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.
Vapor and Crown link the cellular edge to AWS cloud onramps
Customers of Vapor IO can now connect their infrastructure to private network onramps to Amazon Web Services. This is made possible through a connection between a Vapor site and an AWS onramp at one of the interconnection sites operated by Crown Castle. The new service makes it po...
Vapor IO dials up edge computing hotline to Amazon's AWS
Vapor IO and Crown Castle have jointly developed a service that seamlessly interconnects Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge with Amazon Web Services via Crown Castle’s high-speed Cloud Connect. Technology integration and direct fiber will unlock new classes of applications, with ...
Meeting customer demand for in-building mobile connectivity
Smart Cities Dive reported on meeting customer demand for in-building mobile connectivity, where it named Crown Castle a "neutral host." A neutral host is a company that sells IBW as a managed service to the building owner or enterprise. "Companies like ATC, Boingo, Crown Castle a...
Q&A: Samsung’s Behbehani talks video use cases for 5G
Crown Castle’s Christopher Levendos joined a panel to discuss the future of 5G technology and how it will disrupt media and broadcasting. Also in attendance was Taher Behbehani, senior vice president and general manager of mobile B2B at Samsung, who said "user experience for...
5G is going to let even more devices go wireless, but cities are grappling with the roll out
5G is coming to Southern California, where Crown Castle is installing small cells on Long Beach’s street poles and other city-owned space. According to the California Street Light Association, Long Beach is getting upwards of $1,500 a pole in return, as well as use of the co...
Super-fast 5G may be live in Miami by Super Bowl
Commissioners in Audrey Edmonson’s Chairwoman’s Policy Council voted 4-0 last Tuesday to permit Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Crown Castle to attach 5G small cell antennas to county poles on public rights-of-way. If approved May 7, the companies will pay $150 yearly per s...