The advancement in customer-premises equipment (CPE) with 5G capabilities has seen a slowdown, with routers remaining expensive and their Wi-Fi capabilities subpar. This stagnation is partly attributed to the trade war, impacting the industry's ability to rapidly adopt new technologies as seen in previous generational upgrades in cellular technology.
Progress in the development of customer-premises equipment stagnated. Routers with 5G capabilities remained expensive, and their Wi-Fi capabilities lagged.
Devices supporting the technologies also rapidly became cheaper during their adoption cycle, including home routers and portable Wi-Fi hotspots. However, while the prices of 5G-supported smartphones have decreased in recent months, 5G CPEs have not enjoyed similar scale or price reductions. While this initial foray into consumer electronics was successful, Rain recognized that continuously developing and manufacturing such devices was not sustainable for a telecommunications company.In a recent interview with MyBroadband, Rain CEO Brandon Leigh explained that they quickly realized that producing hardware was a distraction from their core mission to provide excellent and affordable broadband connectivity in South Africa.
RainX was incorporated in Singapore and counts three Rain co-founders among its directors — Willem Roos, Roger Grobler, and Brandon Leigh.
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