A surgeon in China has performed the world's first remote operation using 5G technology. The doctor in the southeastern province of Fujian used the next-generation network to control robotic arms while performing surgery on an animal. During the 8 January operation, the surgeon removed the liver of a laboratory test animal over the 5G connection thanks to a lag of just 0.1 seconds.
Crown Castle won’t have to wait for new PG&E pole attachment terms, CPUC says
PG&E "wants a do-over on a utility pole access decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)." The CPUC "refused to delay execution of an arbitrated contract between PG&E and Crown Castle while commissioners decide what they’re going to do with the appeal fil...
NAB show wrap: The trends that mattered this year
During the National Association of Broadcasters' annual tech fest, 5G was a topic of importance on attendees minds. Crown Castle’s Chris Levendos "projected that a wide rollout is still three to five years away — but the technology does offer the promise higher bandwidth and...
ABNY Talks – Mobile broadband infrastructure by Chris Levendos
Crown Castle VP of Network Engineering and Operations Chris Levendos presented on mobile broadband infrastructure to the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) this past January, stating "some of the key infrastructure investments that are necessary here in New York City to enab...
Facebook, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Verizon to discuss network connectivity future at Connect (X)
Crown Castle President and Chief Executive Officer Jay Brown will be one of the keynote addresses at Connect (X), an infrastructure-centric technology event "focusing on the changing nature ‘the network’ and the new opportunities in the business of connectivity." One o...
Getting Pittsburgh ready for 5G!
Crown Castle Government Affairs Director Jonathan Hart published an op-ed in PGH Tech Fuse about efforts in Pennsylvania to deploy 5G technology. Hart notes that, "Crown Castle and the Pittsburgh Technology Council have been prominent members of the Partnership, working to educate...
5G brings optimism and concern to NAB Show 2019
The upcoming NAB Show has an impressive lineup of 5G-focused sessions that "will be topped by a keynote session featuring executives from Intel, Samsung and network-infrastructure vendor Crown Castle." FierceVideo predicted that the "picture likely to emerge from those conversatio...