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.
Business students win competition by analyzing connectivity company
Crown Castle was chosen as the subject of the 30th University of Houston-Victoria Bachelor of Business Administration Case Conference in which capstone students must analyze and produce a company case analysis for their "Strategic Management" program. The winning team from this year’s co...
Athena Award winner
Katie Unger-Chipps, executive director of Leadership Washington County, was awarded the 2022 Washington County ATHENA Leadership Award in Pittsburgh (PA) Thursday, May 5. She was joined onstage by Renee Morales, public affairs manager at Crown Castle and emcee of the awards ceremony.
America’s Best Midsize Employers List 2022: The Top 100
Crown Castle was ranked #31 on Forbes America's Best Midsize Employers List 2022. Forbes surveyed 60,000 Americans working for companies with at least 1,000 employees and asked them to rate their "willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family, and to nominate organizations...
Noah Tulsky: Shared Infrastructure Can Make 5G Work For Cities
According to Noah Tulsky, partner at Sidewalks Infrastructure Partners and the latest author of Broadband Breakfast's Expert Opinion series, annual small cell deployments in cities are expected to grow at a roughly 25% compound annual rate through 2026. Because of this exponential growth, 5G d...
Fiber Optics 101 for Chicago’s Youth
Crown Castle has partnered with Chicago's (IL) META24 workforce development program in the Community Youth Development Institute to help students "transform their circumstances" and earn their high school diploma via non-traditional means. The students are taught how to work with fiber optic c...
Fortune 500 CEOs Discuss Why They Chose Houston for Their HQs
Jay Brown, President and CEO of Crown Castle, discussed why Crown Castle chose Houston (TX) for its headquarters, noting that the city "checked their list with its pro-business environment, work-life balance, beautiful weather year-round, location, cost of living, diversity and talent." Brown ...