Fixed Wireless Represents About 7% of U.S. Home Broadband Subscribers and Revenue

Fixed wireless is not new. Nor is it especially rare, if a niche. In the U.S. market, for example, thre are perhaps 2,800 fixed wireless internet service providers, operating mostly in rural areas. 

The number of U.S. fixed wireless subscribers is projected to rise from 6.9 million at the end of 2020 to 12.7 million by the end of 2025, according to the Carmel Group. 

To be sure, in a home broadband market of 107 million accounts, fixed wireless accounts for about 6.5 percent of the market. 

Industry service provider revenues are projected to grow from an estimated $4.4 billion annually at the end of 2020 to $10.9 billion by the end of 2025.

If U.S. home broadband revenue revenue is about $60 billion, then fixed wireless represents about seven percent of total revenue.