During last week’s Future of Wireless Connectivity, Innovation and Investment breakfast briefing hosted by the Greater Baltimore Committee, Crown Castle government relations manager Richard Rothrock participated, noting Crown Castle “has already deployed between 600 and 650 small cells in Baltimore.” He added that “small cell tech can be attached to existing light or utility poles already erected in an area, providing greater connectivity in densely populated areas.”
3 ways 5G can impact law enforcement technology
Officer.com published an article outlining ways that 5G can help law enforcement, including via robotics, drones and camera surveillance. As one example, the article highlighted when a nine-year-old girl went missing in Florida. Authorities "searched for the girl using one of FlyM...
The story behind Verizon's 5G secret weapon
Light Reading published an article about Verizon’s fiber network, FiOS. The article noted that Verizon "historically has rented access to fiber from the likes of…Crown Castle…" However, Verizon’s One Fiber program "threatens to upend some of those relatio...
Public Wi-Fi and Small Cell technology make progress in Bellevue
At a city council study session, the city of Bellevue gave an update on the work done to progress the connectivity element of the Bellevue Smart Plan adopted in 2017. Chelo Picardal, Bellevue’s chief technology officer, explained some of the steps taken to improve Wi-Fi conn...
Crown Castle says Illinois telecom flouting FCC’s pole regs
Crown Castle has accused Commonwealth Edison of breaking FCC rules by charging excessive pole attachment fees and denying the company access to hundreds of poles. The article is behind a paywall, but it does not that in one of two compalints posted last Thursday, Crown Castle Fibe...
Selling transport to small cell sites
CCG Consulting’s blog POTs and PANs published an article analyzing companies’ pursuit of small cell sites. The article noted that companies "keep reading about the real-estate grab in major cities where a number of companies are competing to build small cell enclosures...
Crown Castle - king of cell towers
Yahoo! Finance published an article about Crown Castle’s current stance in the market. The article described Crown Castle as the "king of the small cell area," and noted that "small cells are crucial infrastructure for delivering service to a wider area and allowing more use...