The number of US households relying solely on mobile for their broadband connectivity grew by approximately 600,000 in 2020 to 15 million. 12 million households had dropped a fixed-line service, with cost, data rates and lack of reliability cited as the top-three reasons.
The remaining 3 million never had a fixed connection. Approximately 14 million additional households used a fixed wireless or 5G home internet service in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic played a key role in focusing consumer attention on service speeds and reliability, as 41 percent of US households had members participating in either remote work or schooling as of September 2020.
Good performance during the COVID-19 crisis has improved customers’ opinion of their service providers, but there were dips throughout the year. That indicates that providers need to continue to deliver on customer service and innovate in value-added offerings in order to grow and maintain their subscriber base.
Nokia and SURF, the organization for IT in Dutch education and research, have successfully reached a single carrier 800Gb/s optical transmission over SURF’s existing cross-border, multi-vendor research and education network infrastructure.
Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON).
The GSMA believes that critical reform of European laws is necessary to position the region as a technology frontrunner by 2030.
