Following the Trump administration’s request to ban Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from building next-generation networks due to security concerns, U.S. allies, including Britain and Poland, are also facing pressure to bar the company from building 5G networks in their countries. The article noted that, "Over the past year, the United States has embarked on a stealthy, occasionally threatening, global campaign to prevent Huawei and other Chinese firms from participating" in construction of 5G.
5G and the T-Mobile/Sprint Merger How They Are Related and How It Impacts You
EconoTimes reported on the various ways the T-Mobile/Sprint merger will impact the wireless industry and the rollout of 5G networks, noting that the merger will increase network spending in line with Verizon and AT&T, which would result into an immediate boost to revenues for comp...
NYC allows 5G equipment on streetlamps
The New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications approved 10 franchise agreements with several companies to install 5G equipment on streetlamps and some traffic-light poles. The companies are: Crown Castle, CSC Wireless, ExteNet Systems, New Cingular W...
Crown Castle towers lead the way in implementing 5G technology
President and CEO of Crown Castle, Jay Brown, was featured on live broadcast to discuss the infrastructure needed to implement 5G networks. In the interview, Jay discusses the enablement of communication that is "nearly instananeous," and addresses the potential pushback to aesthe...
Support 5G: Legislature should ease installation of small cells
This article details the Legislature’s need to create a concise process that allows for the efficient construction of 5G networks, as well as Verizon and AT&T’s efforts to install small cells throughout Pennsylvania, which could bring an estimated $3.5 billion to the s...
AT&T brought 5G to Pittsburgh, but you might not have noticed ... yet
Renee Fleener Morales, public affairs manager for Crown Castle, was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette speaking about Crown Castle’s deployment of 5G technology in Pittsburgh, PA, where the company has already deployed 40 small cell nodes. "It’s a huge benefit ...
NYC OKs 9 Providers to Expand 5G Coverage
The New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) has announced ten new franchise agreements (covering nine companies) for providers to install 5G equipment on city-owned street light poles and traffic lights, as well as some privately owned uti...