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Ceragon Blog – The True Costs of Fiber in the U.S.

June 22, 2023

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Most people in the business know that all-fiber networks are expensive and time-consuming to deploy. And as each state in the U.S. receives its piece of the BEAD pie, we were curious – just how much less $$$ would a rural deployment cost if they had opted for a wireless or hybrid designed network?

So, we took a closer look.In a recent blog post, we analyze the HIGH COSTS of several actual grant-funded, fiber-to-the-home (or business) rural broadband deployments in the U.S., used the publicly available data, and compared those numbers against our own assumptive solutions utilizing wireless/hybrid designs. We don’t think many will be surprised at the huge cost savings associated with using wireless to reach rural/remote areas.

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Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) is the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport. We help operators and other service providers worldwide increase operational efficiency and enhance end customers’ quality of experience with innovative wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions.

Ceragon’s unique multicore technology and disaggregated approach to wireless transport provides highly reliable, fast to deploy, high-capacity wireless transport for 5G and 4G networks with minimal use of spectrum, power, real estate, and labor resources. It enables increased productivity, as well as simple and quick network modernization, positioning Ceragon as a leading solutions provider for the 5G era. We deliver a complete portfolio of turnkey end-to-end AI-based managed and professional services that ensure efficient network rollout and optimization to achieve the highest value for our customers. Our solutions are deployed by more than 600 service providers, as well as more than 1,600 private networks, in more than 130 countries.