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."
The Wall Street Journal
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New York City tries to even out access to wireless networks
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Georgia Senate passes small-cell wireless broadband bill
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Tim Lorello: How could tech infrastructure help tackle crime, make Maryland safer?
Tim Lorello, CEO and President of SecuLore Solutions, penned an op-ed highlighting the intersection of public safety and high-tech infrastructure. Lorello said "we need to more quickly install the high-tech infrastructure to support it" and called upon the legislature to pass HB 6...
Super-fast 5G is still miles away from South Florida
Deployment of infrastructure necessary to bring 5G service to the South Florida metro region on a widespread basis "is not advancing as quickly as in other metro areas, and it could be months or years before residents here experience benefits of what some are calling the next indu...
Survey says: 5G developments vary
McKinsey & Company’s survey of 46 chief technology officers who are directly engaged in 5G development plans around the world found that nearly 70 percent of all operators in the world will not be deploying 5G networks until at least 2020, and that 5G development will be muc...