Santa Cruz Taps Millimeter Wave Radios To Expand 1 Gbps Speeds
A municipal broadband project in California will wirelessly bring 1 Gbps speeds to residents, businesses and community sites in Santa Cruz. Siklu Communication, Cruzio and the City of Santa Cruz on Tuesday unveiled a project to use hybrid fiber-wireless technologies…
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to roll out the wireless service in less than three months. The service will connect existing fiber from independent ISP Cruzio to millimeter wave radios provided by Siklu. The radios can be attached to building facades, roofs, poles and other locations to wirelessly extend the reach of fiber. Millimeter wave frequencies allow the radios to transmit multiple gigabits reliably with low latency and no interference and congestion. Chairman Izik Kirshenbaum said in a news release that Siklu aims to deploy the same technology “in other U.S. communities in the months to come.”