India, Feb. 26 -- FWA or Fixed Wireless Access could not only be the next but also a huge, inflection point for 5G. But will it help the country to connect places that fibre could not touch? Will it help telcos make money, and if so, would it be the volume route again? And what happens to 5G in non-SA mode and in cracking the unique, but untapped, promise it has for the enterprise market? Jayanta Dey, Executive President - 5G Business, HFCL answers some of these in an interaction with Pratima Harigunani. Excerpts:

There has been a remarkable surge in demand for safe and high-speed Internet access in India driving the need for fibreisation and increased broadband penetration. In addition, the rising data demand from micro, small, and medi...