The Polish operator is bundling Wi-Fi 7 as well to give full household coverage even in larger premises
Polish operator Netia announced that from 15 April this year, customers who purchase the faster fibre broadband options (up to 1Gbps and up to 2Gbps) on its own network in single-family housing will receive Huawei’s fibre to the room access kits with Wi-Fi 7 at no extra cost. These kits enable full fibre speeds in every room – even in larger homes. Netia said it is the first operator in Poland to offer such a solution.
FTTR, the solution developed by Huawei, typically includes two devices (a router with a built-in ONT and a remote unit), featuring a 2.5GE port and Wi-Fi 7. Together, they create a unified home network similar to mesh systems. Because the remote unit can be connected to the router using fibre optic cable (as well as via Ethernet or Wi-Fi), the home network can be configured to deliver full fibre speeds – up to 2Gbps – in every room.
“Huawei FTTR is currently the most advanced solution for home fibre networks, combining the speed of fibre with the convenience of Wi-Fi 7, in which Netia is a nationwide leader. After success in Asian countries, FTTR has also been very well received by customers of leading operators in several Western European countries,” said Netia head of B2C offer development and converged projects Piotr Rożalski.
“Netia is the first operator to make this innovative solution available to users in Poland. We are confident it will be appreciated by our demanding customers,” he added.
The FTTR kit available from Netia for subscribers on the up to 1Gbps and up to 2Gbps plans under the “Nieziemska rozrywka III [domy 200] PON offer” includes the Huawei V261a-20 router with ONT and the Huawei K251a-20 remote unit. The equipment supports Wi-Fi 7 and can aggregate both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands (the end device can use both bands simultaneously, or seamlessly switch to a single band in case of signal loss without any degradation in performance).
No extra cost
In February this year, Netia – being the first nationwide internet provider in Poland using GPON fibre technology – introduced customer devices with 2.5GE LAN Ethernet ports and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, which were offered at no additional cost to new subscribers of the up to 2 Gbps tariff on Netia’s network in multi-family housing.
For several years, Netia has offered its subscribers the option to lease various solutions to improve the range of fast, fixed internet access in flats or houses, starting from just PLN 5 per month. The operator said this is particularly useful in houses, where the number of floors, overall volume, and number of rooms make solutions like Mesh especially effective.
