The town of Bel Air is developing four pieces of legislation, including Ordinance 789-19 and three resolutions that apply to regulating the placement of small cell technology. Town Planning Director Kevin Small said “it’s the intention of the town to allow our citizens to receive this beneficial service quickly while protecting the character and appearance of the community.” This legislation was introduced Monday night during the Board of Town Commissioners’ meeting.
How fast, reliable connectivity will advance the Greater Washington Area
Cathy Piche, East Area President at Crown Castle, published a guest post with the Greater Washington Board of Trade, stating "Crown Castle applauds the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and the Consortium of Universities of the ...
Women in wireless: A cause worth supporting
AGL Media Group reported on Women’s Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF), a program sponsored by Crown Castle which seeks to empower and inspire women in the telecom industry. It offers leadership development, engages its members in a variety of industry happenings and events an...
Connect (X) top execs give buoyant report on health of tower industry
AGL Media Group reported on the Connect X event, where they noted that Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown seemed "less interested in prognosticating the future of the Sprint/T-Mobile merger" and noted that the tower industry prospers when the carriers are well funded and there is spectrum...
The 5G rollout has cell tower stocks in ‘raging bull market mode’: Cramer
CNBC’s Jim Cramer reported on tower companies Crown Castle, American Tower and SBA Communications, who have had minor exposure to China and continue riding the "decades-long tailwinds" in wireless technology. The impending rollout of fifth generation technology has been a ca...
A big 5G investment cycle? Don't hold your breath
Light Reading’s Mike Dano reported that a wide range of industry experts are cautioning that North American wireless network operators don't appear poised to invest in 5G networks like they did with 3G and 4G. Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown was quoted from the Connect X trade sh...
Cell phone node added in Carnegie
Crown Castle was granted a conditional use by Carnegie council members on May 13 to add a cell phone node on top of a telephone pole in the 300 block of Franklin Avenue in Carnegie. "The purpose of the technology is to address issues in capacity in the mobile cell phone network," ...