Inside Towers, Wireless Estimator and AGL Media Group reported that U.S. Representative Dave Loebsack (D-IA) visited a Crown Castle tower site in his congressional district. During the visit, Rep. Loebsack learned about the network equipment that’s installed on the tower and discussed with NATE and Crown Castle the work conducted on a daily basis building, maintaining and deploying communications tower sites and related wireless infrastructure. He also discussed the Communications Jobs Training Act, which he co-sponsored and provides “competitive grant funding for schools to develop and administer training for communications tower service, construction and maintenance.” Crown Castle government affairs manager Siely Joshi said “as the leader in shared communications infrastructure, Crown Castle endorses the proposed legislation as a means for creating quality jobs to meet the current and future workforce demand.”
NWSA Launches Spanish Language Tower Tech Assessments
The National Wireless Safety Alliance announced Spanish language translation assessment tests for tower technicians will be available in late December 2020. Crown Castle’s Jose L. Santos Ortiz participated as a subject matter expert in the Spanish Technical Work Group to guide the effort...
Crown Castle Releases 2019 Corporate Sustainability Report
Crown Castle released its 2019 Corporate Sustainability Report. "Our lives in the US changed dramatically in 2020 and, as a result, how we connect has evolved. Crown Castle, now more than ever, is committed to building and maintaining the essential communications infrastructure connecting our ...
American Tower is undaunted by Dish’s 20,000 tower deal with Crown, they’ll wait for their turn
American Tower CFO Rod Smith spoke at a UBS Global TMT conference call where he said he thought it was "great" that Dish was signing a long-term agreement with Crown Castle for leasing space on 20,000 communications towers. Smith discussed Dish and Crown Castle’s deal and its impact on A...
The Top 20 Tower Industry Executives: 2020
TowerXchange released a special edition report, profiling the top 20 tower industry executives of the year. Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown was recognized in the report.
Small cell outlook remains cloudy in US market
Growth in the small cell sector has been slow and filled with issues. The major three carriers are less focused on small cell buildout efforts, so most of the attention on small cells comes from Crown Castle, the only tower company that has invested heavily in small cells. "I think that busine...
Crown Castle positioned for outsized portion of initial Dish build, CFO says
After being the first tower company to secure an infrastructure deal with DISH, Crown Castle is positioned for an outsized portion of the initial DISH buildout. The 15 -year Master Lease Agreement (MLA) between the two companies is for up to 20,000 tower sites and includes fiber services as we...