Comcast’s $462,123 proposal, which would have connected 96 percent of households in Charlemont, Massachusetts with high-speed internet was rejected by town meeting voters. Instead, Charlemont has decided to build its own fiber optic broadband network. The project funding would come from a combination of local taxation and a state infrastructure grant.
Dish signs fiber deals with Zayo, Uniti and others
Dish Network signed deals with four fiber companies to support its planned nationwide 5G network. This builds upon its major tower infrastructure deal with Crown Castle for up to 20,000 tower sites, and includes fiber backhaul services which Crown Castle signaled as an important factor in bein...
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 the deta...
How Telecom Towers, Fiber Fit into a Digital Real Estate World
Marc Ganzi, CEO of Digital Colony Management, spoke at a Fifth Gen Media Event, where he was asked a question by Rich Berliner of Fifth Gen Media related to why industry analysts give higher praise for Digital Colony’s fiber-optic cable assets over those owned by Crown Castle. In respons...
Network Bytes: Hurricane Electric, Crown Castle, Telia Carrier, RETN
Reporer Rob Powell of Telecom Ramblings provided an overview of network expansions worth noting from the past week, including Crown Castle’s fiber extension into Texas. "Crown Castle is extending its metro fiber reach in the Lone Star state. Late last week, they unveiled plans to build o...
Crown Castle Positioned for Carrier Network Expansion
Crown Castle believes it is poised to meet the increasing mobile network operators’ mobile data demands through its fiber, tower and small cell infrastructure assets. The demand increased because of MNO’s spectrum holdings, densifying the networks with small cells, and the availabi...
Stream Data Centers and Crown Castle Bring New Fiber into The Woodlands
Stream Data Centers announced Crown Castle will provide its fiber network into Stream’s Houston I data center in The Woodlands, a business hub 28 miles north of Houston. "Adding Crown Castle to our carrier mix increases connectivity and performance dramatically for our customers. The fib...