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."
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce to host region’s largest networking event
Crown Castle is sponsoring the 2022 B2B Expo in Saratoga Springs (NY), the region’s largest annual networking event. C.J. Day, enterprise sales manager of Crown Castle, stated, "Crown Castle is excited to be sponsoring the B2B Expo again this year. Each year, we leave the event having in...
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 ...
City of Pittsburgh will soon begin installation of its first unified fiber connectivity network
The City of Pittsburgh (PA) finalized its $10 million deal with Crown Castle to create the city's first unified fiber connectivity network. Terry Cummings, managing director for enterprise fiber for Crown Castle, told Technical.ly that although a full installation will take at least year, with...
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...