT DOCOMO, Inc. and NTT to promote the advancement of key technologies that are expected to drive innovation in 6G.

As 5G deployment continues, efforts towards researching and enabling technologies for the upcoming 6G wireless communications are gaining traction. These technologies will involve new spectrum, digital twins, artificial intelligence, and new network architectures, including non-terrestrial networks. To bring these future communication technologies to market, various organizations, including those developing semiconductors, next-generation device technology, and 6G applications, are collaborating with academia, the government, and each other.

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To tackle the technical challenges associated with the introduction of 6G use cases and applications, Keysight Technologies, NTT DOCOMO, and NTT have come together under an agreement to combine their expertise and solutions. The first area of technical collaboration will concentrate on sub-terahertz (sub-THz) frequency new spectrum technologies. When combined with sensing technologies, these bandwidths promise extreme data rates that drive significant research in modulation techniques, transceiver design, semiconductors, and antennas.

The agreement includes a multi-year project to focus on RF channel measurement and modeling for frequencies ranging from 92 GHz to 300 GHz.

According to Takehiro Nakamura, the Chief Technology Architect at NTT DOCOMO, the company has been working with Keysight since 2015 to conduct radio propagation measurement and RF device testing for millimeter wave technology to bring about the commercialization of 5G.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Keysight also towards the realization of the 6G concept. DOCOMO and NTT will accelerate experimental trials on radio propagation measurement of sub-THz band with Keysight to gain insight into the capabilities of 6G wireless technologies faster,” he added.

Expanding on Nakamura’s statement, Giampaolo Tardioli, the Vice President of 6G and Next Generation Technology at Keysight, expressed his excitement about the opportunity to further strengthen their longstanding collaboration with DOCOMO and now NTT. Tardioli added that Keysight’s goal is to work together to develop essential technologies for 6G and continue to drive innovation in the industry.

Keysight and 6G technology

Keysight has a track record of pursuing 6G innovation, as demonstrated by its recently announced Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global semiconductor leader. The goal of the partnership is to advance the design and development of 6G technology by leveraging existing and emerging technologies. Keysight and ADI will collaborate on developing innovative solutions to improve multiple facets of wireless network performance, including energy efficiency and wireless connectivity that is both resilient and secure.

The two companies will work together to accelerate technological breakthroughs by building on their existing collaborations in 5G, open radio access network (RAN), and phased array technology. They will leverage new waveforms and spectrum technologies, a new 6G air-interface, higher-order antenna systems, and sensing to develop use cases that have the potential to transform lives and offer significant opportunities for businesses, industries, and consumers. Additionally, virtualization, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) advancements will continue to drive the digital transformation that underpins the 6G vision.

It doesn’t stop there. NOKIA has also chosen Keysight’s 6G test bed to accelerate research and development that supports 5G-Advanced and 6G use cases, which use millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz frequency spectrum to transmit large amounts of data across short distances wirelessly. Keysight’s 6G test bed will verify the performance of TRX modules, power amplifiers, and antennas under both linear and nonlinear conditions. Nokia designed these network infrastructure components by leveraging complex modulation technology and spectrum in D-Band (110 GHz to 170 GHz) and E-Band (60 GHz to 90 GHz).

Both NOKIA Bell Labs and Keysight possess expertise in advanced semiconductor methods and technologies, supporting 6G development by extending amplifiers’ power and noise performance, using advanced data-conversion techniques, and improving energy efficiency.

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The wireless technology industry is always evolving, delivering improvements for network connectivity. In 2022, the Wi-Fi org announced that Wi-Fi certified 6 added enhancements to best deliver advanced use cases. Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E are optimally equipped to meet today’s connectivity demands and allow a steady rate of new product and service innovation.

Soon after that, Wi-Fi became the next possibility. In May 2022,Qualcomm Technologies sampled the world’s most scalable Wi-Fi 7 networking platform portfolio commercially available, with offerings ranging from 6 to 16 streams, for next-generation enterprise access points, high performance routers, and carrier gateways.

Now, Intel is also joining the next era of wireless technology. In a recent “State of Wireless Connectivity Briefing” on the future of wireless connectivity and what it means for the industry, Carlos Cordeiro, Intel Fellow & Wireless CTO, Client Computing Group, claims that the world will soon have technologies that will maximize the user experience.

