By: Staff Reporter, Tom Bustamante
Date: August 18, 2016 6:30 AM EDT
(NEW YORK)--Google parent company Alphabet (NYSEMKT:GOOGL) is reportedly considering the deployment and use of wireless technologies to expand its Google Fiber high-speed internet service as company wrestle with slow and costly cable rollouts.
In June, Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt told investors that the company would be testing the concept of delivering wireless internet to homes in Kansas City, Mo., the first market to receive Google Fiber. A Wall Street Journal story on August 15 stated Google now says it hopes to go wireless in markets such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas, and has suspended the physical deployment of the network in Portland, Ore., and San Jose, California most likely due to the high deployment costs.
Up till now, Fiber has provided low-cost, high-speed internet access through physical infrastructure in the areas it serves, but the labor-intensive process of digging up streets and laying cable was taking longer and costing more money than the Company had expected. The solution? Wireless fiber!
What is Wireless Fiber?
Wireless fiber is the combined use of "fiber" (optical fibre) ,and "wireless" (radio frequency) communication, to provide telecommunication and broadband delivery to clusters of end points which are geographically distant. The high capacity optical fibre is used to span the longest distances, while the lower cost wireless link carries the signal for the "last mile" to nearby users.
One player launching wireless fiber solutions to solve 'last mile' broadband delivery is Hammer Fiber Optics (OTC:HMMR) out of New Jersey.
Hammer Fiber recently leased 28 GHz wireless spectrum from Straight Path Communications Inc. (NYSEMKT:STRP) for use in its broadband wireless network for the New Jersey shore, and plans to install clusters of ten towers that will serve the area to solve the issue of 'last mile' broadband delivery.
The Company recently announced it begun the second phase of closed beta testing in New Jersey on Absecon Island as it anticipates residential services launch later this year to bring broadband service to residential homes, as well as small and medium businesses in the area. Hammer Fiber’s wireless technology is successfully deployed in eight countries across the globe and is perfectly suited to resolve the broadband last mile challenges in the USA, plagued by high cost delivery to end consumers.
Google Fiber's decision to implement wireless fiber technology to deploy out its internet services could shine light on wireless fiber plays as a logical solution to deliver broadband services to rural areas that is more cost effective and easier to deploy.
Hammer Fiber Optics is currently trading just around $10.00 per share on the Over the Counter exchange under the symbol "HMMR".
About Hammer Fiber
Hammer Fiber Optic Holdings Corp (OTC:HMMR) is a telecommunications investment company, whose holdings include Hammer Wireless Corporation, a USA based consultancy firm aiding businesses in the deployment of wireless technologies and Hammer Fiber Optic Investments, LTD, a NJ based registered Competitive Local Exchange Carrier that offers services throughout the New Jersey region, Philadelphia and New York. These services include fiber transit solutions, VoIP platforms, Ethernet connectivity and managed services to businesses ranging from small, medium to large enterprise as well as residential markets with broadband, voice and video. For more information visit http://www.hammerfiberopticinvestments.com
Google Fiber's decision to implement wireless fiber technology to deploy out its internet services could shine light on wireless fiber plays as a logical solution to deliver broadband services to rural areas that is more cost effective and easier to deploy.
Hammer Fiber Optics is currently trading just around $10.00 per share on the Over the Counter exchange under the symbol "HMMR".
About Hammer Fiber
Hammer Fiber Optic Holdings Corp (OTC:HMMR) is a telecommunications investment company, whose holdings include Hammer Wireless Corporation, a USA based consultancy firm aiding businesses in the deployment of wireless technologies and Hammer Fiber Optic Investments, LTD, a NJ based registered Competitive Local Exchange Carrier that offers services throughout the New Jersey region, Philadelphia and New York. These services include fiber transit solutions, VoIP platforms, Ethernet connectivity and managed services to businesses ranging from small, medium to large enterprise as well as residential markets with broadband, voice and video. For more information visit http://www.hammerfiberopticinvestments.com
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