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."
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...
Meeting customer demand for in-building mobile connectivity
Smart Cities Dive reported on meeting customer demand for in-building mobile connectivity, where it named Crown Castle a "neutral host." A neutral host is a company that sells IBW as a managed service to the building owner or enterprise. "Companies like ATC, Boingo, Crown Castle a...
Q&A: Samsung’s Behbehani talks video use cases for 5G
Crown Castle’s Christopher Levendos joined a panel to discuss the future of 5G technology and how it will disrupt media and broadcasting. Also in attendance was Taher Behbehani, senior vice president and general manager of mobile B2B at Samsung, who said "user experience for...
5G is going to let even more devices go wireless, but cities are grappling with the roll out
5G is coming to Southern California, where Crown Castle is installing small cells on Long Beach’s street poles and other city-owned space. According to the California Street Light Association, Long Beach is getting upwards of $1,500 a pole in return, as well as use of the co...
Super-fast 5G may be live in Miami by Super Bowl
Commissioners in Audrey Edmonson’s Chairwoman’s Policy Council voted 4-0 last Tuesday to permit Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Crown Castle to attach 5G small cell antennas to county poles on public rights-of-way. If approved May 7, the companies will pay $150 yearly per s...