Only seven business days after it began, the FCC’s 24 GHz spectrum auction “blow past the $1 billion mark Friday (March 22).” The FCC is auctioning the spectrum “to free up more bandwidth for 5G wireless broadband, to help close the rural digital divide, and to make wireless a stronger competitor to wired broadband. New York and L.A. continue to lead, with bids on licenses there of $28,080,000 and $21,606,000, respectively, with Chicago in distant third with $10,436,000.”
Harbor Link is building out the internet connectivity of the DMV along I-95
Harbor Link will be building a 60-mile diverse conduit route between Baltimore (MD), DC and Northern Virginia down the I-95 corridor. Founding partner and Chief Strategy Officer Felix Dialoiso had compared the project to "creating a toll road that internet service providers like Comcast and ot...
Crown Castle aims to put on air 5,000 small cells this year: CFO
Crown Castle expects to put 5,000 small cells on air in 2022. "We believe that what will happen is, with this agreement [with T-Mobile US] and with the Verizon agreement that we have, there is not going to be a significant change to 2022, but going into 2023 and beyond, we believe we will have...
Naples Pier improving cell service with new tower
Crown Castle is set to install a small cell tower at the entrance of the Naples Pier in Naples (FL). Crown Castle representatives said this tower will be used by existing cell phone providers and that it contributes to 4G cell service, but once providers switch to 5G, it will follow suit.
T-Mobile and Crown Castle Expand Strategic Relationship With Long-Term Tower and Small Cell Agreement
T-Mobile and Crown Castle announced that the companies have signed a new 12-year agreement to support the continued build-out of T-Mobile's nationwide 5G network with increased access to Crown Castle's towers and small cell locations.
Better cell service coming to local US36 corridor
Crown Castle is funding a project along US 36 between Estes Park and Lyons (CO) to construct more cellular poles to expand broadband and 5G coverage in the area. To abide by the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Right-of-Way laws, Crown Castle "must compensate CDOT in some way. An ...
CCNY is plugged into the fiber network of the COSMOS beyond-5G testbed
The City College of New York announced it is now "directly connected to the COSMOS beyond-5G testbed" that is enabled through a donation from Crown Castle. Mark Reudink, vice president of technology strategy at Crown Castle, stated, "With the number of internet connected devices estimated to h...