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.”
T-Mobile and Crown Castle Expand Strategic Relationship With Long-Term Tower and Small Cell Agreement
T-Mobile and Crown Castle announced that the companies have signed a new 12-year agreement to support the continued build-out of T-Mobile's nationwide 5G network with increased access to Crown Castle's towers and small cell locations.
Crown Castle expects more from Dish Network
Crown Castle CFO Daniel Schlanger spoke to the Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference about his predictions for 2022. He believes that Crown Castle will be "the most likely first choice" for Dish Network as the company begins to install equipment and activate sites...
Crown Castle Makes 99-Year Deal With Phil Campbell
Phil Campbell (AL) City Council accepted a $320,000 offer from Crown Castle to lease the city’s cell tower for the next 99 years. The new agreement is a continuation of an existing agreement between Phil Campbell and Crown Castle. Mayor Mike McQuary stated that the town will use the fund...
County action could improve wireless communication
The Gila County (AZ) Board of Supervisors have approved a conditional use permit for Crown Castle to build a new 195-foot cell tower. The new tower will improve and expand AT&T’s current coverage and potentially eliminate gaps in coverage.
Crown Castle expects 20% core tower leasing surge in 2022
Crown Castle expects a 20% surge in core leasing tower activity in 2022, which is 50% higher than the company’s trailing 5-year average. "The amount of leasing activity we're seeing in the business is just unprecedented, 50% above our historical 5-year average in terms of core activity i...
Northbrook trustees consider proposal for cell tower near Techny Road
The Northbrook Village (IL) Board renewed a special permit for an existing Crown Castle GT Company LLC personal wire services antenna. A Crown Castle representative stated that "the antenna is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2023 when its lease expires and subsequently removed." The Board al...