Apple announced it will invest $1 billion in a new campus in Austin, TX. In a statement, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that, "Apple is proud to bring new investment, jobs and opportunity to cities across the United States and to significantly deepen our quarter-century partnership with the city and people of Austin." Texas Governor Greg Abbott also commented on the investment, saying it is a "testament to the high-quality workforce and unmatched economic environment that Texas offers." Apple plans to invest $10 billion in U.S. data centers over the next five years, and the company said "preparations are underway" for its newest data center in Waukee, Iowa.
Private 5G Networks Enable Enterprise Digital Transformation
5G Americas, the wireless industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, announced the publication of a whitepaper titled 5G Technologies in Private Networks. The paper highlights the role of private networks in the 5G era in creating new enterprise opportunities. Crown C...
Network Bytes: Hurricane Electric, Crown Castle, Telia Carrier, RETN
Reporer Rob Powell of Telecom Ramblings provided an overview of network expansions worth noting from the past week, including Crown Castle’s fiber extension into Texas. "Crown Castle is extending its metro fiber reach in the Lone Star state. Late last week, they unveiled plans to build o...
Crown CEO: Future points to blend of small cells, fiber
Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown spoke at the company’s third-quarter conference call, where he stressed the importance of mmWave and its reliance on small cell technology. "Because of its RF characteristics, millimeter wave spectrum provides significantly more capacity, but over a fraction of...
Crown Castle Positioned for Carrier Network Expansion
Crown Castle believes it is poised to meet the increasing mobile network operators’ mobile data demands through its fiber, tower and small cell infrastructure assets. The demand increased because of MNO’s spectrum holdings, densifying the networks with small cells, and the availabi...
Cramer’s lightning round: Stay the course on Crown Castle
Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s "Mad Money," answered callers’ stock questions about Crown Castle, telling them "I think you’re fine. I know the bears are all over it. I want you to stay the course."
Stream Data Centers and Crown Castle Bring New Fiber into The Woodlands
Stream Data Centers announced Crown Castle will provide its fiber network into Stream’s Houston I data center in The Woodlands, a business hub 28 miles north of Houston. "Adding Crown Castle to our carrier mix increases connectivity and performance dramatically for our customers. The fib...