AT&T launched its 5G network in late December in 12 cities across the country, but despite Austin's growing foundation in technology, tech experts say the city is lacking in infrastructure to handle the new network. Scott Dunaway, a spokesperson with Texas 5G Alliance, said "Austin has been slow in this front, but we are seeing a limited amount of progress in the last couple of weeks." Hed added that the "[Austin] City Council has approved an emergency order to help streamline that permitting process."
Crown Castle is betting big on distributed workloads
Paul Reddick, SVP of strategy, business and product development at Crown Castle, discussed the future of 5G and the infrastructure industry. Reddick emphasized his confidence in augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) apps for consumers as well as edge computing.
US cell site count nears half a million
In an article discussing the growing US cell sites, Crown Castle was highlighted as "one of the nation's biggest cell site operators." Crown Castle CFO Dan Schlanger was quoted stating that the company's small cell business is often dragged down by "the time it takes to get all of the things i...
The 2022 Power of Diversity: Latino 100
Ana Rua, Head of Government Affairs for New York at Crown Castle, was featured in City and State's "Power of Diversity: Latino 100" at spot 86. She was highlighted for educating "policymakers on the digital needs of citizens throughout the state and aims to empower disenfranchised citizens by ...
Crown Urges FCC to Adopt Clear Pole Replacement Cost-Sharing Methodology
Inside Towers highlighted Crown Castle’s comment to the FCC on pole replacements. Crown Castle and other commenters proposed cost allocation methodologies that account for the incremental cost of replacement caused by the attacher as well as the benefits utilities receive from the new po...
ILECS, utilities take on the world in FCC pole attachment debate
The FCC opened a review of its pole attachment rules in March and asked industry interests to weigh in on whether it should clarify the process for and regulate the cost of securing pole attachment rights. Crown Castle and other industry leaders "pressed for the implementation of new cost-shar...
WBBM Newsradio Innovation Minute – Bringing technology to Chicago’s neighborhoods
Tom Kuczmarski, president and founder of Kuczmarski Innovation and Chicago (IL) Innovation, discussed the importance of equal technology access across communities to stimulate economic and creative growth. He highlighted Crown Castle’s emphasis on providing 5G technology infrastructure t...