In his inaugural State of the State address, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he wants Connecticut's cities to be the first in New England with access to fifth-generation, mobile networks. In his remarks, Gov. Lamont said, "The telecommunication companies are ready to start building — let's harness that excitement." He also expressed his aspirations to help bring faster internet to rural towns, "which tend to have more limited options than denser communities."
NATE news bulletin video promotes jobs training legislation
NATE released a News Bulletin video designed to promote the Communications Jobs Training Act of 2019 workforce development legislation that has been introduced in Congress. The legislation amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide funding for job training to enhance communi...
Inside the 5G small cell opportunity: Big & messy
This article discussed the opposing viewpoints of Crown Castle and American Tower on small cell installation. "We are excited about the significant investments we are making to build new fiber assets as we pursue this expanding small cell opportunity," said Crown’s Jay Brown...
Telecom companies get OK to install 5G antennas
Last Tuesday, Miami-Dade County lawmakers gave the OK to Crown Castle, Verizon and AT&T to install small cell technology throughout the area. County commissioners voted unanimously May 7 to allow the three telecom companies to attach the small cells to county property on public ri...
Notable women in technology
Ana Rua, public affairs manager at Crown Castle, was listed on Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Women in Technology. "In her role as public affairs manager at Crown Castle, Ana Rua offers education for policymakers in 16 states as they develop telecommunications poli...
The 5G story: How to profit from the technological evolution
Although the 5G business is not expected to have much of an impact or become truly profitable until 2021, Crown Castle "is on the front lines of infrastructure development, and has promising growth prospects as the wireless carriers, like Verizon, look for fiber-fed small cell sit...
NAB ushers in the new TV ecosystem
At the NAB 2019 conference, Crown Castle VP Chris Levendos forecasted that a wide rollout of 5G is still three to five years away, but emphasized that the technology does offer the promise of higher bandwidth and lower latency, meaning the ability to handle more data, and faster b...