Light Reading’s Mike Dano reported that a wide range of industry experts are cautioning that North American wireless network operators don't appear poised to invest in 5G networks like they did with 3G and 4G. Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown was quoted from the Connect X trade show, stating "We're so early. We're not seeing, in any meaningful way, a deployment of 5G."
The 5G Tower Party Is Just Getting Started
Wall Street Journal reporter Stephen Wilmot wrote that reliable 5G signals will require a lot more cell towers, adding now is a good time for investors to collect. "AT&T and Verizon long ago started selling towers to specialist real-estate investment trusts such as American Tower and Crown Cas...
Technology is not a luxury; it’s now an education necessity
In a guest column for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Public Schools chief equity and social justice officer, Tauheedah Baker-Jones, addressed the urgency in bridging the digital divide, emphasizing the importance of online learning given it has become and will remain more prevalent ...
If you build communications infrastructure, tech will come
Crown Castle Government affairs manager for Puerto Rico and Florida, Jessica Fernandez Ibarra, wrote an op-ed supporting Miami Mayor Suarez’s goals to position the city as a destination in which tech companies should set their roots, calling for the need to enhance connectivity and 5G in...
Behind the scenes of the Rudin-Crown Castle CBRS deal
Meeting the Connectivity Needs of Our Nation Through Wireless Infrastructure
Crown Castle Senior Attorney, Thomas Anderson reflected on Crown Castle’s role in shaping the future of 5G throughout the pandemic. Focusing on needed regulatory relief, Mr. Anderson thanks the FCC for delivering two key infrastructure orders last year, which include the 5G Upgrade Order...
Crown Castle hints at the future of indoor 5G
Crown Castle built a 5G-capable, private wireless network, built on open RAN specifications inside a New York City skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue. The network operates in the unlicensed 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band and is initially being used for "smart building" operations, including tracking ind...