Starry now deploying network tech in 24GHz band

BOSTON – Starry, Inc., a next generation licensed fixed wireless technology developer and Internet Service provider, today announced that its second-generation suite of network technology is now being deployed for use in the 24 GHz spectrum band. This second-generation technology, including Starry's base station (Starry Titan) and customer premises receivers (Starry Trident for large apartment buildings and Starry Comet for medium and small apartment buildings and single-family homes), includes capacity and range enhancements as well as significant cost reductions from the previous generation of hardware.

Starry's hardware technology stack was designed and developed in-house and is compatible to operate in the 37 GHz and 24 GHz licensed spectrum bands. Starry's gigabit-capable licensed fixed wireless technology dramatically reduces the cost of passing a home with a gigabit quality signal to nearly 1/100th the cost of building fiber to the home. Starry's technology also enables significant reductions in network build time as compared to wireline networks, with Starry able to build out coverage for a medium-sized city in less than one year.

Starry's unique point-to-multipoint design enables the company to provide gigabit-capable coverage to a community with dozens, not thousands of Starry Titan base station sites. Starry's technology combines its proprietary phased array antenna technology with MU-MIMO to efficiently deliver high-capacity bandwidth with superior propagation. Starry's second generation base stations achieve significant cost reductions of nearly 670% the cost of the prior generation of equipment.

Starry's technology stack is now available for use in the 24 GHz spectrum band including Starry Comet, the company's "gigabit in a box" product that enables the company to serve consumers living in single-family homes, allowing for cost-efficient growth into less dense suburban and exurban communities. Measuring 4" (H) x 10" (W) x 3.5" (D), Starry Comet's small profile makes it easy and quick to deploy with a diverse array of installation mounts to accommodate any type of single-family home construction. Starry Comet's introduction also achieves significant cost reductions of nearly 1000% from Starry’s first generation single-family home receiver. Starry Trident, the second generation of large MDU receivers, also benefits from significant cost reductions in the second generation, achieving nearly 400% reduction in costs.

Starry Internet is now available in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, DC, Denver and Columbus, with an expansion roadmap that includes up to 40 million U.S. households.

On October 7, 2021, Starry announced that it will become a public company through a business combination with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp. ("FirstMark") (NYSE: FMAC).

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