From Fierce Wireless: Getting decent broadband speeds to homes in rural areas has always been a challenge, but through the use of some innovative technologies, Rise Broadband is encouraged by what it’s seeing, particularly in the areas of TV white space (TVWS) and the unlicensed 60 GHz band. “It’s really a year of innovation for […]
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TV White Space Supporters Have New Reasons to Cheer
From Light Reading: Rise Broadband, widely considered the largest privately held fixed wireless provider in the US with around 150,000 customers, said it is in the midst of launching its first TVWS operations. “Thanks to Microsoft for injecting some life into the TV White Space equipment ecosystem,” said Rise Broadband’s Jeff Kohler. “All of the […]
Rise Broadband Appoints John Clelland As CCO
Rise Broadband Appoints John Clelland As Chief Commercial Officer Tenured Marketing Exec Leads Strategic Marketing, Branding, Promotion & Digital Initiatives Englewood, CO — March 14, 2019 — Rise Broadband, the nation’s largest privately-held fixed wireless broadband provider, has named John Clelland as its new Chief Commercial Officer. In this newly established role, Mr. Clelland directs […]
Rise Broadband Appoints Mark Meisner As CFO
Rise Broadband Appoints Mark Meisner As CFO Country’s Leading Fixed Wireless Service Provider Enhances Financial Operations Englewood, CO – February 26, 2019 – Rise Broadband, the nation’s largest privately-held fixed wireless broadband provider, has named veteran executive Mark Meisner as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In this role, Mr. Meisner has direct responsibility for […]
Rise Named a Top 30 Company in Denver region in 2017 by Denver Business Journal
Rise Broadband ranked region’s 27th largest private company in 2017 based on revenues of $158 million. DBJ List of Top Private Companies 2017
Rise Broadband Awards Multi-year Repair Contract to SWG Inc
Rise Broadband Awards Multi-year Repair Contract to SWG Inc Nation’s Fixed Wireless Leader Taps SWG to Support Field Network Infrastructure Jessup, PA – February 13, 2019 – Rise Broadband, America’s largest fixed wireless broadband service provider, has initiated a multi-year repair agreement with SWG Inc., an industry leader in wireless broadband and microwave repair. The […]
Largest U.S. Wireless ISP Offers Its Take on Suburban Fixed 5G
Joan Engebretson September 4, 2018 As the industry continues to speculate on how widely fixed 5G will be deployed, we thought it would be interesting to find out what the nation’s largest wireless ISP thinks about the technology and the business case for suburban fixed 5G. Rise Broadband is focused entirely on wireless broadband and […]
No Barriers Warriors and Rise Broadband Announce the ‘No Barriers Warriors Medicine Bow Range’ Team
Fort Collins, CO, July 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — No Barriers and Rise Broadband have selected the team of veterans with disabilities to participate in the 2018 No Barriers Warriors Medicine Bow Range veteran’s expedition. Rise Broadband is proud to sponsor its fourth annual No Barriers / Rise Broadband Expedition which is scheduled to take […]
Fixed Wireless to Shine in 2018 Thanks to 5G, Cost Savings – S&P Global
Part of the growth in fixed wireless has to do with its lower costs versus fixed landline or cable. “(Fixed wireless technology is) more economical because you’re not digging up streets, you’re not burying cable or burying fiber,” Rise Broadband co-founder and Chief Development Officer Jeff Kohler said, noting, “The cost to outfit a tower to provide service to 50, 100, 200 households is not very expensive.”
Fixed wireless is a big deal. Here’s why. Fierce Wireless
Rise Broadband, the nation’s largest fixed wireless provider, uses a number of different proprietary technologies in its network, but is relying on LTE for most of its current and future deployments. “Rise prefers to use LTE in markets of higher population densities because of its ability to efficiently serve more customers from a single tower (providing greater capacity) while delivering speeds up to 100 Mbps,” said Jeff Kohler, Rise’s co-founder and chief development officer.