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.
Telecom companies get OK to install 5G antennas
Last Tuesday, Miami-Dade County lawmakers gave the OK to Crown Castle, Verizon and AT&T to install small cell technology throughout the area. County commissioners voted unanimously May 7 to allow the three telecom companies to attach the small cells to county property on public ri...
Notable women in technology
Ana Rua, public affairs manager at Crown Castle, was listed on Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Women in Technology. "In her role as public affairs manager at Crown Castle, Ana Rua offers education for policymakers in 16 states as they develop telecommunications poli...
The 5G story: How to profit from the technological evolution
Although the 5G business is not expected to have much of an impact or become truly profitable until 2021, Crown Castle "is on the front lines of infrastructure development, and has promising growth prospects as the wireless carriers, like Verizon, look for fiber-fed small cell sit...
NAB ushers in the new TV ecosystem
At the NAB 2019 conference, Crown Castle VP Chris Levendos forecasted that a wide rollout of 5G is still three to five years away, but emphasized that the technology does offer the promise of higher bandwidth and lower latency, meaning the ability to handle more data, and faster b...
Florida companies building 5G infrastructure are ramping up hiring
While certain parts of Florida have begun to see preparation for 5G, like Jacksonville and Panama City, other areas like southern Florida have yet to receive a time table from carriers. Gartner senior principal analyst Bill Menezes "expects little geographic scale for commercial 5...
5G infrastructure: an investment in public safety
Scott Dunaway, the spokesman for the Texas 5G Alliance, published an op-ed in Tech Titans advocating for the use of 5G infrastructure to find better ways to "use mobile technology to improve the safety of residents during an emergency," which he argued should be a top priority. Du...