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.”
Gov. Wolf signed a bill to accelerate 5G infrastructure construction in PA
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, or House Bill 1621, on Wednesday, passing new regulation for small cell deployment that will streamline new 5G infrastructure construction. "It is very difficult and inefficient to develop networks at scale whi...
‘The table has been set’: Pa. lawmakers pass bill that could speed up 5G network deployment
Pennsylvania lawmakers passed legislation that standardizes the process for installing the infrastructure needed to deploy 5G networks. Gov. Tom Wolf signed the legislation into law on Wednesday, which will create a statewide standard so local governments, telecommunication providers like Veri...
Reaching New Heights: Drone Applications for Communications Infrastructure Monitoring and Maintenance
City Tech and Crown Castle partnered to deploy a drone mission that demonstrated strategies for conducting remote infrastructure monitoring and maintenance. The drone was deployed from a drone nest, enabled by Crown Castle space, power and connectivity, which captured and processed imagery to ...
Telecom company says new antennas on Woodstock tower will be 5G-capable
Crown Castle has plans to put 5G-ready antennas on the California Quarry cell tower in Woodstock (NY), replacing four antennas and adding two that would be used for the wider-bandwidth service. The article states, "‘The antennas that are going up are 5G-capable antennas,’ Crown Cas...
Telehealth is here to stay in New York; 5G is the key to its success
AlefEdge Introduces Advisory Board of Industry Leaders to Scale Commercialization of The 5G Edge API
AlefEdge announced the formation of a strategic committee of trusted advisors. The Advisory Board— which includes "distinguished" mobile and technology industry leaders, will work closely with the Alef leadership team to guide the company’s developer ecosystem to become the largest 5G Ed...