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."
Facebook, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Verizon to discuss network connectivity future at Connect (X)
Crown Castle President and Chief Executive Officer Jay Brown will be one of the keynote addresses at Connect (X), an infrastructure-centric technology event "focusing on the changing nature ‘the network’ and the new opportunities in the business of connectivity." One o...
Getting Pittsburgh ready for 5G!
Crown Castle Government Affairs Director Jonathan Hart published an op-ed in PGH Tech Fuse about efforts in Pennsylvania to deploy 5G technology. Hart notes that, "Crown Castle and the Pittsburgh Technology Council have been prominent members of the Partnership, working to educate...
5G brings optimism and concern to NAB Show 2019
The upcoming NAB Show has an impressive lineup of 5G-focused sessions that "will be topped by a keynote session featuring executives from Intel, Samsung and network-infrastructure vendor Crown Castle." FierceVideo predicted that the "picture likely to emerge from those conversatio...
AT&T maintains top spot for US fibre lit buildings
AT&T "has topped Vertical Systems Group’s US fibre lit buildings leaderboard for the third consecutive year." Crown Castle, along with Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, CenturyLink, Comcast, Cox, Frontier, Zayo, Altice USA and Windstream were listed as the companies with the mos...
State’s fiber investments bring speed, reliability and recognition
Crown Castle is investing in speed upgrades in Wilmington, Delaware, moving from 10gbps to 100 gbps, said Stephen Barnosky, account executive in enterprise fiber. Crown laid down its first Delaware fiber in 2005 and now has a network of more than 600 route miles statewide. To compensate for th...
NFL taps Verizon to create 5G services for football fans
Verizon is working with the NFL to create 5G wireless mobile games and augmented-reality services, "aiming to make football more engaging for fans." As part of the agreement, Verizon will be the "official 5G innovation partner" of the NFL. In an interview, Verizon’s Chief Ex...