A Crown Castle distributed antenna system in Chicago is the site of a new data center architecture that could change the economics of centralized radio access networks. Vapor IO, a startup funded by Crown Castle and supported by Intel, says its Kinectic Edge architecture...
AT&T and Verizon have jointly agreed to build hundreds of new cell towers with Tillman Infrastructure, a company founded last year by Sanjiv Ahuja's Tillman Global Holdings. Ahuja is the former CEO of Orange and also the founder of Lightsquared, a company that tried...
Analysts see growth for equipment providers regardless of FCC decision
Companies from inside and outside the wireless industry are excited about the Federal Communications Commission's plan to make more spectrum available in the 3550-3700 MHz band. Citizens broadband radio service, or CBRS, could deliver the...
Japan's SoftBank, which owns roughly 80% of Sprint, said it is creating a U.S. infrastructure joint venture in partnership with Australia's Lendlease. Called Lendlease Towers, the company will develop and acquire rooftop and tower assets. The JV's goal is a $5 billion telecom asset...
The signature of Governor Jerry Brown is all that California's Senate Bill 649 needs to become the law of the land in the nation's most populous state. Senator Ben Hueso's bill originally passed the Senate with almost unanimous support, then was amended and passed...
The number of small cell sites activated has long lagged beyond projections largely because there's not really a scalable deployment process. Carriers are planning to deploy thousands of small cells, which would, ideally, follow a uniform, one-size-fits-all process. But that's not the case. Each...
With the pending acquisition, Crown Castle will own or have access to 60,000 route miles of fiber
Shared network infrastructure provider Crown Castle announced plans to nearly double its fiber optic holdings with the acquisition of Lightower for $7.1 billion.
Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown said...
Securing sites for wireless infrastructure could become much easier if new rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission take effect. In a notice of proposed rulemaking, the agency has listed several ways the federal government could force local and state governments to approve applications...
Dense SoCal fiber footprint is expected to boost small cell deployments.
Crown Castle has agreed to acquire Los Angeles-based fiber and data center provider Wilcon for $600 million.
According to transaction information provided by Crown Castle, privately held Wilcon has a fiber footprint of...
Florida and California consider state legislation while FCC considers federal rules.
A lot has happened in Washington, D.C., since Mobilitie petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to set guidelines to expedite site acquisition for wireless infrastructure.
Mobilitie filed its petition shortly after President Donald...
The companies that build and operate wireless networks are not the only businesses poised to profit as carriers densify their networks with small cells. As network nodes multiply, a number of businesses that support the carriers are seeing new opportunities.
Dark fiber providers
Wireless carriers...
Cost and time to market are the two major hurdles mobile network operators face as they work to densify their networks with outdoor small cells. Equipment costs have come down, but the costs associated with site acquisition and fiber remain relatively high from the...
5 things to know today ...
1. Crown Castle is making another fiber acquisition. The Houston company plans to pay $1.5 billion for FiberNet Holdings as well as certain other assets of NextEra Energy. Crown said FiberNet has access to 11,500 route miles of fiber...
HetNet Expo 2016: Crown Castle sets the tone with bullish small cell projections
HOUSTON – Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown told members of the Wireless Infrastructure Association that the industry is on the cusp of a major opportunity to deploy small cells in metropolitan areas....
1. California cities have the right to block small cell permits based on aesthetic concerns, according to a state appeals court. Plaintiffs T-Mobile US, Crown Castle and ExteNet argued state law gives them the right to install equipment “in such manner and at such...
5G radios are still on the drawing boards, but wireless carriers are already taking the next-generation wireless standard into account as they budget for the years ahead. No one knows for sure what the evolving 5G standard will specify, but carriers are starting to...
Although "5G" radios are still on the drawing boards, wireless carriers are already taking the next-generation wireless standard into account as they budget for the years ahead. No one knows for sure what the evolving 5G standard will specify, but carriers are starting to...
Last year appears to have been a turning point for the small cell market, when small cell revenues exceed $1 billion for the first time. The momentum is continuing in 2016.
According to analyst firm Mobile Experts, carrier small cell deployments grew 140% in 2015,...
Crown Castle is “as excited as we have ever been by the opportunities in small cell,” according to then-CFO, now-CEO Jay Brown on the company’s most recent quarterly call. “Our small cell conversations with the carriers have increasingly become more positive with the passage...
The conversation at the Wireless Infrastructure Show gave a positive outlook for the tower industry in 2017, despite huge industry emphasis on small cells
A well-attended panel discussion involving tower company executives highlighted the Wireless Infrastructure Association's annual trade show and gave a glimmer of...
Executives share outlook for carrier spending, fiber and small cells
DALLAS – Top executives from American Tower, Crown Castle, SBA Communications, Vertical Bridge and InSite Wireless shared industry insights this week with WIA President Jonathan Adelstein and an attentive audience at the Wireless Infrastructure Show.
Carrier...
Small cell and DAS options said to require flexibility in terms of deployment models, financing on all sides in order to meet end goals
LAS VEGAS – Flexibility was a key term bandied about by panel members at this week’s DAS & Small Cell Congress...
Outdoor use cases for small cells and DAS range from cities to venues to suburbia
Outdoor small cells and distributed antenna systems can be used by mobile network operators to boost capacity in crowded urban areas, to add capacity at high-value venues, to extend coverage...
5 things to know today ...
1. AT&T will primarily use fixed wireless to test 5G this summer in Austin, Texas. Speaking at the 5G Summit in Brooklyn, the carrier said it will start testing in the 15GHz band and then move to...
