Next week, companies in the wireless infrastructure business start reporting their Q3 earnings in a rapid-fire sequence of conference calls that will run through early November. The industry is in a high cycle of capital spending and rapid deployments for 5G cell sites, including C-band, fiber connections and data centers […]
Year: 2021
FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told the virtual tenth annual Americas Spectrum Management Conference on Tuesday it’s time to reinvigorate the momentum toward 5G and pave the way for 6G and beyond. 5G networks are celebrating their second anniversary in the United States. However, most of the country has yet […]
AT&T will work with Frontier Communications to bring fiber-optic connectivity to large enterprise customers outside AT&T’s current footprint. The two companies signed multi-year agreements that will also support deployment of AT&T’s 5G mobility network. The companies say this is important as the demand for edge computing and 5G networks grows, […]
The FCC is ready to authorize a total of nearly $164 million to 42 providers in the second round of funding for new broadband deployments through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The Commission also continues to work to refocus the program to ensure that funding goes to unserved areas that […]
Connect(X) 2021 Coverage The heads of major tower companies said the nationwide buildout of DISH Wireless is providing a “flood of work” and gave Dave Mayo, Executive VP, Network Development, a vote of confidence during The View From the Top session yesterday at the Connectivity Expo in Orlando. “They have […]
New 5G Americas White Paper Analyzes Benefits and Challenges of 5G Network Deployments for Enterprises in Specific Industry Verticals BELLEVUE, Wash. – October 6, 2021 – With global 5G networks providing new enhanced technical capabilities serving over 429 million connections, modern industries are examining how 5G wireless cellular connectivity impacts their […]
Democrats have a new deadline to enact President Joe Biden’s agenda. The party will try to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a broad spending package by the end of this month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told his caucus Monday. So far, the infrastructure legislation still contains […]
The FCC wants to improve cell network resiliency during natural disasters as well as its own communications reporting system. That’s why the Commissioners voted 4-0 on Thursday to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on these topics as well as strategies to mitigate the effect of power outages on communications […]
The Tower Rodeo Challenge, aka the TRX Championships, will ride again in Phoenix, December 3-4, but bigger and better, according to Rodeo founder Kathy Gill. As President of Tower Safety, Gill holds the event, comprised of eight challenges, at her tower safety training facility. She told Inside Towers some of the […]
BELLEVUE, Wash. September 29, 2021 – 5G Americas, the wireless industry trade consortium and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, today announced the election of Uruguay operator Antel to its Board of Governors. Antel joins other key stakeholder entities committed to the progress 5G in North, Central and […]