March 10, 2022 | Brought to you by WIA | Preview in Browser About Resources Connect (X) WIA celebrates noteworthy women in wireless infrastructure WIA – Year after year, the women of the wireless infrastructure industry highlight teamwork and helping communities around the world stay connected along with personal and professional achievements among their most memorable moments. Read some of their thoughts in WIA’s International Women’s Day blog. Read More Sponsored Content Verizon previews wireless network investment through 2025 Inside Towers – In its recent Analyst Day conference, Verizon shared its current progress with 5G and new spectrum deployments, and its expected network investments through 2025. Read More The metaverse stole the show at Mobile World Congress CNBC – Mobile World Congress made a big comeback this year — but the term on everyone’s lips wasn’t “smartphones” or “5G.” Instead, it was the “metaverse,” a vague concept used to describe vast digital worlds in which users can work, play games or even party. Read More Poor or no internet for 3 in 10 of largest U.S. farmers Successful Farming – A sizable portion of America’s largest farmers “are unable to take advantage of many applications and services” on the internet because they don’t have a connection or it is of poor quality, said a Purdue University survey. Read More Forest Service proposes to charge new tower site fees Inside Towers – The United States Forest Service began a rulemaking (86 FR 72540) in which it proposes a new annual fee of $1,400 to be paid by users of wireless communications sites on land that it administers. Read More ICYMI • WIA announces upcoming departure of President and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Adelstein • Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs approves TIRAP apprentices for GI Bill® funding • WIA’s CTO Dr. Rikin Thakker appointed to Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee • Adelstein sees NTIA pushing infrastructure money in Q3 or Q4 Upcoming Events • South Wireless Summit, March 28-30, Nashville • Wireless West, April 26-28, 2022, San Diego • Connect (X), May 23-26, 2022, Denver • Mobile World Congress Americas, September 28-30, Las Vegas 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 Emily.Swain@wia.org Click here to see past issues.