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 location data. While iOS allows you to determine which apps can access your location, and when they can do it, carriers can locate you at cell tower level regardless of those settings – and 5G will make that much more precise. The second concern is privacy, where Bellovin pointed to the fact that Huawei is the leader in 5G base stations, and discussed the speculation of spyware in its telecoms kit.
Connecticut remains behind neighboring states for broadband access, but improvements could be coming
As Connecticut continues to see a lack of broadband availability throughout the state, CT Insider reporter Alexander Soule highlights Crown Castle CFO Dan Schlanger’s speech from the New Street 2020 Conference on ways Connecticut can look to the future in terms of 5G.
Pennsylvania way behind in access to 5G technology
Wayne Campbell, President of the Pennsylvania State Grange, penned an op-ed insinuating if the House voted on House Bill 1400, which would reduce barriers that inhibit telecommunications companies from installing small cells on utility poles, it would help standardize local requirements and sp...
Invest: Miami 2020
Issuu’s review of the key issues facing Miami-Dade’s economy features Crown Castle government affairs manager, Jessica Fernandez, in their infrastructure and utilities overview. On pages 100-101, she states: “Looking at the long term, 5G will have likely matured by 2025. In p...
Crown Castle CFO: Fiber business a differentiator for Dish tower deal
Crown Castle CFO Dan Schlanger presented at the New Street 2020: 5G, Infrastructure, Applications, Innovation, Disruption Conference, where he spoke on topics including small cell deployment and the recently signed long-term tower agreement with DISH. “We can’t get too much into th...
Private 5G Networks Enable Enterprise Digital Transformation
5G Americas, the wireless industry trade association and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, announced the publication of a whitepaper titled 5G Technologies in Private Networks. The paper highlights the role of private networks in the 5G era in creating new enterprise opportunities. Crown C...
Crown CEO: Future points to blend of small cells, fiber
Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown spoke at the company’s third-quarter conference call, where he stressed the importance of mmWave and its reliance on small cell technology. “Because of its RF characteristics, millimeter wave spectrum provides significantly more capacity, but over a fract...