Light Reading published an article about Verizon’s fiber network, FiOS. The article noted that Verizon "historically has rented access to fiber from the likes of…Crown Castle…" However, Verizon’s One Fiber program "threatens to upend some of those relationships…prompting analysts to question whether that would impact Crown Castle…" The article included a quote from Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown from the company’s recent quarterly earnings call stating, "We certainly don’t expect that we’re going to be the sole provider," and that the company is still seeing a major opportunity in the space.
Open XR Forum Expands Membership with Global Tier 1 and Wireless Infrastructure Providers
Crown Castle has joined AT&T, Colt, Telefonica and ZAYO in "the industry initiative and MSA effort to advance the deployment of software-configurable point-to-point and point-to-multipoint coherent optical networks utilizing XR optics pluggable transceiver technology." The goal of the initiati...
The time I visited a Dish 5G cell site
Crown Castle serves as a transport vendor for telecommunications company Dish, combining Dish’s central unit with third-party data centers. This allows Dish to transport its customers' data between the wider, global Internet. Given the success of Dish’s recent cell sites, the compa...
Where are Houston’s Fortune 500 companies? Downtown still reigns.
The downtown area in Houston is the top location for the city's Fortune 500 companies, including Crown Castle, Group 1 Automotive and Academy Sports + Outdoors. The majority of Fortune 500s in this area are largely focused on energy and pipelines, consisting of companies like Waste Management,...
Alation Announces Inaugural Data Radicals Awards
Crown Castle's Claudia Stirk was awarded the Community Champion Award at Alation's Inaugural Data Radicals Awards. The awards celebrate organizations and individuals leading the charge in driving data culture, with Stirk's being presented to the customer "who is the biggest advocate in the bro...
Jessica Rosenworcel Tackles Multiple Dwelling Broadband at INCOMPAS Summit
Crown Castle is one of five companies representing infrastructure builders who can use the funds given to them by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act at the INCOMPAS 2022 Policy Summit. The summit featured leaders from telecom companies to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
'Digital divide' keeps millions of Texans offline. Could 5G boost access?
More than 7 million Texans in 3 million households do not have high-speed internet access, leaving those in underserved areas in the dust as 5G begins to deploy across the state. "Expanding access and broadly deploying the next generation of mobile connectivity, known as 5G, will be critical t...