During last week’s Future of Wireless Connectivity, Innovation and Investment breakfast briefing hosted by the Greater Baltimore Committee, Crown Castle government relations manager Richard Rothrock participated, noting Crown Castle “has already deployed between 600 and 650 small cells in Baltimore.” He added that “small cell tech can be attached to existing light or utility poles already erected in an area, providing greater connectivity in densely populated areas.”
Trump campaign pushes government intervention on 5G
President Donald Trump's reelection team is backing a controversial plan to give the government a role in managing America's next-generation 5G wireless networks—bucking the free market consensus view of his own administration and sparking wireless industry fears of nationalizatio...
5G raises twin privacy concerns, says former Bell Labs/AT&T Labs researcher
While 5G promises significantly faster mobile data connections, it also raises two privacy concerns, according a former researcher at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs Research. Dr. Steve Bellovin, who is now a professor of computer science at Columbia University, says the first issue is lo...
Contra Costa County approves controversial 5G small-cell antennas despite protests
Despite resistance from Contra Costa residents, Verizon Wireless will be allowed to install small-cell antennas and equipment in five public right-of-way spots around unincorporated Walnut Creek and Alamo. The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted on this Tuesday after li...
AT&T strikes partnership with Microsoft involving network tech
AT&T is testing how to bring network edge compute capabilities into its 5G network with cloudcomputing service Microsoft Azure. In connection with the effort, AT&T is creating a site for the technology, which helps speed up wireless access for businesses, at the AT&T Foundry in Pl...
FCC chairman says US has early 5G lead
Ajit Pai, chairman of the FCC, said U.S. companies are the front-runners in the global race to build 5G wireless networks, a week after President Trump said those companies must step up their efforts or get left behind. "In my view, we’re in the lead with respect to 5G," Pai...
Telcos bet on connecting everything to recoup 5G costs
Industry association GSMA, which hosts the Mobile World Congress, sees a vast opportunity in 5G. It estimates the number of devices connected to the IoT "will triple to 25 billion by 2025, generating a fourfold rise in revenues to $1.1 trillion." Borje Ekholm, CEO of Ericsson, sai...