Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis’ economic transition team held a conference call this week to pitch suggestions that will drive Florida’s economy going forward, including WiFi signals on highways, statewide 5G cell phone service and ‘smart cities’ friednly to automated vehicles." In a statement, Ananth Prasad, former secretary of Florida’s Department of Transportation and President-Designate of the Florida Transportation Builders’ Association, said, "I think we need to get to a point where we’re looking at smart infrastructure in that State of Florida."
FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Subsidies
After Georgia’s runoff election secured control of the US Senate, the Democratic FCC is positioned to restore net neutrality rules and move quickly to expand broadband subsidies amid the pandemic. Crown Castle Board Member Ari Fitzgerald said Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel is a lead co...
Crown Castle Well Positioned To Ride The 5G Wave
Seeking Alpha’s review of Crown Castle showed the company in good standing to "ride the wave of 5G". The article stated, "CCI's focus on small cell towers is already bearing fruit. While CCI's fiber assets are unlikely to add incremental demand for its tower business from the big three c...
Malcolm Eve with Crown Castle
Atlanta Business Radio interviewed Malcolm Xavier Eve, who leads Crown Castle’s public affairs strategy and activities for the South Area of the US. Malcolm spoke about Crown Castle’s capabilities in deploying the necessary infrastructure to bring about a robust 5G network for the ...
Experts discuss benefits of 5G
Technology experts discussed the benefits of 5G during the latest episode of the Herald Inside LI webinar series, "The Power of 5G." During the webinar, Crown Castle’s government affairs manager, Ana Rua, stated 5G technology, both nationally and internationally, has been deemed safe by ...
Let’s commit to 5G in Texas
Amandus Derr, government affairs director at Crown Castle, published an op-ed in Denton Record-Chronicle in which he discussed the need for 5G in Texas and potential benefits should the state step up its efforts to change policies hindering 5G expansion. "Crown Castle has deployed small cell n...
Crown Castle positioned for outsized portion of initial Dish build, CFO says
After being the first tower company to secure an infrastructure deal with DISH, Crown Castle is positioned for an outsized portion of the initial DISH buildout. The 15 -year Master Lease Agreement (MLA) between the two companies is for up to 20,000 tower sites and includes fiber services as we...