unWired Broadband and Tarana announced their plans to expand affordable, high-speed internet service throughout Central and Northern California with G1 — Tarana’s next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) broadband platform.
unWired will pass tens of thousands of underserved locations in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum over the next 12 months with ngFWA. The G1 platform launched commercially in late 2021. Like many telecom industry veterans at the time, the unWired team was skeptical about Tarana’s claims of unprecedented interference cancellation and operation in long-range and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions. However, after thorough field testing delivered hundreds of Mbps in even the most challenging radio environments, unWired concluded that Tarana G1 was the 'first wireless broadband product to live up to its marketing' (as noted by Troy Klinger, Director of Network Operations) and became an early adopter of ngFWA.
more than 200 operators have embraced Tarana’s technology globally, and unWired is the largest ngFWA service provider in the state of California. Already serving nearly 30,000 customers, they have added hundreds of long-distance and NLoS subscribers that were previously unreachable with legacy wireless technology, and are upgrading many rural subscribers (who had been limited to just 5 Mbps service) to a minimum of 100 Mbps. With Tarana’s recently-released 'x2' software upgrade, unWired is also delivering gigabit speeds in the new unlicensed 6 GHz spectrum.
In addition to far better internet speeds with ngFWA, unWired is offering their customers lower prices, resulting in reduced churn and excellent word of mouth that has grown their business.
unWired also reports significantly improved spectral efficiency with G1, sharing that they can connect 10x the number of subscribers per tower without performance degradation. Legacy technology required dozens of access points per tower and narrow-beam horn antennas — devices used for quieting noisy radio environments — yet unWired still often struggled with crowded spectrum. G1’s unprecedented interference cancellation allows them to fully optimize both licensed and unlicensed bands to serve more subscribers more reliably.
John Weigand, the CCO of unWired
Delivering hundreds of Mbps at reduced pricing was “completely unthinkable pre-Tarana.
Troy Klinger, Director of Network Operations
Tarana created the first platform where we don’t have to be concerned about delivering the bandwidth we promised our customers. With legacy FWA gear we often found ourselves apologizing, telling them ‘This is the best we can do’, and now we’re proud of the service we can offer them. That feels good. Tarana is really changing the way people view fixed wireless.
Basil Alwan, Tarana’s CEO
unWired’s dedication to their customers is exactly what we look for in our service provider partners. They are steadfast in their mission to deliver the best possible service, which — in challenging areas where fiber deployment is impractical — is ngFWA-powered internet. We share their mission and look forward to continuing progress on the digital divide in California with unWired.
