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Your Wireless Connection
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As the year comes to a close, WIA would like to wish our members and fellow professionals in the wireless industry a safe and happy holiday season. Once again, our industry has thrived during the past 12 months and as we look forward with hope for the new year, we also reflect on the milestones and industry achievements of 2022. This week, we bring you part one of a look back at the top content published in The Network Edge from the past year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 5. All the best to you from WIA!
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Mobile World Live – Dish Network opened a registration site for a second 5G service in the US, a nationwide offer separate from the greenfield deployment the company’s wireless unit lit earlier this year. Named Boost Infinite, the service will compete with 5G services from AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US. Read More
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Carlyle – Global investment firm Carlyle announced that funds managed by its Global Infrastructure platform have committed up to $1 billion to partner with Tillman Global Holdings to accelerate its investments in Tillman Infrastructure, a leading privately held cell tower platform in the United States. Read More
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Light Reading – Palistar Capital’s Harmoni Towers plans to acquire Parallel Infrastructure, a major US tower company, from investment firm Apollo Global Management. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though the transaction is expected to close sometime in the third quarter of 2022. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – Dish Wireless met its goal to cover 20% of the U.S. population with its new 5G network on June 14, going live in 120+ markets. But there wasn’t much time to celebrate the milestone because it must immediately look to its next goal to cover 70% of the U.S. population by June 2023. Read More
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Light Reading – Financial analysts have been preparing for a slowdown in the US wireless market for months now. However, it has not materialized, and one big reason may be the surprising number of business customers signing up for mobile services. Read More
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RCR Wireless News – Dish Wireless has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to experiment with CBRS outdoor power transmission limits that go beyond those currently allowed. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – Crown Castle doesn’t need to predict what will be the “killer” 5G application, instead it just needs to able to handle network traffic wherever it’s needed, whether it’s at the tower, the small cell, over fiber or even at the network edge. Read More
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DigitalBridge – DigitalBridge Group with Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional partners have reached an agreement to acquire a 51% ownership stake in GD Towers, Germany’s largest tower company. Read More
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WIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) commended the U.S. House of Representative for passing the Spectrum Innovation Act (H.R. 7624), which makes additional frequencies in the 3.1-3.45 gigahertz band available for non-federal or shared use and extends the authority of the FCC to auction off additional airwaves for commercial use. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – Several years ago, Charlie Ergen’s statements on stage at the WIA Connect(X) trade show about the company’s cap ex plans made headlines. This year, Dave Mayo, the person leading Dish’s network build to become the country’s fourth facilities-based wireless operator, shared the Denver area-based company’s latest progress. Read More
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