According to Cordeiro, “unless we can really understand what the major trends driving that future, we cannot really develop the right technology, feature, capability, and solutions from a core technology point of view, all the way to the software and services.”

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Before going into Wi-Fi 7, Intel undertook an exercise to determine the key trends in wireless technology for the upcoming decade, and they have identified:

• User access to massive data/compute power with ultra-fast speed/low latency.
• Context aware/predictive devices and networks (AI/SDN/Distributed NW)
• New human-machine interfaces (HMI) expansion. More video, gestures, and voice interaction.
• Large growth of cellular PWN + Wi-Fi delivers enterprise everywhere.
• New types of connected devices (e.g., smart glasses) become mainstream/essential.

Looking at their products and the entire industry, how does Intel help drive all this forward?

The goal of Intel’s wireless strategy is to provide the best PC platform connectivity available today. Additionally, Intel holds significant leadership positions in Wi-Fi standards and certification bodies, driving the larger ecosystem with their cutting-edge solutions and influencing Wi-Fi 7 and beyond.

“As we move to Wi-Fi 7, which builds upon 6E, you get an improved use of the 6 GHz spectrum, higher and better reliability, much lower latency, and we’re going to see a 5 Gbps or better in the solutions that are going to come into the market,” said Eric McLaughlin, VP, Client Computing Group & GM, Wireless Solutions Group at Intel.

Wi-Fi 7 is the next era in wireless

What’s new and what’s driving this Wi-Fi innovation?

• 320 MHz channels – There is less signal interference because the most common wireless transmission protocol bands are avoided.
• 4K-QAM – 4K QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) allows each signal to more densely incorporate larger amounts of data.
• Multi-Link Operation – Ensures high priority data get transmitted without delay.
• Multi-RU Puncturing – Wi-Fi 7 devices will be able to access other, unused portions of the same high-speed channel to enable very big channels (even if they are less than the maximum 320 MHz size.)
• Deterministic latency – Shares redundant or unique data to increase reliability with incredibly fast latencies.

According to Eric, these innovations not only contribute to better connectivity but also some of the previously listed megatrends. Take proximity detection and context awareness as examples.

“With 320 MHz channels, we’re likely to see new uses for Wi-Fi where you can do things like figure out if someone is in the room, how many people are there, and whether or not they’re moving or static. With the right technology, you can even determine whether or not someone is breathing,” explained Mclaughlin.

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As with all prior Wi-Fi generations, Intel will continue to offer customers and enterprises market-leading connectivity solutions. Intel Wi-Fi 7 product development is on track and healthy. Intel is in line with the participation in all WFA Wi-Fi 7 plug-fest events. They also do private Wi-Fi 7 interop testing with key ecosystem partners.

Intel intends to introduce Wi-Fi 7-certified products to the market in alignment with the Wi-Fi Alliance certification timeline (2023–2024).

What this means for the “less mature” nations

Regardless of how inventive and exciting, this announcement is, the question is whether every country in the APAC region could relate to or experience this innovation given that some of these nations are “less mature” in this conversation.

According to Mclaughlin, a spectrum policy is needed in order to provide these kinds of solutions to these countries. “Whether they’re opening up for Wi-Fi or spectrum for cellular, that’s the foundation for any of these technologies to work. We could put a lot of products out there, but without those spectrum allocations, they can’t operate them,” he continued.

McLaughlin went on to say that he anticipates that some of these nations, which are still deciding on their spectrum policy, will continue to make these technologies available. “It may start in education, for instance, where you get the right technology in, Chromebooks in, wireless in, and you give these children and households the ability to have access to the education and information that they need,” he said in his conclusion.

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In countries like Indonesia, space is becoming scarce for building more internet infrastructures, especially in densely populated areas. The country has already witnessed intense activity in recent months fueled by a need for better connectivity across 4G, 5G, and Broadband. Indonesia’s archipelago landscape, vast footprint, lack of urban and sub-urban fiber, also makes Internet delivery via just optical fiber cable very challenging.

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As such, Transcelestial, a company that specializes in wireless laser communications technology, will be partnering with NTT to offer its services to a whole new range of industries in Indonesia. The partnership will see communication network upgrades for companies across the manufacturing sector in addition to the telecommunications sector.

