Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a proposal to spend $50 million on building universal broadband internet service in his upcoming budget, the first part of a multi-year $250 million plan to improve internet access across the commonwealth. The increase for the state’s 2020 budget will connect tens of thousands more Virginians and potentially more than 100,000 more Virginians who currently do not have access to broadband internet.
What’s next for economic development in Washington County?
Washington County (PA) leaders are committed to growing economic development south of Pittsburgh (PA). There are currently many large-scale sites, the biggest being Southpointe I and II, that have become the worksite of thousands of employees with blue-chip companies including Ansys, CNX Resou...
Crown Castle is betting big on distributed workloads
Paul Reddick, SVP of strategy, business and product development at Crown Castle, discussed the future of 5G and the infrastructure industry. Reddick emphasized his confidence in augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) apps for consumers as well as edge computing.
Harris County expands mobile library program with addition of fourth ‘Curiosity Cruiser’
The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, with financial support from companies and charitable organizations, donated and outfitted the new mobile library, which will provide books for children as well as STEM educational programming. Materials for the new cruiser were purchased with donat...
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce to host region’s largest networking event
Crown Castle is sponsoring the 2022 B2B Expo in Saratoga Springs (NY), the region’s largest annual networking event. C.J. Day, enterprise sales manager of Crown Castle, stated, "Crown Castle is excited to be sponsoring the B2B Expo again this year. Each year, we leave the event having in...
US cell site count nears half a million
In an article discussing the growing US cell sites, Crown Castle was highlighted as "one of the nation's biggest cell site operators." Crown Castle CFO Dan Schlanger was quoted stating that the company's small cell business is often dragged down by "the time it takes to get all of the things i...
City of Pittsburgh will soon begin installation of its first unified fiber connectivity network
The City of Pittsburgh (PA) finalized its $10 million deal with Crown Castle to create the city's first unified fiber connectivity network. Terry Cummings, managing director for enterprise fiber for Crown Castle, told Technical.ly that although a full installation will take at least year, with...