Crown Castle Director of Government Affairs Jonathan Hart was interviewed regarding the impact 5G could have om Chicago, noting "we’ve gotten to the point in our lives where we believe mobile access is not just simply a luxury. We expect our phones to work; we expect our phones to make calls; we expect our phones to download videos. It has really become a daily necessity." Hart added that 5G is expected to download data 20 times faster than its predecessor.
Huawei Confirms Launch Of 5G Foldable Smartphone At MWC 2019
A month prior to the start of Mobile World Congress, Huawei confirmed at a pre-MWC 2019 briefing in Beijing last week, that it will unveil a high-end foldable 5G smartphone at the mobile show. Although Richard Yu, the CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, didn't mention t...
Sprint touts network investments as it reports a $141M loss
In a quarterly call with investors last week, Sprint CEO Michel Combes said that the carrier "has added expanded its 800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz coverage." Combes added that "Sprint now has 27,000 small cells on-air, compared to only 3,000 at this time last year." This comes as S...
5G rollout brings to life the smart hospital
A Georgia House committee approved legislation Monday authorizing nonprofit telephone companies and electric membership corporations (EMCs) to provide broadband service in rural Georgia. Over a span of two years, the House Rural Development Council held hearings in rural counties ...
Bellevue Chamber leads effort to pave the way for 5G mobile
The City of Bellevue acted Tuesday to amend City Code and adopt a small cell wireless facilities Master License Agreement template. This will streamline the process to add 5G wireless infrastructure in Bellevue. This action was made possible through the collaborative efforts of th...
Crown Castle has 20,000 small cell nodes in 2020 pipeline: CEO
During a conference call with investors, Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown said the firm aims to deploy between 10,000 and 15,000 small cells this year, and approximately 20,000 small cell nodes in 2020 and beyond. "Since it typically takes about 18 to 24 months for contracted nodes to b...
Verizon: 5G Home won’t expand until second half of 2019
During last Monday’s Q4 2018 earnings conference call with analysts, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said that "standards-based 5G home hardware isn’t coming until the second half of 2019, effectively confirming that the four-city 5G Home network won’t expand much beyo...