December 2, 2021 | Brought to you by WIA | Preview in Browser About Resources Connect (X) 5G will be ‘mainstream’ in 2027: Ericsson Mobility Report RCR Wireless News – According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, 2027 will be the year that 5G’s growth is truly evident across the globe, and 5G subscriptions will be “mainstream in every region.” The report estimates that 5G will account for 49% of all mobile subscriptions globally and 90% of those in North America by 2027, making it the fastest deployed mobile generation to date. Read More Amazon, Dish peddle 5G products for the enterprise Light Reading – Amazon kicked off its annual AWS re:Invent trade show with AWS CEO Adam Selipsky announcing Amazon’s plan to sell its own private 5G network to enterprise customers. Just minutes after Selipsky outlined his company’s new 5G product, Dish Network’s Chief Network Officer Marc Rouanne took the re:Invent stage to tout his own company’s forthcoming 5G network. Read More The Wireless Water Cooler Meets with Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) Inside Towers – The Wireless Water Cooler, a podcast hosted by Inside Towers Managing Editor, Jim Fryer, and WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein, met with Congressman Latta (R-OH). Latta has prioritized innovation in the telecommunications industry while pushing for increased access and deployment of high-speed broadband. Read More Ericsson and Porsche rev up for 5G future Ericsson – A research partnership between Ericsson and Porsche is leveraging the power of 5G to accelerate production capabilities at Porsche’s manufacturing production complex in Leipzig, Germany. The trial project is the first deployment of a private 5G network at any of Porsche’s production complexes. Read More Why Alan Davidson is a new power player in 5G Light Reading – Alan Davidson is President Biden’s nominee to head the NTIA, a relatively obscure government agency that has an outsized influence on the future of 5G in the US. And Davidson knows it. He listed “ensuring access to spectrum” as one of the three main challenges facing the NTIA. Read More Sponsored Content Base Station Provider to Build a Full Mobile Network in Tajikistan PR Newswire – Baicells, a leading global manufacturer of LTE and 5G wireless connectivity solutions, announced  it signed a deal with Babilon-Mobile, one of the largest mobile operators in Tajikistan, to provide the mobile operator with hundreds of 4G and 5G base stations to the cities of Dushanbe, Khujand, and others. Babilon-Mobile plans on having hundreds of base stations deployed within the next three months. Read More Verizon snares $34.6M DOE contract for voice and data services Fierce Wireless – Verizon Public Sector scored two Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contracts valued at $34.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. The contracts call for Verizon to provide voice and data services to a number of DOE facilities, including the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Read More ICYMI • Employers should lever registered apprenticeship to ensure underserved Americans benefit from 5G revolution • U.S. Military partners with wireless industry for 5G test bed • A salute to the wireless infrastructure industry’s military veterans • WIA applauds House passage of infrastructure bill and flexible broadband funding strategy Upcoming Events • Mobile World Congress, February 28-March 3, Barcelona • South Wireless Summit, March 28-30, Nashville • Wireless West, April 26-28, 2022, San Diego • Connect (X), May 23-26, 2022, Denver Training & Education Center • DAS & Small Cell Systems eLearning • Macro Site Fundamentals eLearning    This newsletter is brought to you by the Wireless Infrastructure Association. Click here to subscribe. For information or association membership, email membership@wia.org To advertise, email Ashley.Jackson@wia.org or Jan.Smith@wia.org. For information on Connect (X) email Hayley.Dodds@wia.org For information on Training and Education, email Kelsey.Trundle@wia.org Click here to see past issues.