During T-Mobile’s fourth-quarter 2018 results call, executives maintained that they’re "ready and excited for the launch of the company’s nationwide 5G network." T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray said the company is adding "thousands upon thousands of new sites with 600Mhz capability," already leading to the highest network capacity and lowest tower congestion in the company’s history. When asked about 5G handset availability, Ray noted "some T-Mobile 5G phones will be available in the first half of 2019, but phones with both 600Mhz and millimeter wave support are ‘strong possibilities’ for the second half of 2019."
Fiber Optics 101 for Chicago’s Youth
Crown Castle has partnered with Chicago's (IL) META24 workforce development program in the Community Youth Development Institute to help students "transform their circumstances" and earn their high school diploma via non-traditional means. The students are taught how to work with fiber optic c...
Wilton keeps Town Meeting, approves community power
At Wilton’s (NH) 260th Town Meeting, residents discussed issues in their community and expressed support for $100,000 to be used to install updated communications equipment on an existing Crown Castle cell tower. The communications equipment will increase the amount of area in town where...
The time I visited a Dish 5G cell site
Crown Castle serves as a transport vendor for telecommunications company Dish, combining Dish’s central unit with third-party data centers. This allows Dish to transport its customers' data between the wider, global Internet. Given the success of Dish’s recent cell sites, the compa...
Jessica Rosenworcel Tackles Multiple Dwelling Broadband at INCOMPAS Summit
Crown Castle is one of five companies representing infrastructure builders who can use the funds given to them by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act at the INCOMPAS 2022 Policy Summit. The summit featured leaders from telecom companies to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
'Digital divide' keeps millions of Texans offline. Could 5G boost access?
More than 7 million Texans in 3 million households do not have high-speed internet access, leaving those in underserved areas in the dust as 5G begins to deploy across the state. "Expanding access and broadly deploying the next generation of mobile connectivity, known as 5G, will be critical t...
Crown Castle CEO: T-Mobile, Verizon deals mark the start for small cell growth
Crown Castle's recent small cell deals with Verizon and T-Mobile show an increase in demand in the small cell business as carriers prepare for the next phase of 5G network deployments, according to CEO Jay Brown on a recent earnings call. "As these small cells are deployed, they will contribut...