Service providers are seeking ways to grow revenue while working within tight capital and regulatory constraints. By making it easier and cheaper to enter new markets, Meraki offers carriers an exciting growth opportunity.
Leverage Unlicensed Spectrum
Meraki enables carriers to offer reliable, high-speed service using unlicensed spectrum. This reduces your expenditure on expensive and risky wireless spectrum auctions. The key to providing reliable service over unlicensed spectrum, with its power (EIRP) limits, is to use a large number of radios that can work around interference sources. Meraki radios have a total cost 10x lower than existing solutions, which makes a high density deployments possible. In addition, Meraki algorithms excel at routing around interference sources, as demonstrated by the success of our networks in noisy, urban environments.
No Wired Assets Required
Using wireless means that you don’t need to own or use expensive last mile assets like local copper, coax, or fiber. Instead, you can rely on a few high-capacity backhaul links and use a wireless system for the last mile. This allows you to enter markets quickly and without the pain of working with incumbent operators.
Enable New Business Models
The cellular market has seen rapid adoption of prepaid service, topping 85% in some markets. Prepaid broadband access has been challenging due to the high fixed cost of provisioning service, including infrastructure (e.g., DSLAMs), truck rolls, and expensive customer premise equipment (CPE). Meraki makes it possible to offer prepaid service to your subscribers. In fact, our Carrier Edition has a built-in prepaid card module.
Scalable on Demand
Meraki makes it easy for carriers to test new markets without massive and risky capital commitments. Start with a small trial deployment and grow as you achieve success.
