With the addition of Inseego, AT&T is expanding its enterprise FWA (Internet Air® for Business) lineup alongside existing partners like Ericsson and Cisco, signaling a more deliberate push to position 5G as a true complement to fiber. The move reflects a broader strategy shift: pairing fiber where it makes sense, and using business-grade FWA to extend connectivity to branches, edge sites, and locations where speed of deployment matters most - or fiber is not yet available.
Why it matters: By adding Inseego to a lineup that already includes Ericsson and Cisco, AT&T is reinforcing a strategy that treats 5G as a first-class complement to fiber.
What’s happening: AT&T Business has selected Inseego’s Wavemaker FX4200 as part of its growing FWA device portfolio, pairing it with AT&T Internet Air® for Business. The FX4200 is positioned between complex enterprise wireline deployments and basic consumer-grade FWA, offering Wi-Fi 7, LTE fallback, live WAN failover, and centralized management via Inseego Connect.
This move gives AT&T for Business customers more choice depending on deployment model, IT maturity, and scale. It also reflects AT&T’s evolving posture on FWA: fiber remains the long-term anchor, but 5G is increasingly being productized as a reliable primary or secondary access option for distributed enterprises.
The FX4200 targets organizations without on-site IT in locations like retail, restaurants, pop-ups, schools, and government facilities, where zero-touch provisioning, integrated antennas, and battery backup materially reduce deployment friction.
What’s next: For AT&T, Fixed Wireless Access acts as a, complementary stop-gap for areas lacking fiber, serving as a "catch" to prevent subscriber losses while building out, and to target rural or, underserved areas. Expect AT&T to continue tightening the integration between fiber, 5G, and managed services.
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