HOUSTON , Oct. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) ("Crown Castle") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.125 per common share. The quarterly dividend will be payable on December 31, 2018 to common
Council delays decision on nine new cell towers in neighborhoods
Last Tuesday, Crown Castle officials pitched a scaled-back proposal for nine small cell towers throughout Ocean City, excluding Montego Bay, but the City Council voted 6-1 to table the discussion and have Crown Castle come back with firm locations and designs for the requested nin...
High-speed broadband to increase in parts of Spokane and Stevens counties
Idaho-based Intermax Networks will receive $216,045 annually to "provide fixed wireless broadband and voice over internet protocol services to 823 homes and businesses in Spokane County." Virginia-based Declaration Networks Group Inc. will receive $390,410 annually to "provide fix...
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Seoul and SK Telecom to use 5G to prevent jaywalking
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Surgeon performs world’s first remote operation using '5G surgery' on animal in China
A surgeon in China has performed the world's first remote operation using 5G technology. The doctor in the southeastern province of Fujian used the next-generation network to control robotic arms while performing surgery on an animal. During the 8 January operation, the surgeon re...
Florida the pacesetter on adoption of autonomous vehicles
In an op-ed by Chris Emmanuel, director of Infrastructure and Governance Policy for the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and Malcom Eve, Crown Castle’s public affairs manager for the South Area, the two noted that as new technologies grow in number and complexity, Florida is "le...