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Your Wireless Connection
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WIA – There’s a reason the Wireless Infrastructure Association’s (WIA) tagline is “Enabling Connectivity Everywhere”—connectivity is at the center of America’s way of life. It is critical to the nation’s economic growth and global leadership on innovation, especially as the AI race takes center stage. Wireless infrastructure is essential to the future of AI, with wireless networks serving as the nerve endings that simultaneously fuel, consume and integrate the data that powers AI. There is no data – or AI – without the connectivity infrastructure that forms the backbone of America’s networks. Read More
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Inside Towers – New wireless tower construction in the U.S. has been active for the past two years and is continuing into 2025. There were 1,781 towers constructed in 2023, and another 1,891 towers in 2024. Industry participants expect construction activity in 2025 to increase again, reaching close to 2,000 towers. Read More
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Wireless Estimator – A shift in the government’s $42.45 billion broadband deployment program could benefit companies that build and maintain communications towers. As the number of BEAD-eligible locations declines and NTIA shifts to a cost-first grant model, states are expected to increasingly rely on fixed wireless technologies. Read More
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Fast Company – Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg reflects on the company’s 25-year journey and shares insights into the future of AI, the next phase of Verizon’s legacy, and his bold vision for the next 25 years of connectivity. Read More
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Light Reading – Following a fiber-cutting attack in California that disrupted service to thousands of customers, including a US military base, Charter is urging federal and state legislators to classify such attacks as a felony on a broad basis. Read More
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Broadband Breakfast – Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., has reintroduced legislation that would streamline wireless infrastructure projects on brownfield sites to further broadband deployment efforts. Read More
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Inside Towers – FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty hit the ground running last week. Her work included making staff appointments, including Krista Senell, Trusty’s chief of staff and senior counsel. Read More
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