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.”
Update: deployment of ‘small cells’ in Georgetown
Citizens Association of Georgetown (CAG) Historic Preservation & Zoning chair Elsa Santoyo published an op-ed regarding the need for small cells in Washington, D.C., noting CAG is a small cells activist. Santoyo mentioned the small cells being proposed by Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile/S...
Residents protest approval of Verizon equipment
Interim Planning Director in Palo Alto, CA, Jonathan Lait, approved Crown Castle/Verizon Wireless to install five new wireless communications facilities. Lait rejected two of the seven nodes that Crown Castle had proposed. However, a group of Palo Alto residents are "sounding off ...
Aspen takes proactive measures to prevent cellular blight
The Aspen City Council is rewriting its land-use code in response to the wireless networks moving toward 5G technology. Paul Schultz, the city's information technology director, said, "We feel this is a very important topic that we need to work as hard as we can … really do...
FCC Commissioner Carr talks infrastructure, spectrum and jobs needed for 5G
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the opportunity presented by 5G will come in three parts: better and faster performance on smartphones, more competitive home broadband and a new wave of innovation and entrepreneurship. Carr said "there’s no question that 5G is going to be...
Deloitte predicts 50 operators will offer 5G connectivity by 2020
In its Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions for 2019, Deloitte found that 72 operators are currently testing 5G networks, and it predicts 25 will be launching 5G services this year. The report also found that the number of operators planning to launch 5G ser...
AT&T boosts Atlanta area mobile coverage for Super Bowl
Ahead of the Super Bowl, AT&T said its customers and FirstNet subscribers "are getting a big boost in mobile coverage and capacity." It said it’s the first company to make standards-based mobile 5G available to Atlanta businesses and consumers and that "it’s been worki...