In his inaugural State of the State address, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he wants Connecticut's cities to be the first in New England with access to fifth-generation, mobile networks. In his remarks, Gov. Lamont said, "The telecommunication companies are ready to start building — let's harness that excitement." He also expressed his aspirations to help bring faster internet to rural towns, "which tend to have more limited options than denser communities."
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...
Open Source: Understanding Ashland's involvement with 5G
Crown Castle currently owns one small cell tower in Ashland (OH) but has submitted five applications over the last few years and has plans to build more, according to Melissa Hand, spokeswoman for Crown Castle. The company also signed a deal in April with Verizon which states Verizon will leas...
The Fiber Moment Has Arrived; Will Local Governments Seize It?
Crown Castle Regional Director Curt Fox appeared on "The Municipal Voice" to talk about the future of fiber and municipal networks. He talked about how Crown Castle has been building out municipal networks for decades, and that Obama’s stimulus package enabled the state to lay out fiber ...
Opinion: Preparing for Broadband Investment
Gina Stewart, executive director of the BWI Business Partnership, and Ashley Greenspan, the public affairs manager at Crown Castle, penned an opinion piece for Maryland Matters on broadband investment in the state. The pair suggested policies and actions for investing that will efficiently clo...
New York universal broadband access possible with infrastructure funds, providers say
The New York state legislature is attempting to pass the Comprehensive Broadband Connectivity Act to create a "detailed map of the availability of high-speed internet across the state." "New York is really poised to be the first state in the nation to bridge both divides," said Ana Rua, a gove...
West Deer preparing to boost internet, cellphone signals
West Deer (PA) supervisors have begun to take steps to improve cellphone and internet connectivity in the township. Dan Cohen of the Cohen Law Group in Pittsburgh, who is handling the project, met with the main broadband service providers and the two major contractors, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobi...