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Your Wireless Connection
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WIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association today praised the Biden Administration for focusing its Talent Pipeline Challenge on supporting workforce development in broadband as one of three critical infrastructure sectors. The challenge encourages employers, training providers and state and local governments to make tangible commitments that support equitable workforce development to meet the demands of implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including partnering with intermediaries like WIA for support in recruitment, education, and registered apprenticeship expansion. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – The U.S. president sought to give the telecommunications talent pool a boost, launching a new workforce development initiative aimed at bringing together employers, training providers and federal funding. Read More
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Light Reading – AT&T and Verizon have agreed to curtail their 5G networks around select airports for another year, until July 2023, under a new agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Read More
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Inside Towers – With the U.S. economy being buffeted by inflation and rising interest rates, Inside Towers reached out to experts to gauge the impact on the tower business, both in leasing operations and M&A activity. Read More
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Light Reading – DigitalBridge Group announced the recapitalization of DataBank, a nationwide edge data center platform. The initial stage is being structured as a sale of ownership interests to affiliates of Swiss Life Asset Management AG and EDF Invest. Read More
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Ericsson – North America is forecast to lead the world in 5G subscription penetration in the next five years with nine-of-every-ten subscriptions in the region expected to be 5G in 2027, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report, which also predicts that current global 5G subscriptions will pass the 1 billion milestone by the end of 2022. Read More
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Business Wire – SBA Communications Corporation announced that Kurt L. Bagwell, Executive Vice President and President – International, and Thomas P. Hunt, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, will retire from their current titles and roles effective January 1, 2023. Read More
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Fierce Wireless – Dish and T-Mobile today said they’ve agreed to new terms related to their master network services agreement (MNSA). As a result, Dish will pay lower rates to T-Mobile for the use of T-Mobile’s network, with these reduced rates applied retroactively to January 22, 2022. Read More
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Venture Beat – Our world is more connected every day, with technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning progressing rapidly and bringing along innovations at every step of the journey. Mobility has taken center stage as one of the primary beneficiaries of these advancements. Read More
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RCR Wireless News – Maybe it’s the heat that’s making my mind hazy. But when I look at private 5G, I see an incredibly complex network of stakeholders and a market somehow simultaneously developing at a snail’s pace and lightning speed. Read More
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Connected Real Estate – Betacom CEO Johan Bjorklund recently announced that the company introduced a managed-service offering that will address a common pain point for many enterprises—a lack of 4G and 5G knowledge. Read More
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