With a broad boost from U.S. Reps. Anna G. Eshoo and Jackie Speier (D-Palo Alto, Hillsborough), a large coalition of Western cities and counties are waging a legal showdown with a shuttered federal government in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals over control of 5G wireless installations. Eshoo's bill, H.R. 530 -- called the Accelerating Wireless Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019, "essentially resets the clock on the FCC's new rules by erasing what the federal government has implemented in the under-the-wire maneuver." Eshoo noted "5G is essential for our country's communications network and economy, but it must be deployed responsibly and equitably."
New law could expand 5G’s reach in PA
Last week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed two new laws regulating communications infrastructure, making the upcoming deployment of 5G a more streamlined process for the state. The law now gives governments 60 days to approve or deny a permit to add a 5G cell to an existing pole, 90 days...
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...
Western Governors University offers a Success in the Making Scholarship
David Leal, Enterprise Account Executive at Crown Castle, appeared on KTLA to discuss his experience at Western Governors University and how it helped him reach success in his career.
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...