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.”
Nokia emphasizes role of 5G transport, expands small cell band support
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, "Nokia announced enhancements to what it calls its ‘anyhaul’ portfolio, which includes microwave, optical, IP and PON solutions." Nokia’s Vice President of Networks Marketing and Communications Phil Twist said the combination of an...
10 leading 5G projects
Capacity Media highlighted ten projects covering new ground in the 5G space, including the edge-computing lab, Living Edge Lab, that Deutsche Telekom launched in collaboration with Crown Castle. The article noted that the Living Edge Lab project is an "ultra-low latency mobile tes...
MobiledgeX public mobile edge network goes live with Deutsche Telekom
MobiledgeX, an edge computing company founded by Deutsche Telekom, completed "what it calls the first public mobile edge network with DT in Germany." The article noted that building a similar edge network in the U.S. is more complicated because unlike European counterparts, most U...
Cloaking the wireless invasion—city, telecoms try to hide small cell antenna systems
As small cells will continue to be installed in Palo Alto, there is a debate over what they should look like. The issue began playing out following a proposal from Crown Castle to install seven small cell nodes in the area for Verizon. While Crown Castle wanted to place an antenna...
UK defense think tank warns that allowing Huawei into 5G network is 'irresponsible'
British defense and security think tank The Royal United Services Institute said that allowing Chinese telecommunications equipment provider Huawei to participate in Britain’s 5G network is "naïve" and "irresponsible." The company has continued to face allegations that ...
The race to 5G wireless tech is on. A report finds Americans may have an early lead.
Cisco’s annual Visual Networking Index Report, which studies industry trends, found that by 2022, "fifth-generation cellular networks will power as many as 9 percent of mobile data connections across North America," compared with 4 percent in Asia, indicating that Americans ...