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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 two 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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Fierce Wireless – Dish Wireless is asking the FCC for permission to conduct field experiments to evaluate high power Citizens Broadband Radio Service operations and its impact on current operations in the band. The application is notable given that Dish was the second largest bidder in the CBRS auction in 2020 and has been lobbying for a higher power level for the band. Read More
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Light Reading – On Halloween, the shareholders of CONX voted on whether to allow Charlie Ergen more time to negotiate the sale of Dish’s wireless retail business from one of his companies to another. But that’s just one obstacle of many that Ergen must overcome in order to pull off the tricky transaction. He may also need to find more funding as well as regulatory approval. Read More
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Inside Towers – In the TowerXchange session, Beyond Towers: Investing in New Digital Infrastructure, panelists discussed ways their companies are growing in adjacent businesses. Although the returns might not be as good as the tower business model, panelists agreed that the opportunities strengthen their financial position and further solidify their MNO relationships. Read More
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RCR Wireless News – Speaking at Cowen 8th Annual Communications Infrastructure Summit, American Tower’s Steve Vondran, executive vice president and president of the U.S. Tower Division, discussed 5G deployment dynamics and talked through how he sees any potential economic downturn or recessionary economic climate impacting mobile network construction. Read More
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Light Reading – Dish Network’s Dave Mayo made one major request during a keynote appearance at the WIA’s Connect (X) trade show: To get better information about the condition of the hundreds of thousands of cell towers scattered around the US. Read More
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Light Reading – AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are each touting their respective 5G network enhancements in and around SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, host to Super Bowl LVI this weekend between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams. Read More
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Inside Towers – Crown Castle International completed what CCI’s President and CEO Jay Brown referred to in the company’s 4Q21 earnings call as a “tremendous year … as our customers began upgrading their existing cell sites as part of the first phase of the 5G buildout in the U.S.” Read More
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AT&T – “What’s the 5G killer app?” That might be the question I get more than any other in my job. With 3G, it was messaging and web browsing. With 4G, it was video and location services. But with 5G, my answer is “too many to list.” Jeremy Legg, Chief Technology Officer, AT&T, shared his outlook. Read More
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Inside Towers – The rise in inflation and increasing interest rates will have a profound effect on the tower industry, introducing changes to its cost structure, according to a panel at TowerXchange Meetup Americas 2022. Read More
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Inside Towers – Ian made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing 155 mph winds, heavy rain and historic storm surge. Thousands of homes were left without power even before the storm tracked across the middle of the state. Read More
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