The Memphis Cook Convention Center "approved hiring a pair of firms to study how much naming rights to the soon-to-be renovated convention center would be worth and then to market those rights." The study is intended to help maximize opportunities for the city’s growth. In order to turn around the convention center’s operating loss, the city is investigating how much the naming rights are worth and the marketing of those rights. The city also "reached a tentative agreement with Crown Castle International Corp. to put a distributed antenna system (DAS) in the Convention Center."
Tampa airport becomes first in nation to offer comprehensive 5G mobile network
Tampa International Airport is the first airport to offer a comprehensive 5G mobile network. Last week, the airport announced the completion of a distributed antenna system (DAS) project launched in 2018 and included the installation of 800 antennas and 50 miles of fiber. The project was spear...
Who Wins When Carriers Spend Big on Wireless Spectrum?
The Motley Fool reporter Adam Levy discussed how tower companies will benefit from the FCC CBand spectrum auction as telecom companies will need a way to deploy their spectrum. "Nonetheless, Crown Castle should see strong interest to deploy spectrum from its existing customers. Crown Castle co...
Baltimore Avenue Next Up For City Surveillance Cameras
After facing connectivity issues between the surveillance camera system and the City Watch system in Ocean City (MD), the town decided to partner with Crown Castle to access fiber that will enable a stable signal between the two systems. "As part of our right of way use agreement with Crown Ca...
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 ...
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...