Transcelestial has mass-produced a solution for superfast global Internet distribution that leverages its proprietary wireless laser communication technology to create a wireless distribution network between buildings, traditional cell towers, street-level poles, and other physical infrastructure – with a much lower total operating cost than fiber for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and enterprises.

According to Rohit Jha, CEO and Co-Founder of Transcelestial, their CENTAURI wireless laser technology is Indonesia’s best opportunity to rapidly build a fiber-equivalent network, delivering rapid 5G, GPON, FWA, and 10Gbps Leased Line between towers. He added that NTT is a great partner with a history of working with complex problems like these, who will help bring the technology to the Indonesian market.

As part of the new partnership, NTT will also set up a permanent demonstration site between NTT Indonesia’s office and the Mall Ambassador building to demonstrate the broad applications of the technology. From a single location, industry leaders from all sectors can see first-hand how Transcelestial’s wireless laser communication technology performs against usual fiber or radiofrequency solutions in action.

How does wireless laser communications technology work?

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In most large network settings, including public Internet or private campus environments – the main deterrent to faster data delivery is the legacy infrastructure behind it. Physical fiber cables for instance are common in urban environments but are costly and slow to implement because network upgrades require unearthing and replacing old cables from the ground.

The other alternative to this is delivering data via Radio Frequency (RF) technology, however, such solutions can be unreliable as radio waves risk cross-channel interference and can involve layers of red tape approvals.

Transcelestial’s technology beams lasers instead, which enables fiber-grade Internet connections without the need for any wires between buildings, cell towers, or street-level poles, and can be implemented in a fraction of the time and cost of physical fiber cables.

Transcelestial’s solution can be implemented in a fraction of the time and cost of legacy options. For companies in the manufacturing industry, this means their production lines will experience little downtime and can very quickly benefit from greater efficiency brought about by automation and IoT. For MNOs and ISPs in the telecom industry, this means Internet providers can rollout much faster into new markets whilst offering consumers faster data speeds.

For Hendra Lesmana, CEO of NTT Indonesia Technology, network-connected device types are multiplying, bringing important implications for the ecosystem of wired and wireless technologies, products, and services that will provide a foundation for tomorrow’s digital economy.

“This creates new demands for connectivity. Our new partnership with Transcelestial will combine the best of advanced technology and services and help our clients in Indonesia achieve secure and high-speed connectivity to fuel their innovations and gain competitive advantage,” added Lesmana.

The rollout with Transcelestial follows NTT’s recently released report on global 5G developments, which revealed that executives view integration with legacy systems and infrastructure as a key barrier to overcome for implementing private 5G networks. The same survey found that over 80% of CIOs and senior leaders plan to deploy private 5G networks within the next 24 months.

In the longer-term, Transcelestial aims to develop a constellation of small satellites positioned in Low Earth Orbit, allowing their laser network to not only beam across cities but upwards to connect continents globally too.

In January, Transcelestial also announced a collaboration with Malaysia’s Glocomp Systems to spearhead a wireless laser communications boost in Malaysia. Through the partnership, they hope to solve pain points faced by mobile operators and enterprises as they explore solutions to 5G’s last mile connectivity hurdle. The company also made waves by banking a Series-A of nearly $10M with investors like Wavemaker Partners and Cap Vista – the strategic investment arm of the Defence Science and Technology Agency of Singapore.

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The project was unveiled by Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay, which initially covers the Makati city hall. The project seeks to cover the city’s 33 towns with wireless hotspots in partnership with the Philippine Long Distance Co.’s Wi-Fi Zone service.

Makati City hosts one of the Philippines’ central business districts, and the city government believes a city-wide WiFi infrastructure will help boost productivity in the business sector. Binay also wants to target students in the city, and plans to distribute free prepaid cards to students to help in their studies.

Binay said the city already has a fiber loop infrastructure, which will eventually be used as a backbone for the WiFi network.

In line with the WiFi network launch, Makati is also offering traffic updates through its Twitter account @MakatiTraffic. The young city mayor believes that these technology initiatives “will make governance more efficient,” and can help reduce red tape and corruption.

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