24 March 2020.
This date will be etched in the memory of every Indian. With just four hours of notice, the entire nation was put under strict lockdown. While it was meant to last 21 days, the lockdown went on for at least four months, after which things started to open up. Work, as we knew it before April 2020, would undergo a massive transformation as well.
While many offices across India had already asked its employees to start working from home before 24 March, it was only after this date that it became evident that work from home would be a long-term reality. With Big Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter already letting its employees
By 2024 FastWeb expects to deliver 5G mmWave broadband to 12 million homes. (Getty Images)
Italian telecom operator FastWeb is geared up to commercially launch its 5G fixed wireless access service in 50 cities in Italy by year’s end, with customer premises equipment using Qualcomm’s X55 platform.
The companies have been working together over the last two years to prep FastWeb’s mmWave 5G FWA service. An initial rollout in the first three localities happened earlier this week, and plans call for expansion into 500 cities in 2021.
By 2024 FastWeb expects to deliver 5G mmWave broadband to 12 million homes, or 45% of Italy’s population, with speeds of up to 1 Gbps.